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We have received many communications lately from residents of this district urging that action be taken at once in the building of sidewalks south from Richmond Hill. Most of these communications are quite critical of local municipal councils regarding the delay, and while members of township councils must accept their share of responsibility, the present hold-up is due to the Ontario Department of Highways whOSe responsibility it is to sup- ply the necessary land. The Highways Department is hold- ing up the sidewalk program at present due to the uncer- tainty about Yonge Street widening. Once a definite pol- icy regarding Yonge Street widening is agreed upon there will be no difficulty about securing the much desired side- walks, as We have the assurance of Markham and Vaughan municipal councils that they are ready and anxious to proceed with the work. We sincerely hope that Depart- ment of Highways officials will speedin determine a Yonge Street widening policy so that the sidewalk program can be proceeded with. As we have so often pointed out de- lay in the construction of sidewalks is daily endangering the lives of all who use Yonge Street as pedestrians. With Christmas drawing nigh Christian people be- come givers and receivers. Giving cannot always be mea- sured in terms of dollars. There are those with no money to give and yet some of them are the greatest benefact- orfi,i They dispense service, sympathy, kindness and goodâ€" w . We read of millionaires who give, until the figures are staggering and one is lured into speculation about what it feels like to have money to dispense on such a‘ scale. We should not envy such great givers, for to them riches have already brought their own special cares and worries. Few rich people are really carefree, happy or contented. Remember the camel and the_eye of the needle. Apart from natural givers, who rejoice in their oppor- tunities and never miss one, there are grudging givers who only hand it out through compulsion, or because if they don’t give, they fear to be marked down as mean or stingy. They overlook the fact that the Lord loveth a cheerful giver. wuuuuu» bulucbuuxs, uuav u oyvv AAAAAAAAAAA uvv -v -V It is a good thing to teach children to play the game from the start, to be ready and generous in their giving and to be willing to stand back and let others have a chance. To some generous natures the lesson is easy, beâ€" cause the root of the matter is inherent, but it is good for all to learn that the business of living, at its fullest and best, is largely dependent on the great service of giv- ing and taking. - - In olden times, we do not think it so common now, good, conscientious people reckoned that a tenth of their income should be set aside for charitable purposes. The habit of giving, like the habit of withholding or hoarding, grows by what it is fed on. In our experience we have observed that when a special effort has been made to meet some demand for help, when to give means doing Without something, that a specialblessing seems to follow. Deer hunting enthusiasts of the district have just reâ€" turned from their annual hunt and tall tales are heard these days about the exciting times enjoyed in the north- ern woods. Not being an authority on deer hunting we hardly know how much credence to place in many of these tales or how to report them, but We reprint the following from the pen of Editor Curran, of Sault Ste. Marie, better known as an authority on timber wolves, but still one who claims to know something of deer hunting. He says: “Something like one in every 20,000 people in Ontario take out a deer hunting license. These are usually regarded as blood thirsty souls who go to the woods to indulge a desire to slaughter. Here and there in every hunting party there is a‘man Whose ability with a rifle requires him to make the effort to justify his reputation. But the great majority of hunt- ers care little whether they “fill their license,” or not. They go for the high jinks of the evenings in camp, for the freedom of the woods, for the good fellowship of the hunt, to argue about their dogs, .about politics, about ev- erything they can think of. They will sleep on uncom- fortable camp beds, put up with less conveniences than their woodsheds at home offer, eat stuff that the wife wouldn’t dare offer them, and get up in a freezing dawn to cheerfully go out on “station.” What makes them do it? They are convinced they are having a good time, but only the hardiest repeat often. This whole business of deer hunting has to be revised if it is to prosper. The dogs should not be allowed to occupy the same beds as the hunters. The cook should be required to take the pledge. Deer should be prohibited from parading up and down in front of the camp until it is light enough to see them. Hunts should start when the hunters want to get up,â€"not when the cook yells that the breakfast is ready. And the beds,â€"well, as a rule they are hardly worth while talking about. We once knew a man who bought a $65 rifle, a lot of expensive ammunition, a bush outfit fit for an Eskimo, a pair of $18 high boots, a set of truck driver's mitts, a compass, a safety match box, and a fur cap with earlaps. He spent his time helping the cook to cut the wood and carrying the water, and had a splendid time. At home they worried all the time about Steve. A deer hunt is like the war in China. It sounds good before you get into it to discover the liabilities at least equal the assets. This is first hand information.” When a man comes back from the hunt he needs a rest. His tired expression wasn’t acquired f0110wing deer trails. Not at all. Only a tenderfoot falls for that. He has lost $1.39 playing rummy with a ringer, stuffing him- self With pork and beans (when he is limited to soda crackâ€" ers and milk at home) and some lightsome companion has grabbed his best pair of socks in a very grey dawn. Frequently stern critics are heard to say the town is “going to the dogs”. If true noâ€"one is to blame but the people, as all the good things weenjoy as a community are the result of somebody’s effort. Talk is cheap, but a little extra effort in community work could accomplish a great deal. J. Eachem Smith, Manager Advertising Bates on Appljcafigy. __ _-_._.. . m‘m nn dvertising Rates on Application. TELEPHONE 9 THE LIBERAL PRINTING CO., LTD. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT RICHMOND HILL Member Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association Subscription $1.00 per year â€"â€" To the United States $2.00 Covering Canada’s Best Suburban Distrlct PAGE TWO DELAY IN SIDEWALK PROGRAM THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25th, 1937. AN INDEPENDENT WEEKLY “THE LIBERAL” DEER HUNTING Established 1878 GIVING Africa and World Prace: By George Padmore: Foreword by Sir Staf- ford Cripps: (Tm-onto: S. J. Regâ€" inald Saunders). Price, $2.50. Italy Against the World: By George Martelli: (Toronto: The Macmillan 00.). Price, $5.00. ‘The enunciation of the Monroe! Doctrine may have had much to do} with the exploitation of Africa. Had[ European powers felt able to main-I tailn- their grip on North and Southi America, they might have been less' drawn to Africa where they could- compete for colonial empires and for! access to raw material. But blocked l in the control of the New World, they turned readily to the conquest of the “dark continent” and began to paint the map of Africa a dozen hues. Todaw, railroads and highways pierce territories where, a few years ago, big game roamed while the aeroplane has brought near that which formerly was inaccessilble. What we fail to remember, how- ever, is that Africa has for many years been one of the continual men- aces, to the peace of Europe, due to the demand for colonies rich in raw materials. Perhaps, Mr. George Padmore exaggerates somewhat when he claims that “Africa holds the key to the peace of Europe”, but the names of Fashoda, Tangiers and Addis Ababa remind us that he may not be far from the truth. With the annexation of Ethiopia, only Li- beria among African states remains free from direct political control by Europe. Mr. Padmore is apparently a| Negro, born in Trinidad and edu-I cated there and also at Howard and Fisk Universities. He is now the European correspondent fOr a num- ber of Negro newspapers, and has marked sympathies with Russia and equally marked antagonism to all fascist and imperialist countries. In short, he feels bitterly about the be- trayal of Ethiopia and quotes with approval Lenin’s words to the effect that the League offNations was a “thieves’ Kitchen”. He says: “Those great champions and fighters for the rights of colonial peoples and subject races did not provide one gas mask, one amlbulance outfit, much less financial assistance, to help these Albyssinians fight the batâ€" tle, which was not only theirs, but‘ of vital importance to the European workers, as events in Spain have ;shown. It is to the everlasting shame and disgrace of the organized lab- our movements of Europe and Amer- ica that bourgeois humanitarians like the Archbishop of Cantenbury, Lord Lugard and others, did more in a practical way to help the Abyssin- ians than any of the national sec- tions of ‘both Internationals”. Even “The Soviet Union sat by and never lifted one finger to aid the victim. Instead, she supplied oats. coal and petroleum to the aggressor through- out the war". It is only too true that Ethiopia would have offered better resistance to Italy had she never brlonged to the League at all, nor trusted in the terms of the cov- enant. Much of Mr. Padmore's po- lemic must therefore be granted. THE LIBERAL, RICHMOND HILL. ONTARIO never belonged to the League at all,‘ nor trusted in the terms of the cov- enant. Much of Mr. Padmore's po- lemic must therefore be 'granted. But we can hardly expect a mem- ber of the coloured race to admit that conditions in Ethiopia were more or less hopeless, that the Emperor was unable to exert the necessary authority over the various clans, that the country as a whole was illiter- ate, and that the efforts to eradicate slavery had been ineffective. Civilâ€" ization today moves withvspeed, and no country, whatever its past, can hold back the flood for long. If it does not move in time, it will be inundated. ‘There remains also the- other question: was the saving of Ethiopia as an independent nation worth the risk of another world war? The formulation of the question may seem callous, but the question never- theless must be answered: “yes” or “no” Mr. Martelli’s book professes to the “the first complete and impartial account of Italy's repudiation of the League and her conquest of Abys- sinia by an‘ Englishman writing with intimate knowledge of the facts”. In dealing- with the controversial questions, he states both sides, in- terpreting the conflicting viewpoints and leaving us to draw our own con- clusions. Many secret documents may not be published for fifty years and final judgment must of necess- ity be» reserved for a long time, but Mr. Martelli has sought to give us such basic facts as are available in order that we may understand what the main questions are. In all this he has performed a great service. There is some quiet humour in the book, thus: “It used to be said of Gladstone that if an ace had been placed in his sleeve, he would have solemnle declared that God had put it AFRICA AND WORLD PEACE By Claris Edwin Silcox BOOKS THAT MATTER The book gives us some interest- ‘ing information- concerning the mili- jtary operations. It must be rememâ€" ‘bered that practically all militam' officials were agreed that it would take three ycars to conquer Ethiopia. But the military officials were wrong. They had not considered how me- chanized warfare and aeroplanes had completely changed the order. For‘ "instance, Italian troops were providâ€" 3 ed with food which was dropped from aeroplanes over their line of march; even live stock was dropped from :aeroplanes with parachutes attached. So, too, little hands of Ethiopians lensconed in the hills were attacked by aeroplanes which poured ma- lchine-gun fire into them, and‘ even poison gas was used. to force them lfrom their positions. The guerilla iwarfare, which we had been led‘ to expect, never materialized until after .Ad'dis Ababa was taken. There was too much treacheryr shown by local 'chiefs in those defiles where,such tactics might have been most suc- cessful, the Ethiopians were conspi- cuously absent. It was “a military promenade”. Only' four Italians were captured as prisoners of war, two of whom were drivers of tanks. ..____‘ there”. (Page ’76). “To borrow the phrase used by an English journalist on. another occasion, there was no chance of the British lion’s tail being twisted bccause it was safely tucked be- tween its legs”. (Page 134). 5' “It was a game of poker win which, holding the worst cards, the Italian won because he was the boldcr player and the better psychologist”. (Page 200). ’The careful discussion of the pro- ceedings of the League are also care- fully noted, but for the British, the most significant part of the book is Mr. Martelli’s criticism of British policy. He is realistic but he does not hesitate to say: “They encour- aged Abyssinia and let her down, as they encouraged the British electors and then let them down What cannot be defended on any grOunds, either of principle or of expediency, is their pretending to do one thing while all the time. performing the other”. But the clearest lesson from all this is stated in his closing para- graph : ‘If the democracy is to control foreign poliqy, it must go to school as those did who controlled it in the past. It must learn to forego excessive emotionalism, it must study history more closely, and try to understand something of the problems which it is called upon to solve”. Unless this happens, we shall conâ€" tinue to have pacifists_refusing to GROUP NO. 1 [:1 MAGLEAN’S MAGAZINE (24 issues) 1 Yr. [:1 CHATELAINE . . . . . 1 Yr. DNATIONAL HOME MONTHLY I Yr. [3 CANADIAN MAGAZINE - - I Yr. [:1 PICTDRIAL REV. combined with DELINEATDR - ~ - - - I Yr. 1:] CAN. HDRTI’RE 8. HOME MAG. I Yr. 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The fact remains that they are con- suming carbohydrates beyond their daily needs and the- excess amount is converted into fat and stored in the tissues. Obesity is undesirable on several counts. In the first place it; tends to slow one up and- make all exer- cise burdensome. Fat people suffer more than thin people when a fever hits them and they are poorer risks when they have to take a general anaesthetic. Why is this? Let us explain. ' but foods are divided into three classes, carbohydrates, fats and pro- teins. All are essential for normal A HEALTH SERVICE OF THE CANADIAN MEDIC - ASSOCIATION AND Lli INSURANCE COMPANI IN CANADA Give yourself and your family enjoy- ment and entertainment the whole year through by selecting one of these special offers. Either offer permits a choice of top-notch magazines together with --- -'. THIS lÂ¥ Richmond Hill QUOTATIONS ON BONDS, INDUSTRIALS AND MINING STOCKS. 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This means that an organ like the heart‘ has more bulk to keep working than ‘the heart which normally does not carry a lot of extra fatty tissue. More work means more effort amt that is why a very fat person gets short of breath and may experience air hunger and is a poorer risk for an anaesthetic. Body weight in most persons can! be controlled. It is largely a mat- ter of eating within reason and hav- ing a well balanced diet. If you’ are overweight consult your doctor. He will prescribe a diet to suit you. Above all avoid food faddists and the kind friend who took some pills which he is sure is exactly what you need. That is dangerous. An out- standing consultant told the writer not long ago, that some of the most serious cases with which he had to deal were persons who followed somebody’s cure-all for control of weight. Eat wisely, exercise properly and remember that it is easier, as a rule, to put on weight than it is to take it off. 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