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CIN \ TORONTO BIG SWIM {" Toronto, Augusi. 22. --When the $560,000 swimming marathon, sche- duled for Aug. 81 was first pro- posed, it was estimated that accom- modation for at ieast 100 natators 'would be found locally, A later es- { timate of 200 was regarded as a flight of fancy, since the Catalina swim in January hrought out what was, up to that time, the greatest collection of stars that had ever competed -- and total starters in that event were 104, However, when entries closed for the local ' marathon on August 15, 871 swim- «mers had signified their intention of competing, while many more have probably mailed their entries in time to have them accepted. The Toronto marathon will cer- tainly establish many records, Nev- er in the history of long distance swimming have there heen so many entries; so many "stars;" so many 'dark horses," champions and near- champions, And certainly there has never hefore heen offered such cash prizes. The winner of the swim, If maseuline, will collect $380,000, while if a woman should do the un- expected and defeat all swimmers of both sexes she will have $35,000 to spend on "pin money." Many of the swimmers are train- ing around Toronto. George Young, whose great achievement in the Ca- talina swim, when he finished alone of 103 swimmers. has made him in- ternationally famous, had been training near Picton, Ont, Recently, however, he moved . his training fauarters to Oakville, where, it Is said, the water is colder. He is favored to win the marathon but a glanre at the entry list shows that all will not he easy for the local lad. His chances are more than 800 to one, hut these odds will with- out doubt decrease ns the race pro- gresses and the mediocre swimmers dron out. That many will drop out is a foregnne conclusion, Lake Onta- rio at no time js very warm, and even now the water is getting cold, Many of the hetter-known swim- : mers freely predic that at the end of the first seven miles nf the 21 mile course, .the field will he nar- rowed down considerably, while not more than 15 will finish. Fdward Keoting. winner of the Lake George Marathon. on his ar- rival here from New York, imme- diately went into the water. *That's colder than Lake George," he said. as he came ont with his teeth chat- tering. Harry Erickson, who stay- ed in the water of that Jake for more than 24 hours, and who is training with Keatine laughed as he too emerged from Lake Ontario's chilly water. *Oh Boy! *hat's cold stuff! You can tell the world for me that there'll he no 15 finish in this race even if there are 300 to start It will freeze them out if it is as cold as this." However. the direction of the wind usually has considerable hear- ing on the temnerature of the water around Toronto. An on-shore wind from the south blowing the warm water in, will make it comfortable: an off-shore wind from the north will make it very cold. The arrangements made by vari- ous swimmers, trainers and mana- gers have aroused considerable in- terest. In several cases, the more temperamental "fish" will have or- chestras accompany them. while some will rely on the much-abused ukelele to while away the hours. Every swimmer will be accompanied '.by a boat containing his handlers . And an official. The race will start at nine o'- clock in the morning. but the finish will be' problematieal. It may be over ag mine. o/clock on sthe same | ¥ ict it may be considerably later before the first swimmer completes the course, Everything hinges on the weather, - Should the natators have to buck heads to winds on ome "leg" of the course, as it seems al- most certain they will, the time will be lowered considerably, It seems too good to expcet absplutely calm waters and clear skies, inside the breakwater which runs! along Toronto's waterfront, The | breakwater was only 300 feet from | the shoreline, and a string of barg- | es were to be used from which to start the swimmers, However, since the distance to the comerete ! to start the "flying fish" from out- side the breakwall. Rules will he laid down governing fouling ani other contingencies, and these 'are at present under consideration. No doubt there will be much joc- keying for various positions in the race, and to get away from this the poeitions will be drawn for by the authorities, Those drawing a posi- cided early advantage in the race if they can get to the first turn ticipated that there will be a. de- cided spurt at the start. The rpu-t will not last long, however, since the distance of 21 miles will re- quire a slow, steady stroke. The fact that the course is laid out, and that there is no tide will probably lead to speed records. Channel, Catalina and Lake George marathons, been laid out in regular even have not courses, long distance swimming. also lead to the inevitable individu. al brushes hetween swimmers who have the perfectly natural human trait or dislike of teins others. As to tion now to "feature entries" in addi- George Coombs, Sudbury, Ont., who is legless; Mi-| chae) Hambourg, Toronto, wha is blind, and Arthur Compton, of Cali- fornia, 14 years old, are the entries of Bert Rovere of Los former grand opera singer, who even nbw entertains visitors to his training camp, and William Corn- well, Toronto street car conductor, who has 14 children, is six feet tall and weighs 245 pounds. At pres- ent William is the "largest" entrant in the swim, Stonehouse is fo he preserved, This will give up a few thousand more years to argue ahout its ori- gin, ~~Financial Post, : Take Advantage Special Prices WALL PAPERS PAINTS Window Shades | This Week Only | W.H.A. PATTE 85 Simcoe N Shore 12 WHITBY Barnett' BRANCH Antique n> 479 Younge St., Toronto Antique Furniture Sheffield Plate Rare Old China Baxter Prints English Brass WATCH FOR THE SIGN ON THE HIGHWAY The original starting point was | wall is so short the entries so many, | officials of the event have decided. tion on the outside will have a de- | ahead of the others, and it is an-| The English | the | and it is a decided innovation in| It wil | nassed by | of | Angeles, a | THEIR APPETITE FOR BREAKFAST Says Joseph E. Smith--Sees Great Change In Menue Toronto Aug. 22.--There. is one {man who does not believe in fast- ing. : He is Joseph E. Smith, the Tot- [und and yubleund chef of the | Queen's Hotel. His uncle. Emi, { from Alsace Lorraine, and his cou- | sin John were chefs there before him, so that the Smith family for 47 years have ruled a kitchen world-famous for its good and plenteous cheer. "People are not eating as much as they used to," laments this ge- | nial chef, whose own health is well demonstrated hy his sparkling eyes and clear complexion. "Thera would be fewer in the hospital if there were more in the dining room," He is well qualified to discuss the eating habits of the present and past generations. He has been associated with the Queen's cuisine for 83 years and has watched with alarm the progressive diminution of man's and particularly woman's de- mand for nourishment. He has the menus of those 33 years to prove his contention that an age of vig- orous Gargantuan gourmets has been succeeded by an age of spin- | dle shanked dieters and fasters who choke 'evem over a succulent 'as- paragus top. Examing one of those seven and eight and even nineteen course menus, he was asked: 'People didn't just choose from this? They | really ate all of it? "Yes, they ate all of it," said Mr. Smith, with a smile of happy reminiscence, "and it did not do them any harm." It is no fault, of course, of the chef that people do not eat as they | #nee did. The Queens is still a rendezvous for those who appreci- ate food, but the demand for long menus has fallen off. Its 1926 | Christmas @inner was eight courses. In 1894 dinner had nineteen courses, which included Vancouver salmon, Philadelphia capon Manitoba hare. English pheasant and roast beef and Yorkshire pudding. "People don't eat as many roasts now," said the chef. "They go in for the white of fowl and find the dark meat too heavy." But there had been an even great- 1 healthier." | always eaten everything." H stance, many er change in the modern breakfast than in the modern dinner. "In , the ol® days we served "ig chops apd steaks. Now people have only bacon and eggs. Generally one egg and not always that. They have lost their breakfast appetite." It was heartbreaking to the chef to see men going forth to attempt to do a day's work with no more substantial ballast in their stom- ach than a glass of ornze juice or a handful of "tht shavings that is mlied breagfast food." He reit- erated that in his experience he had not found that men dug their graves with their teeth. Rather it was the dissue of the teeth and the atrophy of the digestive organs that filled the specialists' consult- ing rooms. "Were people fatter in days?" he was asked. think they were," replied Mr. "Anyway I am sure they the old "I don't Smith. were "I have said ke, "except when I found that a dish disagreed with me. Then | left jt alone. | can understand. for fn- people not cating pork. It jg a rich food and does not agree with all. I have always He took his own case. 4 does been healthy and have never got what anyone could call fat. | mo- tice a great difference in my child- ren. They have many likes and dislikes in food. It is hard to got them to cat everything and jt is sometimes impossible to get them to eat anything." The modern lack of appetite ne put down to modern hurry amd worry. "People won't sit down and eat a meal," said he. "They snatch a bite and are off. You can't tell me that that kind of thing nyome good. Peonle in the old days sat much longer over the'r meals. And so they were able to eat more and digest more. "Part of the trouble." he went on, "comes from the fear of wo- men gefting fat. All this talk of reducing has much to do with the decline in eating. And yet I don't think women were any fatter thirty years ago." He did mot think that prohibition had much to do with the falling off in¥public appetite. He bad mot noticed any jimncrease since goverm- ment comtrol permitted appetites and pre-prandial cocktails. The modern man was just in too great 2 hurry to eat. and was too much obessed by theories of the harm- | fulness of food. | But this chef was | himself. It was eleven o'clock Tand he was in a hurry to finfish | his own second breakfast and pre- pare a luncheon that elsewhere in these degenerate zastranomicz days would be called a grand bam- quet. But he was in no hurry £% { leave the Queens. | He did mot know what his fate would be in the new hostelry, and said: "It would be a little sad to leave a place in which you have practically spent your fife." Aad 4t would be even sadder to see he cuisine change and tho tables that have groaned tudor become @s lightly laden as 4 teria counters. in a hurry ORANGE CHURCH PARADE HELD AT OAKVILLE Oakville, Aug, 21.--Orangemen of Halton County and Hamilton, to the mumber bX ig 300, attended the annual co church parade to St. Jude's hasch, Oakville, this afternoon. Assembling in George Square, they marched to the church, where Rev, Canon D. Russell Smith. the rector, delivered a powerful sermon on the objects of Orangelsm. On their return to the square, George Hillmer, M.P.P., acting for the - County 'Lodge, placed a wreath on the Cemgtaph. . LONE RAT SOLVES CABLE PROBLEM Telephone Man Tell How One Carried Necessary String Through Sheathing They story of a rat that raced through the sheathing of a tele- phone cable years ago to help solve a difficult problem in old-time telephony has seen the light of day for the first time, in a recent issue of The Western Electric News, The history of this rat and how he "carried the message to Garela" after others had failed comes in the form of a conversation between L. BE. Dayment, of the Kearny Equipment Department and a vet- eran of the plant where the cables are manufactured, Feeling remin- iscent, the old-timer begins to speak of the days gone hy, the days when pulling the cable through its lead sheathing was considered a tough problem, "Visitors to the cable plant," said he, "viewing the cable in its long sheathing invariably asked one question: "How do you get the cable through?" Patiently we ex- plained that first a light string was pulled through, then a heav- fer cord tied to that was pulled through and finally the cable It- self, Simple and clear enough fn satisfy even schoolboy Jolmny at the quizzical age of six and a nai, "But not simple enough to satis- fy the visitors. They asked us another, 'Yes, but how did that first string get through?' That was asking us another, as you can readily understand. As we ans- wered we could see the amazed listeners conjure 'up pictures of innumberable small zoos hidden away wherever telephone men work- ed, in which trained rats spun out exciting lives in public service, For our reply was 'Oh, a trained rat pulls that through. We tie it to his tail, start him going and hold a piece of cheese at the other end to coax him along.' "It is not known how many times we told that one until our backs were finally forced against the wall and the cable-pulling rats forced into obscurity by the ex- planation that the first string re- sponded to a suction process." But They Did Use Rats "Well,"" replied Dayment after a moment of poignant silence, 'you think I take that as a joke, I might. But I recall an incident that happened quite a few years ago when I was a Western Eleetrie installer in a small town. The plant forces of an. independent tele- phone company were installing some lead-covered cable underground, It ran from one manhole to an- other, about 300 feet apart. They lacked the necessary tools for threading a duct. They tried to improvise methods. The best of the - improvisations involved push- ing through some wooden laths pailed together. But' even this failed. I was waiting for some additional apparatus to arrive for my own job, so in the meantime J naturally took the .greatest in- terest in watching them solve their problem. "They thought and thought and thought it over. Finally one said in dejection, 'Oh, rats------ and was about to add, 'We just can't do it," when his remark was brill- jantly misunderstood by another, ho cxplained, 'Just the answer. Tie a string to a rat and Jet a fer- 121 chase him through." The first man whose interrupted remark catapulted him jinto the limelight caught himself quickly and posed magnificently as the others eyed bim in admiration. "A hurry call went out for rats and ferrets. Two ferrets were soom found. The search for rats began bopefully, but the Pied Piper of Hamelin must have passed through that town the day before. So they cussed the rats and cussed the cats. Finally the village storekeeper! presented two, trapped alive, to the foreman. Those were lively ceremonies of presentation, I can tell yom. KE in Town . "The news traveled fast. Every- body in town seemed to kmow that something big was to ge pulled off back of the exchange and half the town assembled round the manhole. I stuck to my front-row position. "Well, with Rat No. 1 was given a fair start in the duet. Then, the bit, the ferret was released. -- men at the other manhole waited expectantly. Bat the rat must have : 5 . A. & just naturally tween ome end graphy. "The ferret, an ailment, a that duct and second race. time a reserve from first aid, beginning v failed to take his periodic examination that year, for fered from ailments that 8, him it was a matter of 'per paragraph' in- that rat's autobio-, been brought up {renches. But ome after the other they came out the same end carried hy the ferrets and beyond all help to wise-creck at men's expense. ,. One Bainted_ gut the ferrets were too fa moment they debated raising a new ical e suf- lazy. The ferret caught up with him somewhere be- and the other and lod, new too, suffered from mental oeme--plain cussedness. He turned around in brought out dead rat No. 1 from the same end where he started. The hurrahs died away suddenly, the spectators bets and the gong soun d their for the "It ended just the same, By this supply of rats had to the fromt The onlookers were the Davidson & Samells #8 Bimeoe Sf, N, "For Better Shoe Values" Phone 287 1, 1085 Ford Tudor Sedan, balloon tives and many extras, 1, 1984 Ford Tudor Sedan, Chadburn Motor Sales PRINCE 87, PHONE 1100 breed of slow ferret, but that might have taken Jarersl Trg = tie only a 'few Ts. nted 30 off 'a rat alone. he Too Much Enthusiasm "After what seemed his nose ape tively at the ot A cheer went up, -- disappear- ed like a flash. e waited; moth- ing happened. They pulled on the string. They flapped the reins. We all said, 'Giddap." No go. They had to use the string to pull him out. He had succumbed to heart faflure "Then they took inventory. There was one vat left. While the on- lookers deluged them with sugges- tions 1 thomght it was about time to make ome myself. 'Boys, 1 sald, 'You've heard of the great Bell System, Let's wse it here. This brought more loud cheers, "A baby's rattle, adorned with small bells, was procured. We tied this to the string about a foot from the tail of the very iast rat and headed him through the duet. 'Go it rat!' we yelled. He went it. The bell dangling behind him in the confines of that duct must Rave sounded like a fire alarm. Before we could breathe, the men at the other 'end had raised a triumphant shont. The rat had come through! And with the string! 'But the story ends with the tragic obscurity of its hero, So forcefully did he eject himself at the ontgoing end that the string hroke and he was free. Even then he might have been caught and given a place of honor but tor ne unfortunate ' circumstance that the string broke just behind the rat- tle, leaving that still attached, He never paused to consider, To my hour's tenta- A loud | knowlEdgs no 'One "every saw him again, But the great job had been done." 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