MULTUM IN PARVO

Otago Witness, Issue 3383, 15 January 1919, Page 47

MULTUM IN PARVO

—Of 15 women municipal candidates who came forward at Swansea (England) none was elected.

The Salvation Army has now 13 corps established in North China, and recently opened a, new corps in Peking. The total war expenditure of the Dominion of Canada up to the end of October amounted to 1,046,000,000d01. A Treasury note signed on the battlefield by Marshal Foch and General Haig was at Bucklow (Cheshire) Red Cross sale sold for £245. Dormice are commonly cooked and eaten in the South of Franco and Italy, and the British dormouse is merely a smaller variant of its Continental cousin. Dormice axe said to bo in the. .best condition in autumn, when they congregate in colonies and prepare to hibernate. The Belgian Committee in Brussels decided during the early days of the German occupation that a sword of honour should be presented to King Albert on the day of his entering Brussels once again. The sword, which is of gold and platinum with brilliants, was designed and modelled in Brussels. Record prices were secured for wines at an auction sale in Dowell's Rooms, Edinburgh. Remarkable bidding took place for champagne, £42 per dozen bottles being realised for one lot (Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin, dry. vin Rose, 1904), which is the record high price for champagne obtained in the United Kingdom, if not in the world. —lt is said that the new law just passed in France making it legal for men and women between the ages of 21 and 30 to niarry without the consent of their parents or guardians seems a most dangerous innovation to the parents, who still cling to old ideas of parental control and discipline. The house in which Mr Lloyd George was born, 5 New York place, Manchester, was put up for auction, along with 17 adjoining houses. The gross annual rents were stated to be £233 15s Bd, and the lot was eventually bought for £ll6O. The name of the purchaser was not disclosed, but the auctioneer said the public might be satisfied that a place of such historic interest was not purchased for mere personal gain. It would be preserved for the nation.

—ln spite of the war and food control, Lord Mayor's Day in London last November was not shorn entirely of its gastronomic glories. The menu for the State banquet in the Guildhall was as follows, ho coupons being required:—Turtle soup, sole (or turbot), -vol au vent, lobster mayonnaise, cold ham, baked potatoes, venison pie. The "Yeomen of the Guard" made their first appearance in 1485 at the coronation of Henry VII. They were probably an imitation of the Scottish Guard of the French Kings, but they were all Englishmen, 50 strong, and each man stood not less than 6ft in height. In the reign of Edward VI the Tower Warders were made Yeomen Extraordinary. They may be distinguished from the earlier corps in not wearing the oross-belt. Latest statistics furnished through the Canadian Dominion Parks Branch of the Department of the Interior show that there are over 3500 buffalo now in the park at Wainwright, Alberta. In addition, there arc nearly 100 elk, about 200 moose, a few antelope, approximately 400 mule deer, and 19 oattalo. The buffalo had at one time nearly disappeared. There are now several herds of them in the Dominion. In. the Canadian National Parks all animals have sanctuary. —An attempt is being made in South Africa to start a oondensed milk factory in the Malmesbury district of the Western Province. Production on a small soale > has already commenced under the supervision of a • gentleman who has had experience of this industry -in Europe, and, providing , the necessary capital can be raised, there .is every possibility of manufacture on a fairly large scale being undertaken. A small condensed milk factory has been opened at Howick, Natal, and is producing from 15 to 20 cases per diem. —lt is stated that in Germany silks are comparatively reasonable, but anything in the nature of cotton or wool has risen to an exorbitant price. A material half silk and half wool costs 26s 6d a yard. Printed muslin is 9s 6d and embroidered spot muslin lis 6d per yard. Stockings also, are extremely difficult to get, and a Strasburg firm advertises that four pairs of stockings can be' made out of six torn pairs at the charge of is 6d a- pair; six worn-out pairs of socks become three good pairs. —lf we devote, on an average, eight hours to sleep, says Sir St. Clair Thomson, the throat and nose 1 specialist, a third at least of our 24-hour day is spent indoors, and each individual who reaches 60 years of life will have passed no less than 2"0 years of his existence in the one "and only room where he is likely to be sole arbiter of the ventilation. Unless there are exceptional conditions, the windows of every sleeping room should be wide open all night and every night. The' blinds should be drawn up, otherwise, from their valve-like action, they will permit- only intermittent and uncertain ingress of fresh air, while the only egres of devitalised air is by the' inadequate route of the .chimney. There was recently offered for sale a large_ portion of the Duke of Sutherland's Scottish estates, totalling an area of 209,000 acres. Lots 1,2, and 3, which were offered together, and which consisted respectively of the Skelpiok Estate (comprising 26.124 acres). Rhifail (14,720 acres), and Syre (23,060 acres), including deer forests, grouse moors, and salmon fishing, realised £82,000. Lot 4, "which included Loch Naver and Newdale, extending to 43,820 acres, apd comprising deer forest nad salmon and trout fishing, found a purchaser at £29,500. For the estates of Strath Halladale and Bighouse and Forsinard, of 34.600 acres and 37.200 acres respectively, there was no bidding. —Mr Robert M'Leod, Mus.Bac, F.R.0.0., musical director to the Edinburgh School Board, has stated that the problem facing all teachers in defective schools "was how to awaken the sleeping and backward state of the child's intelligence. Music as an educational factor had to a great extent been overlooked in this connection. By musio he meant not the singing of songs, the playing of marches and lively tunes, but tho power of soimd to direct and co-ordinate mental and musoulaT control where words failed to Beoure this desired result. . Tho attraction of rhythm, pitch, and melody for the child oould all bo utilised in developing habits of orderly thinking and concentration. If those were used on a psychological basis he was convinced music might become n real healer.