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Flesherton Advance, 27 Dec 1933, p. 3

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, 9. TI^AVtL lfirf\C55liD^5 . P-N* A 4^ > Edinburghâ€" "Auld Reekie" Edinburgh Is oue of the three most beautiful cities in the world â€" at least, thi8 is the claim that has been made tor the Scottish capital. Beauty la re- lative and superlative statements are based on various things, mainly taste, experience and, to a certain extent, the special circumstances which par- ticularly influence a judgment. There is no room for doubt, however, that Edinburgh is one of the world's most Deautifu'l cities. Primness Street, with Its magnificent sunken gardens on one side and the fortress Castle dominating the whole elty, is a glorious sight which Nature and man, in combination, have rarely provided. Edinburgh, as the capital of Scotland, is intimately associated with the history of a country made fa- mous by the imaginative writing.? of Scottish poets and romancers. The ridge, which slopes down from the Castle, curries the high tenements, at one lime, one of the wonders of the world in city architecture â€" the former homes of the nobility, now teeming Witli the families of the poor. In spite tl this and because of Edinburgh".? iradual evolution, there is no sense of Incongruity in the mingling of the an- tlent and the modern. The original of Edinburgh was ioubtless military. Its early history is ihrouded in tradition, even the name being a source of dispute, some hold- tag the belief that King Ebranke â€" of the twenty sons and thirty daughters â€"founded the city 1000 years before Ihe Christian Era. Simon of Durham's Wtribution of the name "Edwins- burch" to Edwin of Northumberland kas even been rejected by Celtic icholars as an error of the 8th century ehronicler. The Princess Street Gardens were laid out on the site of the Nor' Loch, the body of water at the foot ofCastle Rock. One of the most unique fea- tures of the Gardens Is the arrange- ment of a main railway line, running through them, so as not to destroy the harmony and attractiveness of the Mpect. Sunk out of sight and dis- guised by trees, this important connec- tion has not the slightest disturbing effect; the only indication of its exist- ince is an occasional glimpse of white Iteam arising Rock. This, indeed, but adds another element of variety to the alluring ijiectacle. Three incidents, differing entirely lo character, stand out in relief when I think of Edinburgh. The first of these dates back to the days of the war. On one of my "leaves" I decided to JO to Scotland and enjoyed my first flsit to Edinburgh by patronizing the excellent transportation system and riding around the city on the upper deck of a tram. At oue of the stops a number of elderly men got on the car. Each of them, though dressed in civil- ian clothes, carried a rifle and had a Ted band around the upper part of the coat sleeve. I realized that these were part of a "home guard" but paid little attention to them until one came beside me and began to talk. He liad noticed the "Canada" on my shoulder-straps and wished to be courteous. In the cour.se of conversa- tion, he remarked, "I have a brother- in-law living in Canada; I wonder â- whether you might know him.' I did not e.thibit any trace of amusement at the question but asked him where ills relative lived, and his name. To my surprise he said, "He is Professor Mavor and he is connected with the 'university of Toronto." Of course I 'knew of Professor Mavt r and told him 'bo. Immediately I was invited to go to his home for tea. 1 declined at 'firstâ€" not very forcibly, I am afraid â€" but let myself be persuaded to accept Ills hospitality, which was open to me throughout my stay in Edinburgh. Are 70U looking toi (ometblng different lo ibe way ot entertaio- mem tot your church, toclei;, club oi Institute) CapL ff. li Keia, the well-knowD iravsUer, who has oeea contrlbut ing the series oi articles to this paper, under the heading of "Travel Impressions. Qajs what la, perhaps, the tlnest colleciloQ of European vlewa la the country. Pictures taken with his own, camera, oeauil- fully coloured, showing some of the out-ol-tbe-way places, u well as the localities sbout which you have read and heard, fortugal, Spain, bVance, Italy, Swlizerland. Austria, Jugoslavia, Hungary, Uzechoslo- »akia, Germany. Holland. Belgium ind British Isles are included In .his unique collection. For particulars regarding this, :ommunlcate with Captain Reld at Room 421, 73 Adelaide Street West. Toronto, EMinburgb on the noon train to sail for home and mentioned that they were going to await the time of de- parture in the huteL The Scottish War Memorial had just been opened a few weeks, before; I had been through it the previous- day and asked Dr. Moore whether he had seen it. H answered "No, and I do not think I shall go; I have seen war memorials in manycuun- tries and they are all the same.' "But," I said, "you have never seen one like this; I never have and. If this does not tug at your heart-strings, nothing win." He said that they would go. Months afterwards I met. him on a Toronto street car; he put his hand on my knee and, with a voice surcharged with emotion, said: "Young man, I shall never be able'to than!: you suf- ficiently for persuading me to go through the Scottish War Memorial â€" I have never seen anything like it â€" the whole sentiment of the Scottish race Is embodied in that chapel.' Somo day, if the editor permits me, X may tell you more about Edinburgh and its War Memorial. Because of the Christmas season, 1 will tell you, next week, about Prague, Czechoslo- vakia, where "Good King Wenceslas" of the Christmas carol lived lOUO years ago. Mr. Cursiterâ€" for that was the gentle- man's name â€" showed me much kind- ness, took me to the Arts and Letters Club, accompanied me to Glasgow, where I went with him to the Univer- sity and saw there a wonderful collec- tion of arrow-heads and other flint in- struments, collected by him during his thirty years residence at Kirkwall, in the Orkneys. This collection may still be seen under the name of the Cursiter collection. On the journey over he insisted â€" with real Scotch thrift â€" on riding in a third-class com- partment, but, with equal insistance, he held that I, as an officer, could not ride otherwise than first-class. To please him I acceded, going to Glas- gow, but on our return journey I had my way and rode third-class in his company. Another experience took place right on Princess Street. This was some years later. 1 had gone for a stroll one evening when, passing a couple standing by the curb, I was surprised to see the girl suddenly knock the man's hat off and belabour him with __ _ hands and feet. He, with rare pa- atThe°"foororCastie '''®°<=<^' walked away and, after watch- ing developments, I continued in the direction I had started. I stopped in front of a store window, displaying plaid goods, when I became aware of someone at my sjde and saw "my lady of the street fight.' I moved to an- other window; she followed and said, "You maun be Scotch.' I made no ans- wer and she repeated the remark, add- ing, "if yon werena. you wouldna be interest' d in tartans." "All right, my girl," 1 i 'I'm Scotch and I'm in- terestt.. . tartans: please run along.'' To which she replied, "Am I no good lookin".' I wad be no bad lookin' if I hadna lost my teeth,' 'and opening her mouth she showed where three or four teeth had apparently been knockd out. I said. 'Are you not the girl who was having a fight with a man up the street " "Fight with a man," quoth she, "I dinua fash ony ficht; I hae a loss 0' memory betimes." Then she asked for money, and when 1 protested that she had been drinking and had money for that, she replied naively, "But 1 didna pay for it." I had to buy her off, finally, with a sixpence. The last incident occurred in the North British Station Hotel one morn- ing in 1927. I was standing in the ro- tunda when 1 felt a baud on my shoulder and, turning about, I saw- Rev. Dr. T. Albert Moore, who is now the Moderator of the United Church of Canada. He said, "Have you had breakfast?" and, on my reply that 1 was just about to have some, he kind- ly invited me to sit at the table with his wife and him He was leaving ARMSUSELESSONAWETUAY Rheumatism Made Work a Torture BUT KRUSCHEN PUT HIM RIGHT Hero is a remarkable instance ol thu banner in which damp weather cau tflect the joints of one who is subject to rheumatism. "1 had been suffering from rUcuma- tlsm very badly," a man writes, "and bad had such pains in my joints that 1 M>uld hardly bear it. It used to be terrible on u wet day i did not know low to use my arms, and when I was It work it was real torture. I tried two different remedies for rheumatism tut I was still as bail after the treat- Bent. "Then 1 was told lo tr> Kni<i.lieu Salts, and after usiug oue jar 1 tuuud Mle\. So of course I have kept on i»4th It, aiid am now iboroughly belter tnd have never felt so fit for years. I used to feel so mi>erable aud slug- gish, but now U is a pleasure to be kbte 10 work, instead of a dread. 'â€" S. B. A rht'uniatii- person's system pro- duces that dangerous body poisou kuown as uric acid. If you could see the knife-edged ci>?1j',s of uric acid under the niicroscope, you would readilv uyderstanu why they cause those cuttin.; pains. .-Vud if you could see bow Kruscbeu dulls the sharp edges ot these crystals, then dissolves them away altogether ;-ou would agree that this scieutiflc treatment must bring leiluT from rheumatic agony . Kpwsiheii Salts is obtainable at all Drug Stores at loe. and 75c. per bottle. Rescue Mected Of Alberta Party Nearly Two Months of Isola- tion For Crew and Pas- sengers of River Steeimer Ednuinton. â€" Close to two months of isolation for members of the crew anci passengers of the river boat Mabel were ended recently while plans were taking shape to bring long-awaited succor to Gunnar Aspar, si«k trapper at Reed's trading post. Captain Lew Morton and three mem- bers of the crew of the Mabel were flown out from its isolated location, 400 miles north of here on the Atha- bf.ska river, to Fort McMurray by Pilot McMillan of Mackenzie Air Ser- vices, Ltd. With their arrival at the air base, end of steel in Alberta's northland and jumping oif spot for Northern sky trails, word reached here of what happened to the Mabel. Hastening southward from Fort Smith, on the -\lberta-Northwest Ter- ritories borderland, with miners and supplies from the Great Bear Lake mining lleld.s in the lemote hinterland, the Mabel lecame entrapped in the ice in an October early winter sally. When Captain Morton fouffd it would be impossible for the craft to break through the heavy ice iioes and reach its intended destination. Fort McMur- ray, 300 miles north of here, he order- ed tile boat taken from the water be- fore it could freeze in. Aided by more than two dozen men who were aboard, Capt. Morton had the vessel dragged ashore on skids. It was undamaged by its battle with the ice floes. By small groups of twus and three, the passengers and crew had trekked from their unaccustomed "residence" on the Athabaska, most of them to Po- lar Point, about 100 miles away. .V protracted in-between .â- reason â€" a long mild spell succeeding the early cold snap which had prevented the comple- tion of the Mabel's" scheduled trip â€" prevented their rescue by airplane. A few lemained aboard the strand- ed boat. They lacked neither food nor supplies and suffered no hardship. Only one man remains with the Ma- bel today. He was left to stand guard until the remainder of her large ireight cargo can be flown out to Fort McMurray. Traffic Officers to Wear Tail~Lights Sacramento, Calif. â€" Sacramento police officers directing trafllc past congested intersections at night are to wear red tail-lights so they won't get bumped. This is Superiulendent of Traffic Fritz Kaminsky's latest idea on how to retluce the mortality rate among corner tratiic directors. "Motorists complain that they can't see the traffic officers from behind aud we can't afford to put in overhead lights," Kaminsky ."said. "Therefore, we shall hang three-inch red reflectors on the back of the officer's belt." Told in Brief Today more than 14,000,000 people are dependent upon charity in the United Stales. Free meals to the number of 62,300,- 000 were served to 400,000 children In British schools last year. There are now 147 open-air schools in Gt. Britain; when the movement started in ItllO. there were seven. The British Museum contains tbe largest library in the w/rld; It has some 5,000,000 books under oue roof. Light civil aeroplanes produced in the United Kingdom are definitely frr ahead of those of any other European nation. So perfect has the system of weath- c- watching become in Gt. Britain that every day 7,000 facts about the weath- er are at the disposal of forecasters. So strenuous is the work nowadays that the "working life" o a chorus girl may begin at slxteea but seldom lasts past the age ot thirty Four winter schj for the training of cricketers are n 'v open in London. One of them alone baa 1,000 pupils, In- cluding forty women. Gt. Britain's supply of home-grow. i Christmas-trees is not nearly equal to the demand, and will continue in this state for two or three years yet. An average well-educated person '. the Unitei Kingdom will use between 2,000 and 3,000 words; the vocabular; of a faim laborer se. .^ i exceeds 700 words. As worms have no ears, the. cannot hear; but their nervous systems are alive to such sounds as cause vibra- tions round them. During its forty-nine years of special work among women, C Salvation -Army has provided nearly 11,000,000 beds for homeless women and girls. In the United Kingdom. Girls were first called "flapper-" early in the eigiiteenth century, froto a fancied likness in them to young ducks which make a lot of noise with their wings. Roads in the United Kingdom are getting crowded. In the course of a recent "census." '.t Automobile As- sociation counted an average of nearly 70,000 more vehicles per day than in 1932. While still at school, the young peo- ple ot Carmel, a small town in New York State, !t?arn the rudiments of any trade or profession, so that they may discover if they are really fitted for it. In the last three years, more than 101,750 pi.rson3 have been settled ' Canadian farms or given farm employ- ment under the auspices of the Gov- ernment nd the two great railways. Gt. Britain now ranks third among the tele..honeusing nations of the world. The United States has 17,547,- 000; Germany 2,901,401, and Great Bri- tain 2,161,700 instruments in the Post Office system. Smaller than half an ordinary post- age stamp, the woil 's smallest book has just been produced. It contains twenty-eight pages, and took seven years to prcpc -. Recent Events From Overseas Likes Honest Vulgarity. London. â€" "I like honest vulgarity," said Mr. George Rubey at a literary luncheon held in a West i£nd restaur- ant recently. To an audienc e of 500 he tried to make a serious speech on "Vulgarity." But the audience â€" and his own eye- browii â€" compelled him to be a shade "Robeyesque" at moments. "I am a believer ia honest vulgar- ity," he said. "So was William Shake- speare. Give me a joke that is a Joke. None of your sly suggestions for me. "Honest vulgarity ia the finest anti- dote for present-day hypocriffy^, for there's nothing finer than to laugh like a man with your head thrown back. "Now I've got that off my chest, I'll give you an instance of what I mean by honest vulgarity." And he didâ€" but that is a Robey story. "Most Slummy City. There are 30.000 cellar dwellings in Loudon â€" dark, damp, and heeCo-iufest- ed basements inhabited by 100,000 women and children. This statement is made by E. Friend, chairman of the London Trades Coun- cil. "London Is the most slummy city in the world, having 250,000 living under slum conditions," he says. First Catch an Octopus. London.â€" .V U-year-old schoolboy made his first attempt at angling in Folkestone Harbour recently. He had a bite and tried to wind in his catch. He tugged and tugged. Other anglers helped him, and slowly the catch came nearer. It was an octopu.s with tentacles 4 ft. , 6 ins. across! It wound its tentacles round the iron stanchions. A man slashed at it with a knife, but it thrust out Its tentacles menacingly. It was killed after being stabbed several times. Classified Advertising j VATsvra AN t)^^!!:!! TO ICVEHy l.N V t.STcjaj" Llat ur want. lavxntluna ami full inrurmailon sent trm*. Tb» Hnniij Com* paay. World Pg'eni A(:.irni-,» : . • Haak aireat. Oliawa, Canada. •AUSSMBS WASTED ABLi£ TO EARN I2UU MONTH LT aeJllng Duplex Aucn Hf-atera. Write, wit a. wbone 268. Broihera Co liox W Caaez. OoC. SSUCATIOHAIu B)<>KKKK1'I.\'; T.VLiJiiT I'RIV.^TE- LY and rapidly by correspondence cuur.se. Moderate fee. S«nd for frea hurtet. City Correspoiulence School, BoM lull:;. .StaTlon C, Toronto. after completing a successful operas tion on the daughter-in-law of the Ma- harajah of Nepal. Dr. Souttar stated that the operS)* tion was one of a very unusual typ» of a ^:ri)wih on the tongue. Music Boxes Still Charm. Even in these days ot super-radio sets and phonographs, the musical box ia still popular. A really good one costs about £60, and is contained In a two-foot long beautifully polished wood case, with, a picture of angels inside Its lid, to- gether with the names of the six tunes it can play. According to a West End salesman, these relics of the Victorian drawing room are mostly bought by old ladies. Burned to Death. London, England. â€" Mr. E. Wood- ward, aged 73, was burned to death in a fire at his home in Romford Road. Forest Gate. His wife and son climbed through the skylight on to the roof and were later rescued by the West Ham Fire Brigade. F. C. Perry was also trapped, and jumped into a sheet. He was not injured. Fire in Church. London, Enghiiui. â€" Fire broke out in St. Mary's Churchfi Oatlands Park, Walton-on-Thames. just before the celebration of Holy Communion and parishioners had to be turned away. A auanlity of coal and coke had caught fire. Firemen put out the blaze wi!;i bu'jkets of water. This Hen Believes In ("ood Measure Yarmouth, X.S.â€" James Purdy's hen must have heard about the NR.\, or somelhins. .\bout three limes a week she speeds up production and lays an egg with two yolks. But that's not all James claims for his hen. He's now showing nel.sshbors a huge egg â€" big as au ostrich's â€" which he says she laid. U measupv nine by live inches around. Vacancies ! Canada'.* _Sf»ale lias tlio largest uumber of vacancies in its history. The death oi Senator Fisher oi Paris last week brought tbe total to 13, leaving 14 Conservatives and 3'.i Lib- erals lo sil in the Red Chamber. Better Forecasts Advised By Science Board Cambridge, Mass. â€" A change in weather forecasting, by using new- scientific Icnowledge of the upper air to makv predictions more acurate,! was recommended by the Science Ad- visory Board recently appointed by President Roosevelt. I "Mass-air analysis," is the princi- pal recommendation. It would reach] nearly to the stratosphere with 20 j to 25 "upper air" stations. High fly- 1 iiig pilot balloons and military fliers I would gather daily data on the co!d upper reaches. j New daily upper air weather maps| would be issued, similar to the pres- ent twice-daily ground charts. They would cover the upper humidities, temperatures and pressures, as well as flying conditions. This mass-air analysis, the committee states, "un- questionably make short range fore- casts much more reliable." Upper air analysis has revealed for example why storms sometimes ."nd unexpectedly and others hand on for days after they should be over. These storms are fed by vast lakes of air, cold on one side, warm on the other The lakes nmy be as big as a prov- ince and miles deep, ur considerably smaller. When they arc smaller the storm fuel may run out prematurely and the tempest subside. "Cold fronts" are another condition needing upper air ajjalysis. They may be half a continent wide, twice the height of the Himalayas and al- most as sharply defined as a moun- tain precipice. £700 Conscience Money. One of the largest sums of con- science money recorded In recent years is acknowledged in the personal column of a London daily by Neville Chamberlain. Chancellor of the Ex- chequer. "The Chauctlior >i ni,,- K.\chequer acknowledges the receipt of £700 from J. A. J. on account of income tax." the item reads. "J. A. J.." however, has not set up a record. In August, 1930, a mau who adopted "City" as bis "nom-de-con- scicnce" sent £2S0, while during the war i;5,000 was received by the Treas- ury ;i- ronscietice money. Bolt Knocks Cows Cows. lined up in a slabK' luar Gjilt, were bowled over like nine-pins when lightning struck the building while they were being milked. Only three were left standing, hut none > ,e iu- jured bi the bolt. Number c^ Motors Increase in Britain London, king. â€" The increase in the r uiTiber of motor vehi.-les on the roads cf the United Kirgdom this year is .isliniated at almost 500,000. according t'. a road census taken by the .\uto- ntbile Association in September, dur- 'ng the peak period of traffic, at more than 100 imiM.rtaiu points throughout the country. During h week 'J,2u2,050 vehicles ;-assed the < bservers. The average was rjearly 700,000 more a day than in 1032. and the total shows an in- crease of nearly 1.0<.>0,000, compared v/ith the census in 1928. "A mere I nppet can ndninister the affairs of a nation in good times. It i.- in hard and critnca! times that a leader is needed." â€" T^Ci.ito Mussolini. Seven on Two-Seater. London, England. â€" A verdict ol "ac- cidental death" was returned at an in- quest at Tilbury on Second Lieutenant Dermot Christian .lames Cusack. aged twenty-tour, of the Royal Ulster Rifles, stationed at Milt'.n Barracks, Graves- end, who was killed by a fall from a motor car. Lieutenant William R'chardson, from the same barracks, said that he and Lieutenant Cusack were standing on the springs at the back of a two- seater car which was being driven by a ship's officer to Tilbury Docks. There were three other officers in the dickey-seat and another officer beside the driver. .As they rounded a bend Lieutenant Cusack fell from iho car and became unconscious. Flies 12,000 Miles to Perform Operation. The longest flight on record by a doctor to perform an operation was made by Dr. H S. Souttar, Harley St. surgeon, who, with his nurse and an- aesthetist, fiew 6,000 miles lo Bombay, whence he had be'^-n called by tele- phone. He Iia.^ rcturiif.d to London by plane So They Say "There is no art to living â€" every age has its moment." â€" Maxine Elliot. "In America you must live with a smile, even before your toothbrush has had time to reach your mouth." â€" Prince William of Sweden. "For the present, all hope of ending economic warfare between the nations is endpj." â€" Edward A. Filene. "The proper use of leisure increases the capacity for productive work." â€" Nicholas Murray Butler. "What we want to gain is not re- ircvery, but something we Lave never had â€" an abundance for all." â€" Norman Thomas. "It is a great happiness to be prais- ed by those that are most praise- worthy." â€" Sir Philip Sidney. "It is essential to national well- fc-fcing that family life be preserved.'' â€"Alfred E. Smith. "If there 's one thing certain about our future it is that we shall have more leisure." â€" Harry Elmer Barnes. "A law in order to be enforced must be responsive to the sentiments of the people."' â€" Mrs. Charles H. Sabin. 'If I were dictator cf the world, L would shoot ail idlers at sight."â€" Sir licnri Deterding. "Nobody should expect to be per- leot, or be unduly troubled by the fact that he is not," â€" Bertrand Russell, "When I'm good I'm very, very good,, but when I'm bad I'm better."â€" Mae West. "It ought not to be ass'Jmed that a person doing nothing is wasting his time." â€" Raymond B. Fosdick. "Investment that turns out wrong is speculation." â€" .A.lbert H. Wiggin. 'You can't adopt politics as a pro- fession and remain honest." â€" I/Ojis McHcnry Howe. "Prosperity, like poverty, ' 'â- .<-(jn'.a^ gious." â€" John Ersliine. SIlVtR TIP BISCUIT CO LIMITED MONCTON N.B. I Aer*nta for Ontario: REESORS MARMILL, I Sept. W, Ksrlt. am J CUTICrRA l^icWy Heals Pimples. Raslies and Eczema Soap 2Sc Ointment 25c and SOc. ISSUE No. 51â€"33 High School Boarcs and Boards of Education Are authorized by l«v> to establish INDUSTRIAL. TECHNICAL AND ART SCHOOLS Witn the approval ot the Minister ol Education OAV ANU EVENING CLASSES may be conducted in accordance with the reguiatic<i« issued Oy thf Department ol Education. THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION Is given In various trades. The schools and glasses are under the direction of AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE. Application for attendance should be made to the Principal 3f the school. COMMERCIAL SUBJECTS. MANUAL TRAINING. HOUSP.HOLD SCIENCE AND AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE are provided (or in the Courses of Study in Public. Separate, Continuation and Hiah Schools. Collegiate Institutes Vocational Schools and Cepartments. Copies ot the Requiations Issued oy the Minister ot Education may be obtained from the Deputy Minister, Parliament BuHdina*. Toronto. 4 Cv.

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