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f ud ! PAGE FOUR . The Oshawa Daily Times # # : Ls speaking world. Succeeding THE OSHAWA DAILY REFORMER E (Established 1871) independent newspaper published every after: except Sundays and holidavs at Osh- fanada, by The Times ing Company Dshawa, Chas, M. dy. President Alloway, Managing Di ; Oshawa Daily Times is a member of The Cana- n Press, the Canadian Daily Newspapers Asso ation, the Ontario Provincial Dailies and the dit Bureau of Circulations SUBSCRIPTION RATES d by carrier in Oshawa and suburbs, 12c. a By mail in Canada (outside Oshawa carrier ivery limits) $3.00 a year. United States $4.00 a ! "TORONTO OFFICE nd Building, 66 Temperance Street. Telephone elaide 0107: H D. Tresidder. representative. ~ WEDNESDAY, MAY 13th, 1931 ; "A GREAT ENGLISH WOMAN" e life story of Florence Nightingale, birthday we celebrated yesterday is example of what can be accomplished st single handed, by an idealist equipped a high degree of practical ability, an mitable will and a courageous spirit. Not ily did she lead an upright and good life. 'buf when she died this "great English Wwo- J' left the world a better place for hav- ing lived in it. A natural instinct to care for the sick de- veloped further as she grew older and she became the pioneer of the nursing profcssion in England, despite the opposition of her family and other obstacles which stood in her way. But she persevered and her name is an honored one throughout the English The memory of Florence Nightingale, is "most prominently connected with the Crim- ean War, which broke out in 1854, With her small band of nurses, this noble woman re- _volutionized the military medical service of 'the British army and indirectly of the armies of all the European nations. Entering into ' scenes that heretofore had never been wit- ~ nessed by women, she established an entirely "new and efficient system of caring for the i § Ho i 4 3 i g. 54 I # ¥ § Bh E i BE | | i BP * wounded and dying soldiers. It was during the:war that she won for herself the title * that has come to be attached to her name, "the lady with the lamp." After wearying hours of tending the soldier patients, after her assistants had dragged their tired bodies to bed, she would make her nightly rounc illuminating her path with her little lamp. : t lamp is long since dimmed, but it was the spark that lighted millions of other such lamps, which are shedding their light to-day in all parts of the civilized world. ' Like all other hospitals in the dominion the Oshawa General Hospital fittingly ob-- "sérving, this day, May 12, the birthday of . Florence Nightingale. The incredible miseries of the sick and wounded soldiers of the Crimean and of oth- er wars of the last century are things of 5 the past but the modernly equipped. hospi- tals, the hundreds of trained nurses, the health clinics, and the worthy society of the "Red Cross are the unfading marks of the ~ work of Florence Nightingale. PROOF OF SOVIET POWER ; (Ottawa Journal) Those complacent people who scoff at the idea that Russia's Five Year Plan will make much difference, might profitably read yes- terday's despatch telling that Soviet timber exports for 1931 will total more than $02, 000,000. In 1922, the despatch states, Rus- sian timber exports were but 1,000,000 cubic meters, while the exports in 1930 totall 12,000,000 meters. . One can't scoff away realities. And the realities of the Russian situation show that as the months go by the Soviets are becom- ing more and more a factor in the trade of the world, affecting markets as they have not been affected within the past twenty years. It is a condition which makes one wonder how long countries like the United States, "Britain and Germany are going to go on By buttressing the Five Year Plan, making its success inevitable, "SEE YOUR OWN COUNTRY FIRST" That is excellent advice that people should see their own country first, before they go travelling in foreign ones. This applies par- ticularly to Canada, a land of "magnificent distances," a land which offers changes of scenery at least equal to those to be found slsewhere. Besides this change there is also this to be remembered, that a united Canada means that the scattered people of i Jast couey,, should get together so that they can un erstand and appreciate the difficulties and the problems, the ambitions and the , aims of the various parts of it. Further than this Canadians are striving hard to build up the "tourist industry," the bringing of peo- ple from all over the world to see the won- ders and the beautiful scenery of their land, and it seems rather absurd that Canadians should go abroad and have to confess to foreigners that they have not seen these. Such a statement would not be much of an : t, or be the means of impress- ing tourists. They would naturally not be inclined to think much of a country whose own people did not consider it worth seeing. ~ And things are so different nowadays in the matter of travel. There are no hardships, no troubles, no discomforts connected with it. Take for instance the Dean Laird tour which is provided by the Canadian Pacifig Railway "Across Canada and Back", which will include visits to the Prairie cities: of Western Canada, the Rockies, Banff, Lake Louise, Vancouver, Victoria, Kootenay Lakes, and the Great Lakes. These are all places which Canadians ought to see, and which foreign tourists will expect them, and rightly so, to have seen, and know all about. For a comparatively speaking, small sum, this delightful and informative tour ean be made, and further than that, all the troubles concerning tickets, baggage transfers, hotels boats, motors, and reservations are eliminat- ed; there will be no waste of time and no worry because everything has been fove- seen and provided for. Everything will be arranged to make the tour as comfortable and enjoyable as the lengthy experience of this great railway can possibly make it. This year the tour commences on the 27th of July and ends on the 17th of August. There is\smuch more which could be said, but we advise the public to obtain further details of this enchanting tour from the officials of the company and take it if they possibly can. A MILLION-MILLION YEARS HENCE ' (St. Thomas Times-Journal) To those who sometimes express the wish that they might return to life one hundred years hence to see what the world looks like, the prohesy of Sir James Jeans that it will last for about one million million years makes their wish seem a very trivial thing. It is only twelve thousand years since mankind was living in the stone age. It was only after the advent of the steam age in the early part of last century that scientific progress began to make any headway. Today steam has very largely been displaced by el- ectricity. And electricity itself is only in its infancy. Scientists do not even know what it is, Tomorrow, electricity may be a back number. When man harnesses the atom-- and he is trying hard every day--the world may be completely revolutionized. A single atom may drive the new Cunard liner across the Atlantic in a few hours. Human beings may be projected in steel cases from here to Australia. All present day machinery may be as obsolete as the implements of primitive human beings. Millions of years before the Jeans' pro- phesy is put to the test inhabitants of Earth may take trips to Mars and other planets and vice versa. When we get there the Mar- tians may have something to show us that we do not dream of. Perhaps they will dis- cover these secrets before we do and sur- prise us by dropping in on us one day. It all staggers imagination. Those who believe in reincarnation must rejoice at the prospects. EDITORIAL NOTES The theme song of the Firefighters' Con- vention next month might well be '"There'll be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight." The official mothers' day is over, but there are still about 230 more days this year on which mother would appreciate a little bit of attention. "If intelligent friendship between nations is impossible, then. civilization is doomed." --3Sir Philip Snowden. The most difficult of all tasks for lawyers is to agree upon what the law is.--Charles E. Hughes. "No operation is so insignificant that a man can refuse to give it less than his best." --Bruce Barton. Bi1S OF HUMOR | A :"She's look better without so much powder and ° rouge on." FE ; . B: "Yes, Shc isn't so bad as she's painted. An agitator was railing against taxation. : "If you put our income tax officials on an unin- habited island," he said, "they wouldn't be there twenty-four hours before they would have their hands in the pockets of the naked savages." "Dearest," he pleaded in tender voice, "I've loved mo one but thee." "Then you may go," said the dizzy blonde. "No amateurs for me." . p---- The park orator was denouncing a rival speaker. "He's so narrow-minded," he concluded, "that he could look through a pin-hole with both eyes at once." NO BREAKS Kopweh--"Splendalot says he's always broke." Harnhuhr--*Yes, and his alibi is that he never gets the breaks." QUITE SIMPLE "Tommy," said the teacher, "what is a cannibal?" Her small pupil shook his head, "L don't know, miss," he replied. "Don't know?" she went on. "Oh, Tommy, I'm surprised at youl" Tommy hung his head. "Now, look here," said the teacher, "if you ate your father and mother, what would you be?" A sudden look of jntelligence came over Tommy's ce. "Please, miss, ar orphan!" he cried. BITS OF VERSE UPON THIS HILL Upon this hill the world is at our feet; Let us rest now and watch the day go by One who sces here the dawn's pale ranks retreat Needs must await the sunset's pageantry, This hill, remote and inaccessible, Is like a bit of some bright world unknown, A charming. world wherein no care can dwell, Which we, together straying, call our own. Upon this hill let us see day go by, But we must leave before the moon comes up; I could not ever see the moonbeams lie Below us in that valley's verdant cup Or hear one wakened lark's note, sweet and low, And then 20 back to that old world we know, THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1931 . Eye Care and Eye Strain by C. H. TUCK, Opt.D. (Copyright 1928) THE PUPIL AND THE IRIS rt "1" Pa Some time ago during a discussion upon the eye, 1 was asked, Why does the pupil appear black? The best il- lustration to explain is noticed when you look into a nen-illuminating en- closure, Until the dark space is il- luminated it appears black. This space can be illuminated sufficiently from without to prove that lack of illumination is the cause. Just so can the pupil appear to have different col- ors by direct refleced light or trans- illumination. The pupils play many important parts in assisting the ~ves to better vision by changing the size and con- trolling the amount of light entering the eyes. By contracting it becomes smaller and in bright light the retina is not flooded as would be the case if it remained larger and allowed light to enter diffusely. Likewise by dilating 1t allows more light to en- ter as in a darkened room. This contracting and dilating may be caused by drugs and applied to the eyes or by being taken internally. When looking at a distance the pupils are more dilated than when we are looking at close range be- cause at close range the act of ac- commodation comes into play .and with it are accompanying proportion of convergence all governed by the third cranial nerve and the contract- ing of the pupil is governed by the sphincter muscle innervated. by the third nerve also. ,To-be Continued) It seems as though the lan! 's as full of suckers as the sca is full of sharks. We can never remem- ber whether the glad sufferance of fools is a vice or a virtme. Per- haps it does not matter. However the matter may be, no 1:88 qualified observers than the newspapers of financial and mal- practices of the rogués who seek to separate honest people from their savings, expos2 scheme after "| schome and still the rogue sep- arates the from money. People who live remote from all sharp practices form the opinion that others not so sheltered must become very smart and rogue- proof. Unfortunately this does not seem to he the case. It some- times appears, on the contrary, that nature pursues her policy of balancing, even in such matters, and that she keaps the roles and fools in the same way that smal fish and small animals are made sufficiently slow or stupid for the big fish and big animals to seize and eat them. Every once in a while the news- papers report that some particu- larly idiotic and antiquated confi- dence trick has touched 111 deserv- ed luck, the victim being one who should have Lad better rense. IN SPITE OFF WARNINGS BY THE NEWSPAPERS--AND PRE- CIOUS LITTLE THANKS THEY GET FOR IT -- THERE IS AL- WAYS SOMEWHERE A LOT OF SUCKERS WHO DANGLE THEM- SELVES AS HUMAN BAIT BE. FORE THE SHARKS AND, WHEN THEY ARE TAKEN IN, WEEP AND WISH THEY HAD TAKEN WARNING. CANADA'S FIRE LOSS DECREASES Property Destroyed by Fire Last Year Valued at $46,109,875 Toronto, May 13--"There were for- ty-one fires in Canada during 1930 in which the loss exceeded $100,000," according to the statistical report of fire losses in the Dominion, made available at the initial meeting of the Association of Canadian Fire Mar shals at the Royal York Hotel. The report, which is issued by J. Grove Smith, Dominion Fire Commis- sioner, Ottawa, indicates that, during 1930, the total loss in the Dominion amounted to $46,109,875, in approxi mately 40,000 fires. Of this aggregate which represents a decrease of $1,- people their one-tenth of the total loss: C.N.R, wharf, Vancouver, $731,000; CN.R. Freight Warehouse at Thunder Bay, $725,000; Wool Warehouse, Mount Dennis, $575,000; St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Ottawi, $418,000; Union Elevator, Port Arthur, $350,« 000; Hardware Store, Toronto, $298 « 000; Hebertville Station, Que., $286,« 000; warehouse at Vancouver, $253, 000, and a sawmill at Maple Ridge, B.C, $241,000. THE (10D OF PPACE:--Now the God of peace, I will make you per- fect in every good work to do his will.--~Hebrews 13; 20, 21, i 000,000 from the 1929 level, the fol lowing nine "major fires" account for' DUKE OF SOMERSET EXPIRES SUDDENLY o . Romantic Story Going Back to 1787 Is Recalled Maiden Bradley, Wiltshire, Eng. May 13--The Duke of Somerset died Tuesday night at Bradley House, at the age of 71. He had been in undisputed posses- sion of the title for only six years, for to prove his claim that he was the legal successor after the death of his cousin in 1923 it was necessary for him to establish the validity of a ro- mantic 18th century marriage in the family. There was a dispute as to whether his ancestor, Col. Frederick Compton Seymour, had been lawfully married in 1788 to Leonora Hudson, a young woman with whom he had fallen in love after rescuing her from an at- tack by a ruffian in a lonely London district one night in 1787. Rival claimants to the dukedom said the young woman's husband, whom she believed to be dead, was still liv ing at the time of her marriage t« the colonel. The Duke, however convinced the Privileges Committ of the House of Lords that the mar- riage was valid. Edward Hamilton Seymour, K.B.E., who died the other day, was the 16th Duke of Somerset. The historic title was established in 1547. The Duke followed a military" career and was educated at Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He entered the Royal Dublin Fusiliers half a century ago, was in the Ordnance Department of the War Office until the outbreak of war in 1914 and then became deputy director of equipment and ordnance, serping in that capacity throughout the War. He retired in 1920. The titles falls on Lieut.-Col. Lord Seymour, D.S.O, O.B.E, who is 49 years of age. The new Duke has like- wise followed a military career and he.earned his decorations in the war, when he served with the 25th London Regiment and later the 10th battalion of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, which he commanded. The family history, going back to 1240, is closely linked with the his- tory of England. Queen Elizabeth created Edward Seymour, born 1537, the first Earl of Hertford, and he and his first wife, the sister of Lady Jane Grey, were committed to the Tower of London about 1560. The earl's wife was Lady Catherine Grey, grand- nicce of Henry VIII. The carl was kept a prisoner for nine years and fined $75,000 by the Star Chamber. Friend (to young wife contem- plating divorce)--Remember, dear, you took your husband for better or for worse." Young wife.--"But I didn't take him for good, did 1?" "Tell me, Hughie, am IT as dear to you now as in the days before we were married?" "Cau't say. old thing; I keep an acount then." didn't TORNIPS TEACH EUGENICS LESSON Professor of University of British Columbia Makes Discoveries Vancouver, B. C., May 13 -- The student of cugenics may gain a les- son from growing turnips, in the opinion of Prof. P. A. Boving of the University of British Columbia, who gave his views on the subject in a recent lecture before the University Extension Society. "We should realize that human be- ings follow the same laws as animals and vegetables," said Prof. Boving. "Our strong and weak points are governed very largely by heredity, and that is no more truc of people than of plant life. "There are good families and poor families, and just as you cannot get a silk purse from a sow's ear you can- not produce a Rhodes scholar or superman from parents of inferior stock. Brains, character and decency are got by good mating, just as good turnips are." "When 1 was a boy I noticed some bumps on certain turnips, and this hould not have been, My father said it was disease caused it. But the turnips were healthy. Many years later 1 found out it was because of the Chromosomes net pairing off pro- erly. "I tried crossing swedes and tur- The product was often abnor- mal. If would flower and seed in the same ison, and it was more liable to discase, Even if it were a healthy specimen, it would not give progeny, being analogous to the mule. "What was the lesson from this? It was that swedes and turnips are fine for their specific purposes, but are no good when cross bred. What, vou might ask, has this to do with man? A great deal 1 think. Itis a more or less proved fact that the av- erage half-breed is inferior to hi parents, i licited to vice and low living In drawing lis conclusion, Profes- Boving stated that crossing among unrelated races was inadvis- able, and even among related races the outcome ain, nips. sor was never ce INDIAN CHIEF SUES TRIBE IN TRESPASS Crees in Gay Costumes Seen at Hearing of Church Dispute Prince Albert, Sask.,, May 12.-- Reminiscent of the "colorful sev- enties," Indians attired fn a sem- blance of their gay Cree costume of an earlier day were central figures in a civil action heard be- fore Mr. Justice Donald MacleAn here recently, Chief. Pap-Wee-In (Laughing Man) is named as plaintiff in an action for trespass following the construction of a Roman Catholic Church on his reserve at Big River, : Logs for the building were cut on the reserve and the chapel was constructed against his wishes, he avrs, Defence testimony is to the effect that the Chief refused to put the matter to a vote of the Indians, and that one small assembly of the reserve Indians did vote in favor. A treaty with the Great White Mother, Queen Victoria, made in 1876, lays down that reserve lands shall be disposed of by the Govern- ment for the Indians' benefit only after their consent has been ob- tained, counsel for the plaintiff maintains, The final argument, to be heard here next week, will hinge on the point as to whether or not the decision on the matter rested with the Indian Department or Chief Pap-Wee-In, Judge Maclean remarked. CHILDREN HEAR ESKIMO LULLABY Toronto, Ont., May "13.--Under the strange spell of a lullaby which Eskimo mothers sing to 'little brown babies who cannot sleep in the long twilight of a northern night, 350 Toronto children learn- ed of far-away boys and girls who were fellow-Canadians. Mlle, Jull- ette Gaultier, a Canadian woman Clon BA DODD'S "KIDNEY A [ LAN "= KIDN Bac <acHF ODER TRO WIV SY who had dedicated her voice to the myriads of folk songs of the Do- minion and has done splendid re- search work along this line, spent an hour which was pure magic with the school children at the Art Gallery one Saturday morning. "I own an island--and a tent--and I am running away from cities," said Mlle. Gaultier. She has been in New York for some months and now hopes to enjoy rest and quiet ~and also do some work on her songs--at her island in MacGregor Lake. Mother (doing a cross-word puz- zie)--Give me the name of a motor that starts with "T." Father (fed up)---Don't be surd, my dear. 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