Evening star., 1933-03-28
- VENING TIMES. Glasgow. - 1t
- was our painful duty to do some
domestic ShOppinp the other day.

the attention OF the ShOp assistant. Be-
sides getting her messages" the dame
was pouring into the girls ear a full
account of the first return home of her
daughter. who had lately been married
and who lived at q distance. This was
one passage of the narrative: $50 when
Flora came in we just sat doom at the
fireside. put our Arms room ane
anither's neck, an had a guild greet. But
1 telt her that pun an hauf O. but
ter did us week moo. and it haurdly
did us a week end when she wis at
hame."
Australia Feels
Slump in Blankets.
The Bulletin, Sydney-In our output
of blankets serious slump has oc-
Cured. The production dropped from
1,C97.178 in 1916 to 875,888 in 1890.
Single blankets require approximately
41a pounds wool; three-quarters,
pounds to 7 pounds; double, Z pounds
to pounds; large double, pounds to
10l2 pounds. The loss Of wool con-
sumption involved in this reduced out
put of 221. .129 blankets is thus substan-
tial. Kapok, a vegetable fiber. is pro-
duced in large quantities in the East
Indies (black labor. As it is not grown
in Australia 1t enters the country sub
ject only to 10 per cent primage duty.
It is the chief packing for bed quilting.
The extent to which this has displaced
wool can easily be assessed by the above
figures. Much of our cheaper wool
should be absorbed in this branch OF
woolen manufacture: but with kapok
competition it does not pay the grazier
To hi (ol, inf11 10 HcN
to the sales when the distance is over 30
or 100 miles. This represents a serious
loss to Australia, and it is all avoidable.
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Reich School Periods
To Be Reduced.
Berliner Tageblatt. The 50-minute
hour, at present the vogue in most OF
the public schools, not only in the Ber-
lin district, but rather generally
throughout the nation. is proving rather
burdensome to the children, and will
very likely be reduced during the next
sessions to an hour Of As minutes,
which used to be the length of the Pc
RODS for study or recitation. Five min
utes may not seem long, but when added
to every one of the eight periods into
which the scholastic day is divided.
some wearying effect upon the scholars.
especially the younger ones, IS newt
able. The return to the 45minute
hour will enable the children to leave
their lessons from half an hour to 40
minutes sooner, and thus the new
schedule will give them additional time
for rest and play before tackling their
books again at home in the evening.
The prime caution is, of course, always
fO 10 10 he oc
sistent with real success in education.
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Santo Domingo Halls
New Administration.
La Opinion, Santo Domingo-Action
in victory! That is the keynote of
the new administration of Gen. Rafael
l.. Trujillo Molina, and in honor of this
esteemed and helpful policy which has
been displayed in the interests of all
the people, Senor Don Antonio Estevez,
president of the Junta Communal of
the Partido Dominicano Central Com
mittee of the Dominican party, has
distributed invitations for great civic
of the capital, and, indeed, of the whole
republic, express again their gratitude
and loyalty to our beloved President.
This appreciation will be acknowl-
edged in a series of ceremonies and
functions which are to commence
during the latter hours of Saturday
afternoon. There will be promenades
and dancing in gala costume and
masquerade before the presidential
palace. The capital orchestra will dis
course sprightly and melodious strains;
the music will be calculated to stir the
most dormant, and even the most de-
spondent, of our population. II there
be any who never sang or danced be-
fore denend upon It theSe too will be