WORLD MISCELLANY

Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 59, 2 December 1933, Page 7

WORLD MISCELLANY

Happenings Overseas

NEWS IN BRIEF Famous Canadian ‘Mounties’ This year marks the sixtieth anniversary of the foundation of one of the great Imperial institutions—the NorthWest Mounted Police —which is now known as the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The force was formed wi'h Major-General Sir George Arthur French as its first Commissioner, as a result of the establishment of the Canadian Provinces as a Dominion, incorporating the vast prairie region of the west and north-west, where the India:) tribes remained a very powerful and disturbing element. At the very beginning of its scarcer the force engaged in an epic mission, when, only 300 strong, it marched 2000 miles from the Red River, in Manitoba, to the Rocky Mountains, through lands practically unknown, as an impressive aud specific gesture against the rebellious Indians. So impressed were the Indians that treaties were drawn up which gave the Government control for all time over the recalcitrant tribesmen. In recent years, of course, the duties of the force has changed considerably. Now they are engaged in preserving law and order, not so much among and with the Red Man, but the White Men : they are engaged in guarding against that dread fear of the West—prairie fires—and in visiting lonely settiers whe may be as much as 100 miles from touch with civilisation. Foot-and-Mouth Outbreaks Two new outbreaks of foot-aud-tnoi:tl disease near Backweli, Somerset, Eng land, were confirmed last moii'li About 450 animals belonging to sever farmers were condemned in a few days. These include 190 cattle, 215 sheep, and 50 pigs. Masterpiece in Lumber-room A long-lost masterpiece by Giorgione has been discovered in the lumber-room of the Palazzo Dona daUe Rose in Venice. There seems to be no doubt about the identification of the work, and the Government have already put their seal upon it to prevent its sale and transference from Italy. The credit for this important find lies with the noted critic, Giorgio Sangiorgi. The canvas shows the meeting of Aeneas and Anchises in the gloomy shade of Avernus. It answers to the description of this hitherto lost picture as detailed in the work of Michiel. the only variation being an infinitesimal difference between the measurements of the actual canvas and the measurements noted by Michiel. The new-found picture measures 53.8 in. x 28.7. It was found neglected among hundreds of unimportant but old canvases. Covered with grime, if bad escaped the notice of several experts. Right to Whistle in Theatres Whistling in a theatre —the equivalent to “giving the bird” or “booing” in England—was declared to be legal in France, when Mine. Piueau, who was summoned for whistling in a theatre, was acquitted recently in Taris. The case was regarded as of considerable importance in theatrical' circles irt Paris, where disapproval of a new play has been traditionally expressed by prolonged whistling. Merits of Frozen & Fresh Meat A letter from the British .Ministry of Health states tliat, on the knowledge at present available, there is no recognisable difference in nutritive value as between frozen or chilled and fresh meat of similar quality. Further, there is no evidence that modern methods of canning affect the nutritive value to anv greater extent than ordinary cooking. The letter was sent to the Research Committee of the Royal Agricultural Society which had inquired of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research regarding the relative merits of fresh meat as compared with tinned, chilled, or frozen meat. Wills Found After 200 Years

Ninetv-eight unopened wills, dating from 1740 to 1760, have been found m the archives of the town of Szekesfehervar, Hungary. These wills, vpich mav possibly cause lawsuits and the transfer of property, will be official v opened by the Burgomaster and then made public by the tribunal, after which they will be returned to the archives. Apart from their value from an antiquarian point of view, the wills afford an interesting heraldic study, and are expected to throw light on the origin of many old Hungarian families. Instanbul’s Dog Problem Though 150.000 dogs have been killed in Istanbul during the past fifteen years, they are still to be seen roving about the" by-streets, while at night they congregate in gangs, and. emerging’ from desolate suburbs, make their appearance in the centre of the town. They are, indeed, a permanent challenge to the authorities. Many methods of destroying them have been trice]- The Cne mosf uscd has b” 11 the spreading of food containing strychnine. Another method was to pay a premium for each dog killed by the population, payment being made on the presentation of a tail. The Istanbul municipality has now decided to kill the dogs by gas. and the necessary Installations have been erected on the premises of the Society for the Protection of Animals. Four Types of Women Pout; types of women—the mannish, the modish, the minx and the mother types—was the subject of a luncheonhour lecture in London recently by the Kev. Professor Eric S. Waterhouse, of London University and Richmond College, under the auspices of the Alliance of Honour. A great part of his audience was composed of young men. The lie-woman, said Professor Materhouse, was suffering from an inferiority complex, usually caused by the fact that as a girl she was made to feel inferior to her brothers or her male companions. She tried to balance the inferiority sense by a close imitation of a man. If a man admired the he-woman it was, in all probability, because he bad too much of the woman in his nature. The minx type, he said, used the privileges of her sex for selfish ends. When it no longer paid her to be charming, the man got scratched. The minx was often highly excitable in company, and the unhappy man thought her charming. When she got home she slumped, and the man felt the effects of the slump. The mother type, said Professor Waterhouse, was the only type worth considering. She understood what Nature meant women to be, and was the most natural. “Have yon ever known the mother of a large fanuh who was catty? - ’ he asked, and he advised men to choose women by ternperameut rather than by their looks.