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Port Perry Star (1907-), 24 Aug 1939, p. 7

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gq Bd ------ ~ at knittin' she might do a \ i we Understanding Your Children A Mother Should Watch and Get To Know Children Oth- er Than Her Qwn er ~ It is good for a mother to get.a- different: viewpoint. on' children by 'watching and knowing children oth. er than her own. An especially tine way to do this {s to assist with - some work being done in a schoo), church, club, or private classes to teach and help children, In this way she will meet various typés of eh'ildren with different back. grounds and environments while they are occupied and interested in many activities, i Mother May Be Talented It may be the mother has a tal ent for music, art, craftmanghip, or story telling which will enable her to work with; a group of child edu " .cators, or she may be able to assist the librarian In a. children's Jib. rary, or help in a children's mus. eum, Perhaps she can take an ac- tive interest in the younger group "of Scouts, Campfire girls, or sim. ilar organizations. There are many lines In modern child guidance and development which are Interesting and enlightening to adults and the alert mother will bestir herself to find out about them, for she will . gain deeper insight and broader Qn. ____derstanding-of-her-own-ehildren{in--f--""""" relation to all childhood. oe } Turnabout I was talkin' with thé banker the other day, and he says that the trouble, with farmers fs that they don't diversify enough. You farmers put all your eggs in ono basket, he says, If you would 'raise a- little of everything you'd allus have something to sell, and Jt one crop failed "you'd have some- thing else to git you by. = That's good advice, 1 says, and I'm surprised that you don't take it yourself. From what I hear, the bankin' business ain't none too good, on account the fellers that' want to borrow money ain't so like- ly to pay it back, and them whose credit' is good don't want 'to bor- "row. . What you ought t¢ », 1 says Is to diversify. You've ot a good big lobby here in the bank, Why don't you put some tables in and serve sandwiches and pie? Then I notice that you ain't busy countin' your pioncy more'n half of the time, go you might put in a bar. ber chair and do a little shavin' on the side. - Or mebbe you might have. that cute little lady over there by the rddin' machine knit socks in her sfare time. There's a good market for socks in this town, especially in the winter time. If she ain't so good little manicurin', 1 wéuldn't mind payin' a quarter now and then to have her hold my hand and trim my finger pails. hs : The.point is, | says, Is that it di- versificalion is good for us, it had oughta' bo good for you too, and any time you need any more good advice, just call on me. -- (John Turnipseed, in Family Herald and Weekly Star). . Winnipeg School Chess Masters Young Lad's Playing Has Arous- Abie Yanofsky, a tall, eager Win- nipeg high school boy of 16 sailed "forthe Argentine, at the end of the month of July, to compete With the world chess /champlons, carrying with him first e in the consola- tion tournament of the American Chess Federation, ; 3 The Manitoban, #roused wide In- terést. in Manhattan chess circles . - by his Invariably exciting and ast- ute play, emerged undefeated from the seventh-and final round of the consolation tournament, with five wins and two draws. : ; Tossed a Coln He qualified for the finals of the ° championship chess federation 18hip tournament, but tied with two oth: ers. Instead of playing oft their tle they tossed a coln, and in the game of chance young Abie was less suc-- cessful than in the game of skill, In addition to Yanofsky, the Can- 'adlan team [8 composed of Haakom Opsahl,"Temiscamingue, Que, Ab- raham Helman, 32, Winnipeg, wlio owns a delitatessen, Watler, Holo wack, of Edmonton, a violin teach: ! N ps \ . i R N 4 { x a U i ~-- Ra ) { i Hl Te Hl » n hy SS 1 i ' . i ; " oo % 4 : 3 er, and J, 8. Morrison, Toréntd, tho | captain of the team, a commercial artist, Miss Anabelle Lougheed, of Toronto, who Is head of a business college, also salled to play in the women's championship tournament, ' "There is probably no- topcoat What is as satisfactory as the reei- er. It fits.s0 many occasions, It's serious enough for school; smart . "enough for week-ends and warm ~--enough for early football games. For the girl who does not spend 8 lot of money. it is a sdfe buy, since it is a classic, For the more oppulént there are. coats with leated fullness, and flargs at the ack, Very smart they are. - {PARADE ... ed Wide Interest... Liberals from every part of the Dominion gathered at Toronto recently to honor Prime Minister Mackenzie o 'King at a gigantic banquet on the occasion Liberal party, : Hon, NEWS EARL BALDWIN OF BEWDLEY: The former Prime Minister of Eng. land, Earl Baldwin .of Bewdley, ar- rived in-New York 'ast.week-to at- tend the World Congress on Edu- cation for Democracy at 'i'cachers' College, Columbia Univere..y. At a special convocation Lord Baldwin 'received an honorary degreo of Doctor of Laws from Columbia, - On his arrival he was asked" _ many. questions. by members of the press. The 'seventy-two-year-old statesman stressed the importance of education for democracy, saying "no democracy can survivo unless the masses of the people have it in thelr minds that democracy 1s worth living. for as well as worth dying for." . Lord Baldwin would not com- ment on immediate prospects of war, except to observe that the question of war or peacé rests in' the hands of one man... Hitler «+» whom he described as "a man with a great brain . . . and' quite abnormal." SPAIN'S SUPPORT TO ITALY "MORAL": Recent news leads us to belleve that reporf8%that Spain is already in the axis camp are doubtful, The elaborate celebration attending Italian Foreign Minister Count Ciano's recent visit to Spain gratitude - for Itallan help during the civil war than an Indication of his willingniess to sign an ironclad military agreement, Since Clano's roturn Itallan diplomats have con. ~-fided-to intimates that about the " best now hoped for is "moral sup- port" in case of war, and a work: able trade agreement which would insure Italy raw materials, 2 ham, British Lord Chancellor] and Lady Maugham arrived in CAnada last week, Lord Maugham to attend the annual corfvention of the Can. adian Bar Association at Quebec. In an Interview ho gave a trite plc: ture of#'the British way." He said,. "The European situation {s nothing to get frantic about. Of course, in -England each day seems to bring a new crisis. However. we've learned not to become excited, 'We just THE BRITISH: WAY: Lord os fact he added, "trade Is exception. ally bright considering all things. It 18 true that commercial {industry has glven many of its best workers and meghanics to tho cause of pre paredness, but business Is well able to carry on without noticeable ef- fect." , "GANDHI'S EXPERIMENT": Last February, on the insistence of Ma. hatma Gandhi's powerful puritanie- al Congress party a liquor law was . passed by the Bombay Legislature. Qandhl regards drink. along, with {ndustrialism , , . as ono of India's chlet problems. . <- - Toy month the formal nfMmuc tion of prohibition resylted in hun. dreds of extra police squads Lo ling the stroets of Bombay, enfore- ing order and-law (especially the. new law). Along with the enforce. "mont of prohibition a great propa "ganda campaign to popularize it got under way. Special stamps showing a snake twined around a liquor bottle and, dripping pdison were {ssued, Anthdrink labels were put on 14,000,000 match boxes: the 20th anniversary of Mr. Ernest Lapointe, minister of justice in the Domini cheers for Mr. King at the huge banquet tendered in hi the thousands responded to the cheer for the prime min - nion's history. on government, stood and honor at the Royal York Hotel. .Mr, King stood while ister with the third longest term in office in 'the Pomi. King's rise to the leadership of the "led the Bi-Products From Milk -}-The Extensive Utility of Milk --" Many things are being made from milk quito apart from the us. ual dairy products. In Canada there aro soveral factories for making casein from" milk and from casein binder for ivory, furniture glue, 0 many other * paints, sizings and commodities. -One factory buys whole milk, ".skims it and makes butter from the casein; the lactose, or milk sugar, Is used as a supplement in -baby foods; the albumen is "separated . out and being rich in protein and . Vitamin C, 1s used as an animal concentrate. In fact all-that ig left .when this firm is done with milk is water. h ; NTARIO UTDOORS other firms make buttons, imitation - creams, The skim milk is used in . By VIC BAKER BAITCASTER VS. GOLFER - seems to be the time of the year for all screwball bets and screwy contests, The latest of these cur- rent cut-ups, which should be of interest -to anglers 'and golfers, consisting of a contest in which Dave Reddick, Ontario all-round - ~casting-champion, pitted his artis- try with the rod and reel against the golfer. The occasion for the unique ex. periment was the Montreal Elec- --trotypérs and Engravers annual golf field day at the St. Johus, Quebec, golf course. The plans called for a contest bétwéen-Red- dick and the winner of the low gross in the tourney in a fivé-hole match under the rules and condi- tions outlined below, ,At first it looked like a. very in. teresting contest. Stanley Smith, who won the [ow gross honours, is a pretty fair golfer while Reddick has cast over 280 feet in comipeti- tion and, when there is no wind prevailing, usually can average 240 feet per cast. Unfortunately, _rain which swept the - Moritreal district forced a halt to the odd match after only two holes had one, Reddick used a baitcasting outfit and a % ounce plug. His casts on the fairways were measured to the point where the plug stopped moving and on the greens where the plug struck the green. It way decided that if he hit within one Maybe it's the heat, but this - prowess of Stanley Smith; been played, each- man - winning ' foot of the cup it would be consid- ered in. -A broken ling cost tho caster an extra stroke while regu- _ lar golf rules governed Mr, Smith's activities with the 'one exception that he too could consider the ball "in" if it rolled within one foot of the hole. Reddick's caddy car- ried ctwo extra rods which he used for accuracy casts when within striking distance of the green. The golfer conceded the first hole to the baiteaster when his _ ball bounced into the rough on his third stroke, Reddick hit the -pin on.his fourth cast, although the- wind had greactly affected his-ac-. curacy. The hole was 162 yards, par three, - The second hole, 349 yards par four, went to the golfer when Red- dick broke his line. and penalized a. stroke, reaching the cupyin sev. en. Smith cupped his ball in five. Before the contestants could finish -the third hole in the five-hole match rain drove them to the shelter of the clubhouse and the argument still' rages "Who would have won?" . ! Woman should put in an eight- hour day at her job, whether it be just looking beautiful for her hus- band, a. well known New -.York dress designer believes, "If she has to cook, keep house and bring up children, she should take pride in doing it. If she is wealthy and her business is only to be beauti- ful and make a delightful hostess, she should apply equally: stern standards to that job," she said. VOICE of the PRESS " WIDE INTERESTS Once when Thomas A, Edison was visiting" Luther Burbank, the naturalist asked him to sign his guest book. - In addition to a col- umn for the names of the guests there was a column for home ad- dresses, another for occupations, * and finally a column headed "in- terested in." In this last column Edison with quickness and firm- - ness wrote: "Everything."--Chris- tian Science Monitor, . --0-- CRIPPLING BLOW TO JAPAN When the United States surpris- éd the world by" announcing the scrapping of the trade treaty with Japan, it took a step that can end in crippling the Japanese in China, As the United States has been shipping to Japan the large per- centage of war materials needed for the campaign in China, the stoppage of these shipments will ~put-a-crimp-in_the..Japanese. ac- tivities. * Shipmenis won't cease at once, because six months are supposed to elapse before abrogation of the - treaty. But Japan has been serv. ed notice that the Americans, as well as the "British, are gelting tired "of being insulted.--Windsor Star. Gm - NEWS OF THE GNUS. } The superintendent of a zoo rang up the editor of a local pa- per. "We hav: some news about the gnus," he said. i - " "Do you mean it's new news?" the editor asked. . "Yes. New news about the new Gnus." ' "But)' protested te editor slight- ly enibarassed, "all new is new." "Oh, we have some old gnus here," came th: answer. "But 1 want to give you some new gnu news about the new gnus that the old gnus have just got." : "Will you please wrile it?" sug---1{- gested the puzzled editor, "and send it in?" | : The superintendent complied was trying to give you some gnu news-about-our.two-old gous that | have some baby gnus. Both the old gnus and the new gnus are do- ing very well.--Brantford Exposi- tor, --_--0 NEAR OBSOLETE More and more, the word "obey" is being deleted from the feminine half of the marriage vows. That-term has been accord- ed as much respect as an interna- tional treaty.--Kitchener Record. . JUST THIRTY YEARS Thirty years ago the army ac- quired from the Wright brothers its first plane, an 800-pound bi- plane, with a twenty.five horse power engine, a 126-mile range, the remarkable speed of forty-one miles an hour, and capable; of be- ing transported in an army wagon, This month at Wright Field and throughout the, country, sixteen. ton bombers, 850 mile-an-hour pursuit ships--1,500 to 2,000 mili- tary planes of all types' and de- seriptions--flashed across ---- the skies in a terrifying demonstra- tion of power.--New York Times. "Gold Age" Relics Found In Sweden ¥ H Three--gold circlets pelleved to date from A.D. 500 have been found In the western part of Central Swe- den, This fs the first important archaeological find in this district, The period to which the clrclets are attributed is known to Swedish archaeologists as the Gold Age be- causo of the number of gold objects 'of similar date that have boen also * found, but this discovery is remark: able because of the amount of gold the circlets contain, Their fine workmanship also adds to their val ue. ""To-Be-Added To State Collection The ornaments were turned up trom under a 'stone slab by the owner of a farm who may now claim the gold value of his find when it Is handed over to the State collections, Books And You BY ELIZABETH EEDY ©: "80ARING WINGS" A Biography of Amelia Earhdrt ' By George_Palmer Putnam The .author has, at last, penned the story of his former wite,»Amel- {a Earhart, He has performed the duty with admirable taste. Mis book records the story of what Mr, i. Putman, among others, beleves to have been a unique personality, ind it will meet the demand of 4 logjon of Miss Earhart's admirers, Mr, Putnam paluts a very attrac. tive picture of the little girl who * refused to confine herself to dolls and the like when bigger and more important adventures beckoned, This spirit romained. with Earhart all her days, She wae, for example, determined to do things because she felt she should, not for what might be got out-of doing them, Ot course, flying Is the big story here. "Soaring Wings" gives a 'detalled- account of tho birth of her desire to tackle a man-sized job and goes - - on to report hor numerous accomp- lishments as a woman pilot, She never, her husband says, saw herself as a person who would grow old. When the sea and sky closed over her .last message she had had (forty years -of youth, without apathy or complac ence, An orchestra consisting of 65 scientists is delighting concert hall audiences in Mcescow, Russia. LIFE'S LIKE THAT 9-2 By Fred Neher a EH vl we In a gigantic test of efficiency of the counter-offensive striking power of the Royal Air Force, more than 1,300 high-speed aircraft, as well as-land defenses, took part in war games over London and the cast and shown here winging their way to: their base on jthesouth coast. south coasts of England. An aerial attack view of Anson bombers of "Eastland", the attacking force, it REG'LAR FELLERS--Saude for the G , x Siam || ssc og AEE J (ga 1 pa on ander yr By GENE BYRNES : zestlu} | Wer RENE Sy 2X woe LW SN 8

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