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Oshawa Daily Times, 10 May 1930, p. 11

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THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1930 PAGE ELEVEN PICKERING HAS ADOPTED DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME ering, May 7-~Beginning at mt on Sunday, the Yillags be. 'gan using Daylight Saving Time, A Meet of the ratepayers was held on y evening, and a vote in fay» or of the new time was taken, Ow- ing to the number of country pupils attend the ge schools, the Jt necessary to have the remain standard - time, cedless to say Ws does not meet ith the approval of the village pup- ils and a number of the parents are also complaining. While * daylight ving time has its advantages for the industrial workers in very few cases, does it prove to be a success in rural communities, | A number of the residents of the village were in Toronto on Sature day attending the funeral of the late Mrs. Wm, Peak, ad lived in town for a great many years, Mr. Pat Fitzsimmons, of Hamil. ton, visited with his aunt, Mrs, W, h J Clark, on Sunday. Miss L. Rorke ,of Toronto, spent the week-end with relatives here, Miss Laura Andrew spent Sunday with her parents, Mr, and Mra: Jas, Andrew, At & congregational meeting of the United 'church, on Tuesday evening, a call was extended to Rev, H, Stainton, of Courtice, In spite of the inclement weather, on Thursday night a large number were present in St. Andrew's Church to hear the Rev, J, W, Pedley, of Torogto, give his humorous address on "Mrs, Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch" While the storm raged out. side and the building rocked with the furious onslaughts of the wind, the audience inside rocked with laugh ter at the whimsical humour of the little gentleman, who has seen seven- ty-four summers, Under all the hum. our however, there was a serious. ness, which drove home the lesson which the speaker gleancd from the life story of the courageous I Hig wid- ow, Preceding the lecture, musical selections were given hy local talent, he first. repel meeting of the United Church Women's Missionary Society was held at the home of Mrs, M, 8: Chapman Tuesday afternoon with the new officers in charge, Fol- lowing the devotional and busidess periods a literary and musical pro- am was given, social hour Br the afternoon to a close, On Monday evening, the ¥, P, 8. meeting took the form of an even. ing in honor of the mothers of the members, a number of whom. were present, Following a splehdid pro- gram of both a devotional and liter- ary nature, a social hour was spent, in" which refreshments were served, The Christian Fellowship Committee under the leadership of Sydney Won- nacott, was in charge of the program, Miss Gladys Burns, of Toronto, spent Monday with her sister, Mrs, yril Morley, A number from the vicinity attend. ed the elocution recital given hy Pro- fessor Duxbury, in the Tabernacle, Whitby, on Friday gyening. The fine spring days of the Past week have found the villagers tidy- ing up thelr properties, and making improvements in the way of paint, grass seed, and certain kinds of car- ntey. The air, each evening is illed 'with the odour of burning grass, Some venturesome spirits have ale ready planted their gardens, but the majority have so far gontented them- selves A raking up their lawns and preparing their flower gardens, NOT'THE SAME The children were quarreling over thelr game of cards and little Pthel called on her mother to rems onstrate with Eric, "Rut, dear," mother paid, "it's no use your accusing Erie of cheating, because I saw you doing the same thing a few minutes ago!" "Yes, mother," Xthel "put Erie does it regularly--and only do it when it's necessary!" replied, hea a a---------- 7/4 "Tasted i bieh dor, Duriey ani I6GS SEED C2... SEED HOUSE" -- The photographs. here show features of the launching of the Norseman, Canada Cup challenge eraft, at Toronto, to k op the challenge of the ILC.Y.C, to the VRS 8 ERY EE oT Rochester: Yacht 'Club' for pomwane Hon of 'the famous' Canada's cup, fv. was christened "Norseman" by Mys, Ross, wife of the Yiewten« antsgovernor of Ontario, The craft a a ---- RRR TR WY CVT Ww, J show Was designed hy Howe of Halifax, views of Nopseman, Capt, Picture (| MANY PORTRAITS OF FAMED DOCTORS Acadamy of Medicine in Toronto Has Big Collection Toronto, May 10.~"There probably ought to be a law against permitting reviewers to review in the spring. It is too risky: Something untoward is likely to happen" wrote Florence Davies, the other day in the Detroit News, This warning against the poss sible damages of spring fever makes quite an impression, . But these notes having to do with doctors and medi- cine, a feeling of security prevails, If the spring fever is severe, cures will he handy, Who knows that the building of the Academy of Medicine in Toronto; is also somewhat of an educational art gallery in which hang a number of prints (a few of which' are tine pariginals), and paintings 'that d HANG IN COLLEGE offer a wide and interesting field to the art student as well as to the lay man curious to learn about medicine with the help of "images," An im- portant group out of this collection wis offered to the institution by the late Sir William Osler, Dr, Edward Jenner I'he most familiar figures among the famed men portrayed in the prints and paintings are Dr, Edward Jenner, the discoverer of vaccine and Dr, William Harvey who discovered the eireulation of the bleed, in the seventeenth century It it did not sound Irreverent, one would say; "If you wish to find, at first. glance, the engravings and ple. tures which represent Fdward Jenner look for the cow." The artists who have represented this famed scients ist, 'have almost without exception udded a cow to the picture, It Is # simple and picturesque way of telling the story of Jenner finding that the virus of cowpox could be preventive of smallpox, It avolds the ardous details of a medical treatise and it is direct and naive, From the historical viewpoint, the engraving by C, Manigaud showing Edward Jenner performing vaceina- tion Sor the first time on a baby is notable, While the doctor is about to inoculate the infant who is in Mts mother's rms, ¥ large" window 1s : 4 - =a ovELY paintings, deli- h chiselled statues and violins that produce anit [ST TTL | When you roof or resroof with Brantford AsphaltSlates you will understand why they are the choice for thou music are popularly sands of Canada's most dis- tinguished buildings. You will enjoy & sense of security such as you have never known before, Your home will be safeguarded from the severest extremes of wind, rain, sun and storm, And ou will have a roof that is Hrosate, colourfully picture : que and unneedful of re. air pairs for a long period of years, ; Investigate these "mastérpieces a , hardy Brantford Asphal ol dovign and pen, open, in the background, and a kind. ly cow ix seen peeping through, Fram the art viewpoint and among the more beautiful prints, there is one of Willlam Harvey with a sort of unrolled map of the bloed cireul. ation, designed like a coat of Arms, which is quite fine and most inter esting, Famed Englishmen | A portrait of Thomas Sydenham and one of Sir Samuel Garth engraw ed by Harrison are done in the bril- lant technique which came to a peak during the seventeenth century, Both of these prints are Interesting also in that they bring te mind the mem- ory of these two famed Englithmen, the first whom is considered the faths er of English Medicine the English Hippocrates, the other a well known doctor, also famous for his "mocks heroic poem" The Dispensary a sas tire in which he ridiculed the apothe caries and mercenary hysielans. ~ Two prints from well known paint. ings by Teniers: "The Alchemist" and "The Country Surgeon," are good examples of the craft of wood en- graving when it was considered an artistic 'achievement ta be able to translate into black and white the creative work of famous painters The most picturesque note in the entire colloetion is offered by a col- or print of A, Barrere, Tt is a care toon of a few of the best known bacteriologists, clinical surgeons, gynecologists and general practi tioners of the time, in France, A few freaks, just out of the alcohol Jar included in that humerous col lection of medical men seen in bloody smocks and grotesque attitudes, Two of them wear high hats, several are holding knives and other aggressive tools which are anything but promis. ing of a good time, Older Paintings Old fashioned paintings are still very much in faver with physicians, judging from the calibre of those owned hy the Toronto Acalemy of Medicine. As one enters the builds ing: one is greeted by "The Country Doctor," an oil signed by Paul G. Wickson and dated 1892, It is a snow scape and on the foreground there is a sleigh from which smiles the Doe: tor, "Gossip," » genre Ranting in the style of George A. Reid in an- other old timer included in the art collection of the Academy The name of J. W, Foster survives among medical men, in the measure in which he was able ta portray truthfully some of the well known ancestors of the Academy of Medi cine in Toronto, His portrait of Michael Barrett founder of the We- men's Medical College is done in the manner of a good French Salon portrait of the past century and of fers no little contrast with the per: trait of Augusta Stowe Cullen, the first woman to graduate in medicine, from a Canadian University and which was painted by Allan Bare and cently by the Medical Alumnae, This fainting which hings by the side of that of J. W. Voster Is done In ver strong 'colors and plays happily wit! contrasts of warm and cool tones, It Is an Interesting Jets of eharacts e+ study and a foreslul portrait whieh stands out in one's memory with all its features, If one agrees with the view that science and art are the two alls on which to safely travel toward besuty and truth, then dndoubtedly the Aca demy of Medicine of Toronto is in a favored position to discover quite a few things about Beauty, only there are additions and eliminstigns desir. able in order to make a notable col- lection out of the present one, Yet the start is there and it, ls worthy of notice, ANGRY MANAGER Franc -- Spring Hes Echoes in Court Pails France, May 10-sPgecocious | Spring nF pereussions in Court The other day, It was the case of the reluctant Muse, An author had |! undertaken 10 deliver a play in Three Acts, "The Velled Lady" by a cer: tain date, The manager of the Theatre for which it was destined exasperated by repeated delays, took proceedings against the dramatist I'he unfortunate author, In his de. fence, sald he had sought inspira tion hoth on mountain and ses, But the Muse hed eluded him, He had boen waiting for Spring The judge fined the muthor one | france and warned him that the Muse must be more prompt in future, Today it is the turn of Spring in| Court, Spring, It seems, Ig demon aliging both scholars and parents alike, Truancy & Problem | Windows of French schools, kept jealously shut in Winter, arg thrown open in Spring with one uecord, The sun, the calls of the birds, the fra grance of blooming hawthorn hedges, the sight of green fields, (he echo of tempting brooks, assail at once the eyes and ears of the scholars, The result has been an unusual outburst if truancy, All along the delicious mountain streams of the Cevenngs, in the byways of Normandy, in Brits tany and especially In the wooded hills of Gascony, once. dear to the heart of D'Artagnan, boys are found wandering earelree, dirty and dis visit to a distant relativemeot e visit to a distant relation, whole of the afternoon he had sub- i | mitted to the attentions of his hos t gan to grow tired of having his whiskers pulled and his toes trod. Judge Fines Author One den on nhout to depart, "there is one thing about your charming son that es pecially pleases me." » in France is havMg its re-| smiling mother, Red Rose Orange Pekoe Tea is truly economical, # half pound makes almost as many cups as a full pound of cheap tea costing 50c to 60c. RED ROSE TE Ais good ted' RED ROSE ORANGE PEKOE. isextra youd ONE ENOGUH Ameilonn friend around the coun The old gentleman was paying altry, "There's n fine tain," sald the forme, pointing to an expess which had just appened out of a tunpey. ""Sure,! agreed the American, "but we've got trains twice as big an that in the States." For the oss' young sen, but at last he hes The Englishman was silent for n while, Presently he pointed to un wells designed house, "That's a fine hullding tor oyu," 'wuld, "What do you think of TL y { "fay," laughed the American, "Uhint's nothing." We've got hun- dreds of buildings bigger and bets ter than that" "Yes, 1 axpect you have," return» CAUGHT od the Englishman, "That's an The Englishman was showing his asylum." PE he aE "Madam," he sald, an he was "And what is that?" asked the "That he isn't a he old gentleman twin," replied MPLETED IN ATLANTIC CITY! ShLLED COLO CATAL Now Ready for V/ heavelled, happily indifferent to all the vaunted culture of France Some communes look on with ine dulgent eye, Not se Senlis, This romantic retreat outside Pars, rich in ity medineval lore has tempted so many students to play Vecole buiss sonniere that the schools are practice ally desorted, But Senlis has a cons | sclentigus commissioner of police, He summoned his men and delivered this ultimatum; "Enforge strictly the law of tru- ancy. Every child found loitering in field or road during school hours shall he apprehended and conducted back to school and the parents shall be summoned," Seived By The Ears Almost every day you may see a gendarme conducting a youthful mer- rymaker to school by the ear, There upon the officer of order repairs to the domicile of the guilty to ser | vice notice on the parents, But there | the commissioner meets his supreme | disillusionment, He had thought he was reinforcing the authority of the parents, Too often, he finds they too are absent=-following the primrose paths of spring, And the campaign has extended to those who take the stars and thelr roof and the highway as their path of adventure, Gypsies, people of trays elling circuses and these less pies turesque but numerous caravanseries travelling merchants who sell every. | Tessin stm thing from sabots to candle snuffers, are ordered to bring their children to school, It is a motley mob that has come to grips. with the French education avatom: thes days, All and sundry are warned against the vagabond Yolen of dpring. 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