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Port Perry Star (1907-), 19 Nov 1936, p. 7

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¢« ¢ sa 8 8s 8 0» +» a "CANADA Sn | i : oy £2 | : Here is a calm description of a ©, certain method of hunfing moose: ~ ©One- of the.shyest of forest ani mals, they lost much, of their timid: ity in late Autumn, when the bulls ~ arg often decoyed by hunters who im: '__itate the animal's call on trumpets of il birch:bark, i ¢ # Ta all who still regard the shooting | of animals as "sport," let it be sald <9 + - quite plainly--that {8s not sport, what. | ever 'Ise it may be. And the author : .. ities would be doing the right thing 'it 'hey put a gtop to it. entirely -- Halifax Herald, Sound to the Core Here 1s an {tem from Ottawa that |" certainly is worth the attention of i the Canadian people today: Ottawa civic employees are buying $20,000 of Prince Edward [sland 1047 4 bonds for their superannuation fund, * Decislon to purchase the boads, which yleld 8.95 per cent. interest, was madg } at a meeting of the Civic Employees' 4 2 Superannuation Board, | That is a perfectly fair proposition : = --and dan excellent investment. i But what would those {nvestors (15°F think about it if Prince Edward Is- 0 land at some time in the future acted through legislation 'to cut {n two or wipe out entirely the return from this fair and legitimate investment? Of courge, Prince "Edward [sland has no {intention of doing any such thing. If we know that province and its people as we think we do, they LS na will go on' scrupulously honoring an their obligations in the terms of their | contracts.--Halifax Herald, . RL When Youth Goes Wrong For thy year 1930 there were 6,463 convictions (to veformatory or prison) of those known to be between the ages of 16 and 1, and 920 who were supposed to be within that age Hmit. making a total of 7,373. 4 Of that number 5,732 were Cana dian born, Dividing them by restd: . ence it was found that 83 per cent came from urban centres .and 17 per cent. from rural distri.' , and that in ped itself Is a rather strong 'argument in favor of the strength and substance of home life in our farming centres. » Going a little deeper into statistics it was found that 30 per cent. of the il major offences are. stealing and re 18 * ceiving stolen property. From 193° to 3 December 31, 1935 the majc fin creases in juvenile delinquencies were found be fu utomobile cases. --Peterborough Examiner. " Empire Wood In a letter to tir Times, the Chief Royal Engineer notes that as the wayfayer--goes--up --thy --nalator ¢. Mocrgate Statioo h oes on a trip through the, Empiry's forests. The "whole of the balustva? is composed of benitiful p:-els of wood from every part of the Empire.- Canada, Newfoundland, -Africa, = India and © | Britain {tself are rich (n timbe wealtl. - But why, he asks, restrict this excellent idea to. Moorgate Sta. tion?--Canada's Weekly (London). : ~ Mistaken Identity Deer, it is .2ported, have been seen-in Oxford County Funny how anyone could mistake a Holstein for a deer?- St. Catharines. Standard, Fall On the Prairie -- Spring poets -in number and vari ety crop up in the Spring, or in the so-c ied Spring in Southern Al- berta, aut we 1ave yet to have a Fall poet who can sing of the lories of the Southern Alberta Fall. Hor she an have much inspiration. Our Fall is in the nature of 2 resur- rection. The burnt-out grass of Surier 01 intense heat comes back to life and color. The flowérs that were killed by the scorching sun come " to tife, and .the pra les, rendered arid with the powe. ful rays. of a aidsummer sun put on new ver dure and new color with he revivi fled grass and the wild fluwers that peep forth again. The "caf'le op a thousand hills" rejoice in a new sustenance vhich a benevolent Fall supplies, and all Na- ture is fortified in the thought that when Winter comes {it will not be a long one, and we brace ourselves to meet ft with thic. thought.--Leth- bridge He 1d 1 Boy Scouts Behave: Survey of juvenile: court records by' a_ membe.. of the ("niversity of Michigan itafi-13ads him to the asser- oo tion that Boy Scouts are only one- third us likely to become delinquents as are non Scouts. People. who know A and appreciate the value of Scout Uy 'training will readily believe in the a truth of that statement,--Kingston Whig-Standard. je Big City's Schools i With the opening of the Lawrence . Park Collegiate, Toronto now has J 10 collegiates, four technicrl schools, a four high schools of commerce, 100 4 public schools. (including all types). ~three spec... hools an¢ 40 separate * gchools. The total value of all, in: ' cluding sites and equipment, is plac- ed at over $40,000,000.--Toronto Star. C--4 Sparks from the P ec 8.8 & ress The truth is the ordiary liberty- loving individual of nodsrate political 'views in Spain 1s caught between the | upper and the neiler millstones, and there is little he can do about it. He can choose between a military dicta torship and a dictatorship of tha pro letariat and thst is the only choice he can- make, The extremists on 'both sides hive, as usual i 'such cir cumstances, risen to the top and ave in full command Tho Government is dominated by t e Com.nunlsts and anarchists. The rebe.r ara domirated by the ruilitury juuta, The mo 'erates on both sides can only stand and vie, in helpless dismay tho forcae of destruction let loose upun n stricken country, --Winnipeg Tribune, ------ C nge There is not now the same need of rough plonesring, but of the for ward looking energy that is not con: tent with things as they are. The resources of sclence are available, there 1s # field -for co-operation, and the natural riches of: tbe scil, the forest and the fisheries await fuller development. Taure is also the great and growing tourist traffic to be en: couraged, since the Maritimes are fit ted co be {n'a natural playground for vast numberg of &-mmer visitors. While, thore.ore, the area of the Maritime Provincer is limited in com parison 'with the other provinces 'there is room for the expanilon of agricult ve, industry and trade an a greater exploitation of scenic charms and Summes climate, This {s perhaps an cid story, but linked with it {s the 14° progress of the Maritimes. They ~annot go north, but they can make more use of what they have within their Hm fted boundaries. It {a a cha'lenge, es pecially to youth, to go on to greatel things.--St. John '. alegraph-Journal. THE EMPIRE - ing by Airplane For Dieting South NAT thaus ands of miles away. to order. by ai mail, her wedding dress, after having selected a design and a pattern for it, submitted to her from London ty air mail, {8 unusual. Surely "there must be an_extre special thrill in opening a- box which has come all the way from England with the wed ding dress in ft, after the bride has only seen that wedding gown, in her mind's eye, as a sketch and a scrap of satin." [t {8 equally unusual-for a London dress designer to send designs and patterns by air mail overseas to cus tomers who select from his sketcl 3s 'and "patterns in the same way. But this {s how Mr, Tracquir, who works {n his Grosvenor Street salon, caters for wealthy customars in South Africa whom he has only seen once when they were over here. He has their measurerients and he makes dresses for them--a mother. and two daughters--a dozen at a time.--Overseas Daily Mail. advise - eS eS = - i Latest Furniture of Bleached Wood Waterfall Is Another New Type. Now Radie Caliinet Changes. Stratford, Ont.--"Biondes" 'water: fall" and "stream-lining"--these are terms which might indicate that a ro- mance was in the air involving some ern automobile beside a waterfall, But in anyone happens. to over: hear furniture men talking in these terms it would be unjust to jump at conclusions, They are talking shop --nothing more. i For, as the winter draws on and the January show season approach. es, they are getting ready to spring some mighty attractive (pieces - of attractive blondes parked in a mod- |: above, was completed recently, '; M-- Japan celebrated the event which wa dedicating the new forum with Shinto purification rites. Requiring 17 years to be built, at a cost of $10,000,000, Japan's new Parliament Building in Tokio, shown s featured by Emperm Hivohito these new terms are all 'angled up in their conversation. known as "blondes." 'Chat {as the "brunette" may pass out of the pic. 'ture in favor of what gentlemen pre- fer. New Treatment for Wood. "Blonde" furniture will siriply be bleached wood, which {isn't intended by furniture men "as a reflection on al blondes. This new treatment (for wood) {a stated to bring out some wonderful grain effects and to make for an attractive sedroom suite, brightening up a room as nothing else has been able to "do. Bright---colors and lisht-colored wood will in ade more than the bed room. Furniture designer: are pret: ty well agreed that dark finishes such #8 walnut and mahogany are all right in the' place, but that when cglor is wanted they are apt to deaden a som, As 'or the waterfall effect, it Is a little difficult to descrih:, but ft lends an attractive touch to dainty pieces -of furniture. Edges are cut away so as to show the grain or panelling fn such -a way as to sug zest water running down a cascade. Corners Eliminated. "Stream-lining'" {is hardly acce, ed 'here as the proper term "for newer styles -of furnitme in' which sharp corners un, where are scrupulously avolded a:.d the rounded motif carried throug out. {t isn't intended that fur niture should go flying thro gh the at put 'hat §8 ..e term which has been adopted in some shops. Anyway. there doesn't seem t. he any other distinctive term. This type o: design no! only Is pre so in office furniture." t will be al most imp« 3sible for an executive to kic' his ankle or 'his kn + against a sharp corner of his walnut or mahog: any desk {if he selects these new styles for his office renovation. Radio cabinets offer few .ood cor- ners on which .o screech an itchy back; and they are all featuring the newer style of having the dial visible without stooping : Local furniture factories are hum- ming these days. There is a note of optimism everywhere. The cabinet seaso.. fs almost over and most shop~ are working hard to fill all orders. The they will go right into the household furniture Busi '| ness as January is expected to be a -good- season for sales. Not long after the new year gets under way, the radio cabinet season starts all over again. . They Wear Nightshirts Charlottetown Guardian writes -- A Nightshirt Club has been started in Los Angeles with branches in New York and Ottawa. Adherents are quite numerous in Charlottetown as well, the night shirt being a welcome relief. from. the shackles of pants, besides being a one-piece item at the laundry; 4 furnjture on the waiting public. And Some of these attractive styles are|. valent in_ household furniture but al. radio, By KEN. EDWARDS to give you some kind of information regarding sport or athletes, some- thing you don't read everyday in the' newspapers--8o, here it is. "The man with the smile that nev- er comes off" is the sensational bike rider, Charlie Winter, who along with Torch Peden is one of the biggest men in the bike 'game to-day. He weighs 210 pounds. Piet Van Kempen is the last word when it comes to pedal pushing. He is the one and only world's cham- pion. Piet has been on the winning team in 29 of the even 100 bike-races in which he has taken part. Looking up the files we found some interesting data for you wrestling fans, Foliow:ng are names, weight height and nationality of a few. Chafoor Khan, 2565 ibs, & ft. 11 in, Afghanistan; Man Mountain Dean, 317 «bs, 6 ft., Ameren; George Cal- za, 2566 lbs, 6 ft. 2 in. [talian; Ed. Strangler Lewijs, 250 bs. 6 ft., German; Howard Cantonwine 237 Ib.,, 6 ft. 1 in., American. And so we leave the big "beef" men for a time. Watch for next week's column--something new and different. 23 Life of 'Mounties' . Shorn of Glamor LEMP. Officer Tells N.Y. "Press of Job In. Arctic "Outpost New York.--Major V. A. M. Kemp of-the-Royal- Canadian -Mounted----Po- lice dropped into town vecently for the National Horse Show and incid- entally to disabuse a group of news papermen of a hunch of carefully nur tered llusions about the "Mounties." The major was almost apologetic. as he told the reporters and photog raphers that the Mounties seldom wore the famous scarlet coats, that no one ever used the bromide "the Mountie always get his man," that automobiles were used extensively in the service and that the Royak- Cana: dian Mounted Police had a marine division similar to the United States Coastguard, Major Kemp spoke mostly of his service at Aklavik, at Merschel Island and in the Western Arctice sub-divi sion, At the island, ..e revealed, did the usual police work in addition to serving ag" ollector of the cus toms, Justice of the Peace, coroner, immigration offices and incoine tax commissioner, ' When Major Kemp was fn. com In this column eac. weck we try | the Eskimos as the "Many of Many Jobs." Und: the .nidnight sun Major Kemp Is still remembered as a many- sided Solomon who took on the diffi- culties of the Eskimo natives with a gratifying alacrity. Lady Legislator Removes Her Hat Accedes to Request Made by House Speaker West Perth, W. Aust.--An unusual state of affairs not covered by stand ing orders; took place in the Legisla: tive Assembly when Mrs. Cardell Oliver, Nationalist member for Su biaco, attended for the first time. For many years Miss May Holman. member for Forrest, has been the orfly woman member in the Legisla tive Assembly. She has {invariably appeared In the Assembly barehead ed, fn conformity with the standing orders which demand a member shall 'remain uncovered, on the floor of the House." Mrs. Cardell-Oliver attended wear Ing her hat in keeping with the can ons of the Anglican Church. Mr. Speaker Panton. In the absence of any precedent, appealed to Mrs. Car dell-Oliver to conform to the stand ing orders and. with a bow, the neo phite from Subiaco removed her fashionable head adornment. Romance In Rural Mails Cleveland Plain Dealer writes: -- An echo from the past comes with the resignation of J. Hl, 'I'aylor. for 30 vears a rural mail carrier al Bucyrus. Taylor fs one of that vanishing race that took tlie mafi into the farm dis: tricts by 1orse and buggy Then, as in these days of airplanes tae mall had to go through. Taylor always got it to its destination over every description of. road and In all kinds of weather. In his 30 years he covered 269,274 miles and wore out twelve horses before the motor car ¢ame The automobile and good roads have eliminated the romance from the arrival of the mail on the farm. It used to be an event, the high spot of the day for thousands of families, but nn wit is an accepted, routine affair. In a few places. in the hill country of southern Ohio and Pennsylvania. the tourist seeking the quiet country road away from the caravan-laden highway, will occasionally, come ugon the old-style carrier, plodding along' in his horse-drawn wagon. But his days are numbered Progress has over taken the old mers Nostalgic memories arise in the heart of all who have spent time on a {arm whenever hey think of the ~ural mail man. (pb the summer he could be seen coming up the road & long way off. He was announced by a cloud o* dust, raised by his faithful horse Speed was not his motto, but that wa. mand of thr Western Arctic sub-divi sion in 1927-'29, he was known among just?as well. His slowness furnished aa excuse for leaning against the old tence down by the road until he ar rived. He was an acceptable alibl for chores. When be pulled up in front of the drive he did more than deliver the daily paper from the county seat, the catalogues and letters from aunts and cousins in nearby counties; he hag a whole' budget of gussip from the village and the farms along the line to retail. He helped keep the country together. Preservation of Farm Fence Posts Interesting information with re- gard to the preservation of fence posts has accrued from experiments | carried out at the Range Experimen. tal Station of the Dominion Depart- ment of Agriculture at Manyberries, Alberta, These experiments have been conducted to determine the rela- tive merits of treated and untreated fence posts. In one experiment start- ed in 1927, posts were treated with onal tar or creosote while other osts were left untreated. In 1936 all he treated posts were found to be sound but all the untreated ones were cither completely rotted a few inches below the ground or showed such ad- vanced stages of rot that they will have to be replaced within the next year. As it was, several of the un- treated posts had to be replaced in 1034 and 1936. At the end of a nine-year period a comparison of the two treatments, tarring and creosoting: failed tc show any definite advantage in favor of one or the other method. However: where cost and equipment are con- cerned, there is a decideu advantage in the tarring treatment. The cost of tarring is from 1% to 2 cents per post, whereas creosoting costs from 5 to 6 cents per post. depending on the size of the post. . Moreover a creosote dipping apparatu is more claborate in construction and a long- er time is necessary to do the job horoughly. Another experiment in progress is a comparison of otter treatments with various kinds of wood. Pres- sure-crcosoted (purchased commer- cially), blue-stoned, and charred posts are being tested along with tarred and creosote-dipped posts. Charring has no apparent check on rotting, as all the charted posts were as badly votted as the untreated, Pressure crevsoted pine posts show excellent durability "but they entail a high initial cost for fencing large areas. The bluestone treatment shows very good results, especially with poplar posts. The cost of blue- stoning is usually less than 2 cents per post, the construction of the dip- ping tank and method of treatment being quite simple. 30 Nurses Found To Be Tubercular Toronto--Thirty cases of active tuberculosis among nurses In train. ing and 23 cases among training school teachers were discovered as a! result of examinations conducted by the Government during the past two years, Hon. Dr. L. J. Simpson. min. ister of education, stated recently. Necessity of such examination was stressed by © Dr. Simpson who stated that if medical examination was essential for teachers, and re- vealed such results, surely it was necessary for student nurses. "You know what this condition means in exposure, to children In the instances of the teachers," said Dr. Simpson. "In one high school we found five active cases of tuber- culosis." Necessity of matriculation require- ments for the nursing profession was questioned by Dr. Simpson. who said he believed that many of the non-essential subjects of a matricu- lation certificate might be dropped in favor of work more suited to the adoption of a course in nursing. While matriculation nas been the yardstick to nursing standards in the past, he doubted if it were the cor- rect yardstick. But, he warned, standards must be maintained in whatever course of training or re- quirements that might be followed. Looking over her shoulder as she ran, the girl now saw a great pro- session of Wheelers emerging from the forest -- dozens and dozens of them -- all clad in splendid, tight- fitting garments and all rolling swift- ly toward her, uttering their wild » strange cries. "They're sure to catch us!!" panted the girl, who was still "earrying the heavy dinner pail which she had picked. "I can't run much farther, Billina." CE Ais "Climb this hill, quick!" said the hen, and Dorothy found that she was very near to the heap of loose and jagged rock they had passed on their way to the forest. The yellow hen was already fluttering among the rocks, and Dorothy followed as best she could, half climbing and half stumbling up the rough and ragged slope. She was none too soon for the foremost Wheeler reached the hill a moment after she started her climb, But while the girl scrambled up the rocks, the creature stopped short with howls of rage and disappoint. ment. Dorothy now heard the yellow hen laughing in her cackling, henny way. "Dont hurry, my dear," cried Billina. "They can't follow us among these rocks, so we're safe enough now." Dorothy stopped at once and sat down upon a broad boulder, for she was all out of breath. "That was a narrow escape," she said, The rest of the Wheelers had reached the foot of the hill, but it was evident that something prevent- ed them from following our friends., But they circled around the little hill, so the child and Billina found they were fast prisoners and could not come down 'ithout being captured. Then one of the creatures shook a ' front wheel at Dorothy, threatening. ly and cried: "You®c¢an't escape be cause you're on the enchanted h' We'll get you," that Seek to Better State of People TORONTO -- Descvibine as "far ahead of our system" the method in which London takes care: of delin- quent girls: Miss Mary Wl. Jenison related her impressions of :the Inter- national Conference on Social Work in London betore a Central Councils Neighborood Workers' Association meeting, : At the Women's Bo-stal at Ayles- bury, she found an exterior looking much -like* a. prison. Inside the girls had many privileges. Girls from 14 to 21, guilty of such crimina' offen. ces as petty thieving, vagrancy and other charges are kept in the bor- stals, Miss Jenuiston exp ained They are trained in domestic work, cooke ing and sewing during imprisonment: and when ready for discharge, are found employment and kept. under supervision for a year. Academic subjects are also taught to those de- siring them. English social workers, the «- er described as "much more concern- ed with bettering the conditions of people than with destroying the cause of such conditions." They are more outspoken about the spiritual life of sicial work, and much less self-conscious about it, she said. The most surprising thing about English social work, she thought is the recog- nition by the state o! its increased responsibility for the care of people made dependent through economie forces and the close co-operatior be- tween the, state enterprises and vol. untary groups. Recreational develop ments are only thought worthwhile in England's social agencies: if they come from the people themselves. . Women's Taste + On Jobs Vary Still Every Woman to Her Own Taste in Halifax Halifax, N.S.--A local newspaper made a survey of female opinlon on women's occupations---and whit a hodge-podge of answers develoed. The stenographers found the lady clek's job loathsame, and the dieti- clan vsed strong adjectives to show her distaste far "pounding a typewrit- er eight hours a day." . It seems {t's still every woman to her own taste and Halifax girls are thankful for a variety of occupations to choose from. "What kind ot daily employment would you most hea.tily . dislike?" they were asked. "Washirg dishes--I1 can't think of any job 1 would dislike mcre than that." exclaimed Muriel-Arnold, beau. tician. "I can't fmagine anything more unpleasant than continually cleaning dirty, greasy dis! es. Wash- ing dishes as' a part of housekeeping would he had cnougl, but to do ft for a lving, no thanks, I'd rather not." "Clerking in any kind of a store-- is my idea of how not to en- joy life," volunteered Pat Sellars, stenographer, - k She said she didn' tike the idea of standjng behind a counter all day. listening to abuse and complaints and wearing a million-dollar matter how vou ate feeling." But Gertrude Maxwell, dietician, hadn't a good word to say about Miss Sellar's job. "Pounding a typewriter eight hours a day is the kind of work I would enjoy doing least," she re- plied to the query. "1 tried it." she continued, "but _sjtting all day long taking notes and transcribing them on the typewriter got me down, and I had to stop." A student, Mona Keating, came to bat with an outburst against the tea- ching and nursing professions. Pies No Good, Say Housewives Toronto Bakers Dumfounded Over Opinions Voiced At Meeting Toroutu.--About 300 )ntario bak: ers sat lumb-founded tode, 8 a group of housewives, business women and a dietitian bluntly inforymed them their ples weren't very good, their cakes not much better, rnd their buns not bad. The group oi women were chosen by the Jntaifo Bread and Cake Bake ers' Association to give representa- tive opinfuns on the quality of com- mercial baking. Tle assoclation is in convention here. Commercial pies are "not worth taking a ¢hance on,"*sald me critic, She added she was "terribly let down on a piece of pumpkin ple once and when you get a piece of mince plo you're never sure of what you're eat. ing." "The only time I ever took a bak. er's ple home," said a housewife, "our dog had + good feed." Another said she was afrald to take a ple home because she "might get thrown out." The 'fjury" agreed that buns and sweetbreads coull be done a little better by the commercial bakers. Lr " v smile, "no - i A ve iy TY rn Se and Ng 3 ET Rey | oo PT A ATE pt a a a

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