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Durham Review (1897), 14 May 1931, p. 9

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Year Opinions 204 hq 13 Y4% »f »t 409 ists, the Shell Company voluntarily ordered the destruction of all its #ign boards over France. Many of the posters hid beauty spots. Faris.â€"Furthering the campaign to make the country attractive for tourâ€" The Royal Victoria and Albert and King George V Docks stretch for three miles along the riverside between Blackwall and Gallions Reaches of the Rir.r Thames. The King George V entrance lock, the second largest in the port of London, gives a view 03 the largest sheet of en â€"osed dock water in the world. & ‘ tures. Passing through Tower Bridge at London, on the Thames, one ap proaches first the entrance to the Lonâ€" don and St. Katherine Docks with their lofty warehouses. Large quantities of many of the most valuable commodities from all parts of the world are stored here. More than 60,000,000 fleeces of wool pass through these docks every year. The Port of London Authority keeps a staff of experts to perform such necessary operations as weighing and #ampling. Other goods stored on the docks include skins, wines, spices, rugar, rubber, ivory, drugs, coffee, cocoa, lodine, quicksilver essential olls canned fruits, fish and cocoanuts. London docks, scattered from the city down thirty miles of the Thames River as far as the Tilbury Docks, the nearest port to the sea, include many famous and important strucâ€" M The sequel to this story is worthy of note, adds Melba. On the next cay Mancinelli called at Tamagno‘s private suite at about twelve o‘clock. He and his daughter were just sitâ€" ting down to lunch, ‘"Need I tell you what was the dish in the centre of the table?" asks Melba, mischievously. "This was too much for Tamagno." chuckles Melba. "Leaning over the table, he said to Mancinelli: ‘What are you going to do with those? "‘Do with them?" replied the be wildered Mancinelli. _ ‘Nothing.‘ "‘Ah,‘ Tamagno siged with satisâ€" faction. In his resonant tones he eimmoned a waiter ‘Give me a newspaper,‘ he cried. ‘The newspaper was brought, and then, with the utmost deliberation, Tamagno proceeded to wrap the cutâ€" ‘ets up, one by one in the newspaper. Suddenly pausing, and sensing that in explanation was required, he said: You see, my little dogâ€"he loves veal cutlets.‘" Another time Jelba and Tamagno were luncheon guests of the noted eonductor Mancinelli, at an Italian reataurant in New York, Among the dishes served were veal cutlets ‘m la Milanaise.‘ _ At the end of the «ourse several cutlets were left over. "mVC arl.ncially and murmur that of course it was permitted to take them." "The poor woman was so aston ¢d," says Melba, "that she could 0 emile artificially and murmur that is When the time arrived for the woâ€" men to leave the table, relates Melâ€" ba, "my eyes were so glued to Tamâ€" agno that I hardly realized where I was." (She had previously watchâ€" ed him pop crystallized fruits, alâ€" monis, chocolates, etc., into his napâ€" kin.) "But in a sort of dream I raw him rise to his feet, take up one ©f the beautiful bunches of orchids with which the ladies had all been presented, bow gracetully and say to the Ambassadress seated next to him: The rule against pocketing victuals at table recalls a story told by Melba (in "Melodies aad Memories") about the great temnor Tamagno. (They used to say that his voice was so powerâ€" ful that his top C‘s caused the chanâ€" deliers at Covent GGarden actually to rattle,) _ Tamagno was guest at a formal dinner given to Metropolitan Opera singers ot which Melba, Jean de Reske and others including the Italian Ambassador and his wife.i were present. London‘s Vast Docks ‘‘Will you allow me, signora? It for my daughter who is ill at the _ delba and Tamagno guests of the noted cinelli, at an Italian New York, Among could only astonishâ€" that will correct the condition. Phillips‘ Milk of Magnesia, A spoonful of this pleasantâ€" tasting, soothing fluid noeutralizes many times its volume in acid. It restores the proper alkaline balance acid, You need not resort to crude methodsâ€"take instead an antiâ€"ac!d When your food ferments "disâ€" agrees," lies like a lump in your stomach, it‘s a sign of too much All human beings still talk like sayâ€" ages. Every modern language is little more than a tool for cavemen; as though modern surgeons still operated with stone knives or modern carpenâ€" ters sawed boards with fish bones or modern farmers cultivated their fields by digging them up with sharp sticks, So protested Sir Richard Paget, lifeâ€" long British student of the nature and sounds of speech, in a recent adâ€" dress in London. It is generally adâ€" mitted, Sir Richard recalled, that a large part of the human antagonisms which lead to wars and similar difiâ€" culties . are due to differences of language, so that separate groups of people do not fully understand each other, A similar condition exists, the lecturer suggested, even among people who speak the same language. Words are complicated mouth, tongue and throat gestures most of which were chosen by our savage ancestors thouâ€" sands of years ago, These savages bhad but few ideas and simple ones. Languages, â€" while probably â€" good enough for their cavemen irventors, GET RID of your dread of pain after eating. Eat without fear of "indigestion," sour stomach, disâ€" agreeable gas or headaches, . â€" Has Not Advanced In Line With Other Human Progress All human beings still talk like savâ€" ages. Every modern language is little Modern Language _ Still In Stone Age The marketing of cream has been my life study. I have a new plant, new cans and some new ideas. If you have cream to sell, you will be interested in this new market. It is different Write 52 JARVIS STREET Free stencil premium label on every packâ€" The Best Water Colour for Walls and Ceilings n antiâ€"ac!d | today and for several days and see condition. | how it sweetens the system,. You sla, won‘t be nearly so liable to colds pleasantâ€"| or sickness. All drugstores in neutralizes | the Dominion sell it in 50c bottles. n acid. ltl Look for the naume Phillips on ne balance | the bottle. Made in Canada J. A. McFEETERS ACID after meals hor Decorator‘s Guide encil Catalogue. Phillips‘ Milk of Magnesia is what you need when a bad breath, coated tongue, headaches, nausea or billousness indicates an overâ€" bowelsâ€"assigts these organs to function &s they ehould. to â€" CREAM Moose Peak, Maine, enjoys the disâ€" tinction, says Popular Mechanics Magâ€" azine, of being the foggiest spot in the United States, although it brightened Up a little in 1930 and had only 1,562 hours, or a little more than sixtyâ€"fAive days and nights, of fog. Its yearly fog average over sixteen years has been 1,607 hours. Runnersâ€"up on Moose Peak‘s record are Libbey Island and Petit Mana, also on the Maine coast. On the Pacific coast, Point Reyes light station holds the record, with an average of 1,398 hours per year for fortyâ€"five years, bave been outgrown by civilization. A single word may stand for balf a dozen separate ideas, even in a single language; Mankind has perfected the art of mathematics and dozens of other arts which assist the progress 0° science or the exact formulation of ideas in special fields like science and engineering. No similar effort has been spent on speech. Instead men have been content to get along ‘with the words and speech forms of savages. Future progress of civilizaâ€" tion will be delayed or perhaps preâ€" vented, Sir Richard believes, unless the problem of communicating ideas by language is studied scientifically and systematically, to find out exactly how thoughts may be expressed most clearly. an acidâ€"soaked stomach and The Foggiest Spot TORONTO, ONT. lésoudun, according to the Index to French Production. These skins have an attractive grain and color and are able to withstand the rough handling and hbard service met by travelers‘ bags. Paris is the chief market for these goods. The raw materials used in the manuâ€" facture of French morocco leather goods are sheepskins from which the wool is removed at Mazamet and which are dressed at Graulhet and Truth is as impossible to be soilâ€" ed by any outward touch as the sunâ€" beam.â€"John Milton. The seven ages of women are 7, 17, 27, 27, 27, 27, 27. Its the conâ€" sumer‘s good luck that it pays the producer to be honest. Her doctor advised her to go skating to reduce, but she couldn‘t stand it. sharks "‘They couldn‘t touch me," the lady said after they had brought her out. "They were all manâ€"eating For minutes before the rope was lowered, the muititude gazed in wonâ€" der, as the viscious would dart up to the body, then turn and dart away. "Sharks!" screamed the multitude as white flashed darted towards the body below. "Overboard," shrieked the watch. A thousand men and women rushâ€" ed to the rail to see a woman strugâ€" gling in the green water. Groomâ€"No, darling; just throw it | overboardâ€"it‘ll save time and trou-[' ble. Brideâ€"Shall I have your lunch brought up to the deck, sweetheart? Rain is something we don‘t like while we are getting it, and kick like sin when we don‘t get it. A barkâ€" ing dog is almost as unpopular a&s one that bites. The chap who takes care of his own credit and collecâ€" tion department is most apt to colâ€" lect the living that the world owes him. We don‘t know which makes for the duller eveningâ€"a woman telling about the removal of her apâ€" pendix, or a man telling about his stock market operation. The adâ€" vantage of one big worry is that it el:minates a multitude of little wor-‘ ries. Susieâ€"What are you knitting? Lottieâ€"Something to cheer up boys. Susieâ€"Why, you silly thing, war is over. Lottieâ€"This is a bathing suit me, dear. French Morocco Leather The Old Offender (after waiting a minute or two)â€"I glon‘t know ez I‘ve got anything to say only this, it strikes me that you folks ‘round here are purty toler‘ble liberal with ot\er people‘s time. The Judgeâ€"It is my intention to sentence you to eight years at least. Now, before sentence is formerly proâ€" nounced on you, I shall listen to anyâ€" thing you may have to say on your behalf. An old offender was found guilty of stealing a horse and received a stiff sentence on account of his previâ€" ous record. _ The judge addressed him as folows. THE DIFFERENCE It take so many rosesâ€" Such wealth of gorgeous bloomâ€" So many petals crushed, to make One breath of faint perfume. It take so many hours Of labor and of tears To give the world a iovely song That will outlive the years. But love is something quite apart, Just one swift kiss can break a heart pomiy ie t d collle ht tsA "I used Diamond Dyes for the reâ€" dyeing, of course, I have dyed many things with these wonderful colors. They have saved me many dollars | and have never failed to give perfect ’reaultsâ€"smooth, even colorsâ€"fast to ; wear and washing. Friends think my ItMngs are new when I redye or tint them with Diamond Dyes. They do give the most gorgeous colors!" Mrs. G.C., Levis, Quebec. A friend complains about the inâ€" creasing worries of dressing, "By the time I get my {:‘se teeth in place, my arch supports adjusted, my ear phone regulated and my wrist watch strapped on I am usuaâ€" ly exhausted," he confided. Mrs. Carney (rushing into the livâ€" ing room, panting for breath) â€"Oh, Walter, I dropped my diamond ring off my finger and I can‘t find it anyâ€" where. Mr. Carney (very calmly)â€"Its all right, Olive, I came across it in my trouser‘s pocket. "How to make my old short skirts conform to the new length was a problem to me until I hit on this plan. I dropped the hems ; and as the part that had been turned under was darker than the rest, I redyed the entire dress, after having bleached the goods, following directions in the Diamond Dyes package. Give to the world The best you have And the best will Come back to you Owl Laffs FASHION RINT the the for The use of loudâ€"speakers and gramophones is forbidden in Brusâ€" sels after eleven o‘clock at night, The two points farthest apart in the United States proper, according to the Geological Survey, are Cape Flattery, Wash., and a point on the Florida coast, south of Miami. These two points are about 2,835 miles apart.â€" The Pathfinder. Poles of U.S. Are Determined nhofDeprtedisetinints Ssd tral i kss k 10410 4 ed by skilled aviators, and plays a tremendously important part in the protection of the Province‘s timber wealth, ,There is something picturesque and _much that is of a hazardous nature _about the work of these men who spend the summer in the clouds above the vast forest domain of this Proâ€" vince, watching eagleâ€"eyed for tle incipient fire that may mean disâ€" astrous material loss and perhaps death in its most terrible form. Their presence in these danger zones, and the conviction that they are animatâ€" ed by a keen sense of duty, justify public confidence that everything possible will be done to prevent the terrible forest conflagrations of former years.â€"The Mail and Emâ€" pire (Toronto). , With the disappearance of winter conditions these flying firemen may be found all over â€" the forests of Northern Ontario. This is a well trained and disciplined force, directâ€" | The Fire Menace :‘ _ in the Dominion 2°"°° °004 patroi for detection of fires, a large ground staif, with equipment stored at strategic points, always will be necessary for the fighting of larger fires and maintenance of sysâ€" tems of communication. | _ Summer has its perils as well as | its pleasures, and one of the greatest ]poru: is the forest fire. Until & | tew decades ago Canada was careâ€" less of her timber wealth; . there seemed so much of it that exhausâ€" tion was a remote prospect. _ But prodigality always brings its own punishment; now it is realized that the wooded areas must be cared tor,; and reforestation has become an esâ€" tablished undertaking, In view of this situation, prevenâ€" tion of forest fires is a subject of : prime importance. During 1929, 6,â€" 000,000 acres of timbered land in the Dominion was burned over, with a total loss of $6,200,000; and this deâ€" spite an elaborate and efficient preâ€" ventive organization. Each of the Provincial Governments administerâ€" ing its own forests maintains a fireâ€" protection body which co-operntesl with owners and lessees for the proâ€" tection of timbered areas, the cost being distributed _ or covered by special taxes on such lands. The acroplane is established as an | important factor in the detection of forest fires, and in this respect Onâ€" tario is particularly well equipped. While aircraft have to a large extent supplanted the old «.noe, horseback | and foot patrol for detection of fires, ISSUE No. 19â€"‘31 _ ; Seilings weekly from Montreal fmele.. Td Third Class Round Trip $13 :p«h' Seasonal Third Clos ound Trip Excurion Rete $129. Information from Cor. Bay and Wellington Ste, . _ __ (Phone Elgin 3471) Imbued with the finâ€" est traditions of British seaâ€" manship, he hes spent his lifetime mastering the moods of the seven sees. or any steamship agent APVN I AUVIV _ rar sws se â€" nz TORONTO Toronto If baby has EPittnbihrâ€"»war _ Feel V C O L 1 c _ e m makes it safe for frequent use. _ And a more liberal dose of Castoria is always better for ing children tl;a‘:tnyr;ngmeddmmenn!onlyfor a use. the stomach, or the little bowels; colic or constipation; or diarrhea. When tmmnfiu are coated, or the of Rentle reguiation:" Chidres Tote ation. ove the?a:tfi o_ffltgrig. and its mildpess tion Bnnp"ffitfimckrv'" comfort, and can never harm. It is the sensible thing when children are ailing. Whether it‘s £& cause for alarm if Castoria is handy. This pure vegetable preparaâ€" ACRY in the night. Colicl No cause for alarm if Castoria is handy. This pure vegetable prenaraâ€" What is believed to be the richest deposits of radium in the world are at Great Bear Lake, 1,200 miles northwest of Edmonton in the Northâ€" west Territories. There is no preservative and antiâ€" septic, nothing that keeps one‘s heart young like sympathy, like giving one‘s selt with enthusiasm to some worthy thing or cause.â€"John Burroughs. _ The herd of about 1,000 wood butâ€" falo or bison still roaming south of Great Slave Lake is the last wild herd of the continent, Wood Buffalo Park (10,500 square miles), the largest Naâ€" tional Park in Canada, with the Salt River therein, is reserved for their use. The Government herd of plains buffalo in the park at Wainright, Al-} berta, is kept at 5,000, and is a source of robes, horns and meat. l a& dainty and sheer appearance not obtained by other methods. The advantage over ironing the curtains or having them hang full is so great that it is impossible to realize the effect until one has tried this method. __ Take the full width of voile, grena dine or any soft curtain material, and after stitching hems at top and bottm, making a separate stitching for the rod, dampen and while damp ins*cad of ironing or using a curâ€" tain stretsher, put them at once on rocas, plase a rod in the bottom hem and one in the top ard hang them to dry by pushing the material tightâ€" ly together. Let them dry in this fashion. _ When entirely dry, take out the bottom rod and the curtains will hang as though shirred and have When in Toronto RATESâ€"â€"$1.50 to $2.50 Single Every hotel service in a clean, quiet, fireproof building. 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Yet the plant s reaches a height of more th: inches, according to the Pield M\ of Natural History, Jt takes h of years to reach its full growth ‘Popular Science Monthly." ‘l}.\ 4 0 t The Canadian Wool Co. 1Ad 2 CHURCH sT., Toronto POSITIO.\'H on ocBEa: cxperience unnecessary sitions free K. Arculus N New York HIGHEST PRICES PAID Â¥Y _ iocal .epresentative Ing household necessities. ence Cameron, 39 Wellit Toronto Ont. I Iree A. REPRESENTATIVE WANTED W O O L biy BABY . HICKSâ€"iN Si% VARâ€" 1ETIE3, e ang up. lataiogues . _H. Switzer, Granton. Ontario. AND WOMEN WaNTEp nd appoints subâ€"agents der of the county. â€" Mus and able to supply bor Very _ liberal commis k Lane Products 1in Ontario. e o m ogmmeeces o the largest plant in rare species known as HELP WANTED. ihed Advertising presentative for fast sellâ€" oU KE TO BE THB Arculus, Mount Vernom know the little day amihone OCEAN LINERSâ€" Write Clarâ€" Rton St. B List of poâ€" seldoom Mn Slx Ireds £0 V % the : the reepâ€" MmaZe

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