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April, r9 j S

RHODESIAN BUILDINGS AND THE CENTRAL COURT )aid should bo re-discovered and restored to its proper place. At the present time most a roll i- <°ets in designing buildings apparently look upon a central court, as a useful place in which to put the sanitary blocks!

One may. reflect how the English architects of ic m naiss.mce, in adapting the imported plan

0l ,hc 1Un,,an mansion with its central corlilc converted the latter, to meet Northern tastes, in­to that grim feature known as a “ central hall,” lighted only from the top by a dome or skylight

abounding in doors and draughts, whilst ob­structing through ventilation to the surrotmdi.m rooms—hot in summer and cold in winter At one blow English tradition of the courtyard and its open-roof hall was destroyed, and in'its place was set up something that was neither one thing nor the other. c

In town buildings the borrowed ideas have “ ' 'T v'lably had equally -Unsatisfactory_.resuits.

•One may reflect in walking through the dark London lanes lined with gloomy stone facades bearing superimposed orders, columns and carv­ing, all smoke-begrimed, expressionless, and un- beautiful—little heeded by the hurried passers-bv on the pavement below—that, whilst the inspira- Uons for these fronts have been largely borrowed

-aeniSETS, the -Ter,iTal point til the design,_the courtyard or loggia, has been ig­nored. How much more "profitably the vast ' sums wasted upon these dull fronts could have been expended on internal courts, made bright with marble, painting, flowering shrubs, and evergreen—refreshing oases from the close, dusty streets and lanes of the great city!

Having designed several buildings with a cen­tral court, I can speak as to its advantages with

respect to access, economy of corridor, and archi­tectural possibilities. True, the court as de­signed to suit a Southern climate won hi not do hu a Northern one; hut experience suggests that its successful adaptation is a question of propor­tion and detail rather than of principle. It is surprising to those who have not experimented to find the difference of temperature in enclosed spaces such as these, when completely sheltered born die weather. In the Rhodes Building in Capetown, where this treatment is adopted, al­though the court only measures iS ft. by 12 ft., (be height from floor to parapet being 70 ft., the air in the open corridors around is exlraordin- urih equable cool and fresh in summer, and pleasantly temperate in winter.

Finally, if the principle of natural cross-venti­lation obtained by placing rooms on one side only of an open corridor is sound in the design of modern hospitals, one may conclude that it is equally .sound in the design of dwellings for healthy people. It has never been suggested that college life, which necessitates the passing from one building to another in the open air, is unhealthy. The inns of the old days, it will be remembered, were generally constructed around courts with open galleries of communication.

After taking all drawbacks into account, I believe the re-introduciion of this feature into modern business premises may be made economi­cally and with substantial gain in health and cheerfulness to the occupants, assuming such details as the size of the court in relation to its height, the width of the surrounding corridors, and the size of the aperture left in the roof, are all wisely adjusted.

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Architectural NotesASSOCIA1 ION OF TRAN SVAAL ARCHITECTS

.). j<. h u a r d a a o o d , President „f110 Association of Transvaal ' r d i i -

occupied tin* chair a t tho animal mooting of this body held recent Iv in Jonauncshurg . J„ the course of :l ’n<‘f lu,c,,ess <<> ’ ho members (of whom

„ , , li,e, 'p " e r e a hunt 30 present) Mrin t ' l l p ' r ‘ S:!,< ? C-y " C' C 1,assi,,K fhrough „ crucial polio,];, ■ : " H ° 7 „ ot tho "a t io n , ami to t ome nearer mine'.,,S r , , , , j n of South A f r i c a - o n e of B rita in ’. la te t C m

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Motherland, and to have relegated lo oblivion a t ,

I K y:l l y - T1,pir * " * * « ■ ’» ' - 1 indeed beenn otto " ih ’ Bn?at 1Mrt <,f ih * past >■«««•• Whilst t o motto Business as usual ” would seem to have

■ plK-d ni m ost o ther professions and in commerce gener->, are ln tec tura l undertakings th a t had not vet eUtered

con trac t stage, and much th a t had alrcadv done . no!i t,ie ?«*,r0tion „f . . „P » L i 0; ^

as wth7 , A t0° >-<> >-e n h a n d o S 'a ttinn f 1 .lK,<MIC°> U ,s KhitifyiitK to note the eoumlo2L?r Jr™.®**- h,

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ANNUAL MEETING Officially Communicated

The following is a Association as contain

I he M inister of Ps advised ol' the appon; ncctiojj with any G im 1 his Board is made livid (the Associati ■ K. Kendall and Mi tec ts ) : Mr. AA’. Palm lute of Architects) . lfarris (The Society =

- - Bank Fittings . .- - Office Fittings - .

- f* ass C ounters •- Class Cases - . -W ood C ounters-

W ood & M etal Fruols

'’f . f sum.nniv of the work of the v i in the Annual R e p o r t :__

,iiV ■Vo: 1;s fo '- the Union has been iln Advisory Hoard in con- " ifJ i i 'cc tura l competitions.

1 ;.!'r - *’• Rmicy and Mr. AValter ' ■ransvaal A rch itec ts); Mr. F • ' ii^id (Cape In s t i tu te of Archil

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V-A'. Nic"hiy and MV. AT J .

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\A aterson (Transvaal J list i-Alr. I!. Howdeu and Mr. J .Into of Architects).

During tin. year .Air. Hondo,, and .Mr. Venle made fre- '" 'o u t vsnts to the School of Mines and Technology to « « tch too progress of the A rchitee tu ia l classes, ami these Visits have been so useful th a t the Council has decidedto appoint representatives each year for a similar pur- pose. 1

n. eoiMieetion with the Act of Uogislration, it would ; 1 1 ' | t h a t the Cape In s t i tu te has evidentlv decided not lo pursue this m atter . Copies of the D raft were for-r ' l N ° ll,c C«l* J ^ t i t u t o in Octoher, JOW, but since tlmt date no advice lias been received from the Cape as to its flirt her consideration.

I he report notes t lm t one of the members (Mr A Me .regor Ritchie) is serving with the troops in France! am! Mr. I. Adams, Mr. J . C o,m ark, Air. P. K a g le . Air

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I he following members were appointed for the ensu- ing year as o f f i e e - h e a r e r s *

1 1 esident Air. AA a l te r Reid ; A 'ice-Presidents: Air. J1 Howden and Air F, AJ. Pow ers; Council: Air. .1. F Re. rdwood Mr. D. M. B urton, Mr. J . C. Cook, Air. S C. Don sett M r D Ivor Lewis. Mr. .1. AI. Solomon. Mr. II. («. Neale and Mr. 15. H . AA’augh.

The following recommendations from the Council cm - cen,i ,g 5 quan ti t ies were, left for th e new Council to deal

(a) Q uantity surveying is a p a r t of the Architectural * rotpfisioii.

Chl .No_arrange,,lent as to J iu a i i t i tv Surveying jVac- (ice to which this Association is not a principal

-p .u ly will lie held to be authorita tive.(c) The time has arrived when a list shot,id he pre­

pared of all members claiming to be Quantity Surveyors, and th a t the incoming Council he in­vited to prepare th is and recommend if a m ­elia,,ge he necessary in the Constitution or other­wise to more clearly define the nuthoritv of the Association m questions concerning Quantity Surveying Practice.

(d) T ha t the foregoing resolutions he published afterbeing forwarded to the Afaster Builders’ Associa- _'0M and the So,,t1' African Jnstitute of Quantity surveyors. * . .. ^ *

fu r th e r adopted the Allowing rcso’lutionV- i t spoc t to the Europenn W ar :__

(a) The Association of Transvaal Architects ex­presses i ts respectful sym pathy with the people of I lance and Belgium in the ir reparable damage caused by the enemies’ forces to priceless monu­ments of Architecture in those countries.

( 'J) Tl,al lhe HcBi*trap bo instructed to forward the oiegoing to the Governments of France and Bel-

K|u "i th rough tho .Secretary of the Interior. Pre- toria, and th a t he he asked lo cause the resolu­tions to be communicated to th e local press

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HK minimi meeting of the National So- oic*t\' tor tho Droservatiun -of Objects of Historic In terest ami National licauty in Sotitli Africa was held re­cently in the Library of the City Hall, Cape town. Sir Aloiring Heck (the 1’iesident) was Chairman, and there

iras a re |iresentative attendance of prominent ladies and Kent lemon in terested in the work of tlie Society,

The Chairman, in his address, sa id :—Haroly, il ever before, has the value of the National

Society so been brought home to ns as a t present. At a time when so much th a t is divergent and often dis­torted in national ideals is pursued, when so much th a t is essential and fundamental is ignored, and when as a consequence such results as have during these la t te r da vs so unhappily (lowed are in evidence, there can assuredly lie no difference of opinion as to the desirahilitv for a society such as this.

Let me take one or two examples from the ground covered by our activities and from things th a t have happened during the last year or two, and of the co­operating agencies th rough which so much has been made possible. Two years ago we moved in the m a t te r of the National Botanic Garden and the Koopmans Museum. Of the external in terest evoked by the Botanic Gardens, J told you las t year, when I q u o te d -e v e n from far away Dutch L as t Ind ia—expressions of recognition of the ivorld-wide in te res t a t tach ing to th is g rea t garden, and we recently had from Professor Pearson an account of what has been done, and of the ideals aimed a t , all of which make i t certain th a t th is national monument hefore many years are over, will become one of which South Africa as a whole will he proud, and which will stand as a splendid instance of th is g rea t spirit of South Africanism which has made its initiation possible here in D'isJ 'emitiful peninsula. __

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Hu- Koopmans Museum similarly stands as a result of ~- "ido and general South African co-operation. Never forget th a t whilst again there was much local sympathy with the project when it was first mooted, and much local effort expended upon bringing it about, it had its first great push forward through a resolution passed bv the municipal representatives from far and wide in th e M uni­cipal Congress of 1912, and its final stimulus from the

t l r t iro in terest Taken J n T h e 'p r o j e c t in Johannesburg , where, largely th rough th e agency of Sir Lionel and Lady Phillips, a g rea t deal of sympathetic in terest was evoked.

As other instances of this always-growing South African spirit, f may he allowed to mention the munificent Uni­versity bequest of th e late Sir Ju l ius W ernher , and the announcement made some time ago by Mr. Meudellssohn of his in tention to present his valuable collection of liouks, pictures and pamphlets re lating to Africa to the I ni..,. Parliam ent of South Africa. If regrettably so far httlc has been done to make Sir Ju l ius AVernher’s splendid bequest effective, we can assuredly not lay the blame at the dour ol the generous donor or a t t r ib u te the delav to a lack of South African spirit displayed by him.

THE MENDELLSSOHN LIBRARYBill, regard to Mr. Mendolls.soliu’s African Library, it

may ho ol in terest if J tell von what it represents, and what has been proposed by him. In a preface (written hi himself) to “ Mondellssohn’s South African lliblio- gruphy,” published by him in I!) I .‘I, he relates how he came to collect his South African hooks, and wluit lie proposes to do with them.

Moll, ladies and gentlemen, I'urihei on in th is preface -Mr. -Meudellssohn tells us what lie p: poses to do with this g reat collection of African book- “ The l ib ra rv .” lie says, “ is left, under my will to ib, Union Parliament of South Africa, who 1 t r u s t will accept it when th e day arrives for its presentation. It is not presented now, as 1 have by no means stopped c o lh v io g . and I hope to make sonic fu r ther additions of n iy ■ c composition, but am afraid I would not lie able to v r , without my collec­tion. The collection lInis embraces U ..nclens of a librarv which will, I t r u s t , develop into Ai.iomi! L ibrary of Africaua, to be held conserved augmented by’ theUnion Parliam ent. In order t,, .. ■ ■...... funds f o r ’thesepurposes,” continues Air. Month-A s “ I have added to my original bequest of the id ■ vo sums of money to be devoted to the objects I - view. Of these,the first sum is to he applied : , , , regards in teres t and principal to the purchase .,if . works re la ting to Aftica (not already in th e Colhvtn.ivt as have been pub­lished before the time the library is landed over...............I lie second sum is to be invested, a::tl th e in terest used

exclusively to the purchase of works relating to Africa published a f te r the d a te th a t the library is handed over.”

THE MICHAELIS PICTURESAgain, said Sir Moiling, tak e Mr. Miclmelis’ gift of

Dutch pictures to South Africa. The time is probable now not far off when th is splendid gif t to South Africa, conceived in a spirit of t ru e South Africanism, will he available for South Africa. The old Town House here in Capetown is a t th e p resen t time, u nder the directionof an enthusiastic and capable South A frican arch i tec t__Mr. Solomon— being prepared for th e purpose of receiving them, and so these g rea t products of old Dutch nmster- inincls will find a probably perm anent and fi tting res ting place in an old Dutch building, e rec ted by old Dutch >..a'stei bulkier;, in a town in i'ar aw a y South Africa, founded- by compatriots , and in some ins tances contem­poraries, of th e g rea t men who created them .

THE SOUTH AFRICAN SPIRITOne could go on almost, indefinitely multip ly ing in­

stances of .the steady growth of effort for the uplif t ing of South Africa, which is daily gain ing force and which, despite setbacks, is becoming to characterise South Africa tinder Union.. One could, for example, say much upon such things, as th e admirable work of men like Mr. Baker and many of his b rother arch i tec ts . In their ellorts to re-create South African pride and South Afri­can charac ter in our South African home, no less th an in the i r a t tem p ts to save as much as possible of th e beau ti­ful arch itectural relics left by our fo refa thers from th e destruction which th rea ten s them , a las ! not infrequently, at, the hands of men who would ind ignantly repudia te any suggestion th a t they were unpatr io t ic , our architects have shown a g rea t spirit of South Africanism.

Kqually much could lie said of th e th o u g h t of South A Inca displayed by men like the la te Air. Bolus on his splendid bequest to th e South African College and to South Africa of his botanical collection, and th e means to carry on fu r th e r botanical research in th e country whose beautiful flora lie loved so well, or bequests like those of members of th e Hiddingh and Hofmever fam i­lies and others, lor education and o th e r purposes.

M hen we find th a t in Joh an n esb u rg g re a t efforts have been made by the local members of th e National Union to bring South African products into use th rough the in­s t i tu tion of all-South African shopping days, and in o ther ways, and th a t in Durban recently, a well-known whole­sale merchant has issued a list it. which seventy odd

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contain prices of South African goods marked in detail, there can assuredly he one conclusion only, and that is tha t the sp irit of South Africanism is growing and steadily univorsnlising itself in tho Union.

UNION DAY—A SUGGESTIONla the month of May every year there occurs one meiu-

orahle South African Hay. | refer to I'nion Day, the •Ust May. My suggestion is th a t we should, in our places ot enter ta inm ent , utilise the :11st of May to bring 101,10 1,1 So" ‘h Africa tha t this day is very specially a

South African Day. If we could in an organised way enlist the sympathies of our en ter ta iiin ient managers so as to induce them, so far as possible, to a rrange upon Die :11st of May every year for South African pro­grammes, wo should do wonders in a very li tt le time to promote and consolidate healthy South African feeling mind spirit.

TOWN PLANNING SCHEME OF THE PENINSULA

Lady Phillips moved:— - That the Corporation bo urged 0 il|'l ,0"!t 11 rjown P lanning Committee, consisting of the

host, available of opinion to prepare a scheme for tho development of the Cape Peninsula and F la ts over a P‘Tiod of years .’*

In speaking to tho motion. Lady Phil lips said as an inhabitant of the Transvaal she would like to disclaim any idea of interfering with the righ ts of the Peninsula. ' As a .South African she looked upon th is question as coining within the propaganda of the National Society the enmsnla being the g rea t national beauty spot of

he reason why in this m a t te r they should lal.ier copy the example of America than follow'the old l.uropean ideas, was th a t (heir circumstances in this rnm.try were more like those of America. In Europe to ution had been a slow process, extending over many

centime., a ~ v « s e y cmdd not altogether ”Hnw Us method--, although they should, of course, try O eepv the best th a t Europe contained. Town planning

had become a science, and some of the big corporations a Amei tea were doing absolute wonders in this direction hr first and most im portant points in town planning

" ,P the grouping of buildings, tree p lanting, and open 'linees. n this glorious place they were actually p u t t in g aetones right in the heart of the town. ( “ S h a m e ” ) t Capetown was to have a fu tu re , e ither as a capita l or

• a gie. 1 t university or academic centre, i t would he a u \ i " g shame if tt was turned into a second Sheffield or

in - ig h a in . She had no wish to discuss the a d l l ' t ; .° i " ,Se ol lhp -Mountain Railway, hut if carried

mid not c M ' ' T M p e r t tlle " 0,Wd not consider the special likes of the Town Councils

was the r j t S', • .A" ; ,tl,er K''ca t of ‘he Peninsula fare ti c r , ■\ l,nd 0 fu ture he-•i ac» i ' l l K'V - :,nt ,,Pnrl-v PI10"K,> P“* « and open ■pate. It they made th ,s place a tt rac t ive to the outside

a vast number of touris ts , who ; -•» something to come for. This ■nonoy ; th e point was t h a t they

n k up to it . and if they parried ' nhiMil.i it would not only bene- ■nir would also help the whole of K. Kendall seconded, remarking ■''•re properly carried ou t they A beauty, health, eomnierce and

more costly a t the outset, hu t it nent.

world, they would would come here am was not a question must have a plan a n out this scheme in.D lit Die Peninsula its- Smith Africa. M; ‘hut if town platin' would get the maxim ooouoiny. R might : "O'l-'d he a good inv..

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. ’ , / ' moved that Government he asked- ungiie the historic buildings throughout the I 'nion,

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and further, to consider the advisabil ity of tak ing steps lor their preservation, and th a t , although war was on 111 I 'A iro p e and South Africa, st ill the subject of the reso­lution was one th a t ought not to he delayed, as b u i ld in g "Ci-e being destroyed which could never he replaced. He though the Public Works Department might empower an inspector to report any a ltera t ions to or de.noli t........... .'! ' M,,<. ,n^ plw*(\ in niilor to prevent fu r therdcBlnicl.iou going on. Then ........ m ight he eases in" '" 'h h |s‘orie buildings needed repairing, but where the oMiier had not the means to do so. In such cases some- <hough should he done to retail, these mementoes of the past to the < oiintry by allowing such owners a rebate of Mumeipal or Divisional Council ra tes. For a period of

. m .i is . .o u t i A inea had been acquiring mementoes Mich as were not to he found in any o ther p a r t of the anpire for Kuskin had pointed out t h a t since the Gothic

t he D? 1 "°,t,n' " K ,,ilcl '™ n except bythe Dutch H uguenots of South Africa. ^

;l,rr,'ed ^ airT>,l<i^° SPPOI" lp<1 th e resolution, and this was

A vote of thanks to Sir Moiling Peek, to th e Hon

( M ^ T a i M ? T e ,'I,,7t ) - a m l tl,e H o n - S e c re ta ry (All. f . M. Glennie) concluded the business.

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H ° ,'0,"'»eneo a series of d in t s nl.out dogs J ' lit n time when a world-wide Hite is

responsible for n d a t e of chaos in th a t section of the community chieliv in­terested in m atters canine, is perhaps somewhat venturesom e: hut, on tho other hand, there are good reasons

ti ' ' “ i n f 80 ,:"'Kp ;l following in normaltimes should hurt a place in journalistic enterprise .

It should not he forgotten tha t on the battlefields to­day does are doing du ty with a courage, intelligence and dm otm n in keeping with the deeds of the soldiers. Thou- siinds Of then, serve as auxiliary sentries, and in a,,,b„-

"t ’ v ' " ' I ' 1' - n,,t. only with the armies of the Allies, hut ... the ranks of the enemy, who have for vm rs|):ISl ►»— ri___ _ --

Ihe varieties chiefly employed are Airedales, Smooth-

l i ’lold C° i,M’ l!elK'" " Sl" ' t,p 1)0«»- a sl>ocies of Mastiff, Uloodlionnds and crosses produced l.v hlends of same

Jn ...nladanee work they seek out wounded men by k,'e " 'SPP" t i,ml tiained tracking powers. End , dog

carries a p a red of first aid bandages and a spirit flaskl" rcl '' a satltlle clHth marked with the Ked Cross

" t r c t c i : r C; 0,'K;,mS!,tio"- T,,e <laKs accompany the ^ h o td m i heiu-er hu t soon range the field in much the same way as a Pointer < W “< W fOJ. ^ i r t r id ee s . do not discriminate between wounded friend or foe ami either announce a find by harking or go to find the Red Ci os, men and guide them to the spot.

A fter n lug battle, ambulance work is almost entirely ■'...eel out at n ig h t ; sometimes no light can he show..'

- ami this, together with the fact th a t many soldiers are ; down or crawl when w o u n d ed -a .n id s t dense hush ■mg g lass , or rocky broken ground, makes the discovery

life t 'o ' t l e 0 ) ' t h a t many a wounded man owes his S e olovei work of the canine searchers.

- ost valuable and responsible also is the work of clems " Ppr’r t *e,,1' r,e* ,,llri"S the dark hours of ni.d-t in

7 i1,th p r>. *1»>8 or surprise a t tack s mux ’H i asT h Ai,etii,ip - Chieav i , ; ^ ; :

V 1 ■ ' -V - T Ci,ref,,II-v trai,lpd " ot ‘o give tongue 11 dn rk ”p™ " ° sight, can penetra te , the ir kmm .scouting

p m r e r ^ i n d hearing detect the most s tea l thy approach ot'

A low. fierce growl, head erect in line u it l , approach,',,,,

sign ds ' 7 t0nS° ,,ml l,,,ir ,), istl i”K "long the h a d "• knals the warning to his sentry-master. Should it fume to rush and hand-to-hand struggle vo„H,,rp l l"» d<’B WiII do his p art there also ‘

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rt IS in teresting („ know th a t cmr own Coyer,,, ,,e„t :n i imged for a contingent of trained Airedale

em eus to serve with our troops i;; ,ho (ierman M V

<,n,,,pn,K"- " le fl°K» -• -n bred and trained

Hesides ambulanee and sen try work, dogs are used to

i n f i e i l l i ! f i f ’ eU,,pUrH rn r t i idges to menI t euches, and to scout ahead and on flanks of soldiers

loose w i t f ’f ' t! ')(‘ la t tp r Purpose they should runlim e n . th advance guards or Hanking patrols. When themite passes through hush, long grass , or broken g.ouml,

-ogs should he sent out frequently 0 : 1 the flanks to discover possible enemies in ambush.

11,0 Airedale Terrier used for then- soldierly du tio .

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°'VCS rntl7 ,‘ I " kody short , clocldv-hnilt andemeu on leg th a t we like in Show dogs. There must . 0 powerful development of muscle, p len ty of bone and

/ P°" lpac t> " ,th R,rod filn* pads and pasterns The calcnn- Ot coal ,s usually black, iron-grey, or pigeon-hlue

x ; , v, , h *■” ” ■ ....... ..................................*.<■,

Tins neutral colouring is a good point for w arfare or P-al'ce work. Eye,, in daylight th e Airedale is not con- . picuous a t a moderate dis tance, whilst a t oyer 100 yards " y " > m , r blonds into the local t in ts perfectly. A t , g * l,ecn,,,es a p a n of th e deepest shadows. '

d-,” C ' V'VT h e nr ; Str a " ,S’ “ r rivP,S " iM ,10t " 'ol'ry an Aire- . 1 he ,,l t,ed « ,e fimte a t home in w ater— in fact

™ the - W „ t „ , i d e •• T e rr ie r i„

d o „ b l , . t i n t • t ° f U,e ' ' ^ ' t sor t, should be, t u t ,s to say an ou te r co re r ing of lmrsl, tex tu red

T ,Vei^ ” StS SOft’ a,,cl somewhat oily „:.der- j,j g o ', u " t , a " ,Pcl eonditio" .■„, Airedale will ch>

; ' <li" ,'V try ing climatic con-' of an AfrK';» ' summer. They march well with

iu,..i, i\ or can te r with un t i r ing s tr ide with horsemen T" "e .g l ' f they go hotween .%> and .10 lbs., and have the Power and pluck to “ down ” a man a t command

Ihe Anedalo has an oc|„aIly good claim to conridera

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l . ' l " ........ Weed. » tend i„K „ l,it „„ 1,..,

36 Country Life {„ .9. 4 _

V r • * « “ « * * » l c r r f too

liv Jmntinir “'oii'^l •' 0<l,l,11 " ,J0<! l,0«s hilv0 met death *« c-artl, ” * L ° t °".n n,uI «<-*<-< i»« jnmljoil in !m , " h e n I'mnnifr J.ot on the heels of a

' r ^ >°1 , > t!leu "'ork m ust bo done above

Cd excellent for tackling wolves, bears, badgers and . 1 eats, and are sometimes sm art enough t ’o tackle

uilh impunity the deadly rattlesnake ti,„ i 1 ,

South6 :Vfrik "tl°dS °ftPU *Ceps several A iredalel^'nm M n

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Bull'’ " S r * h H er! t ' ' 1''? , ^ ‘V ’^ ( ) w r " J o h n!edg ,nen tt:l ^ o m l e y , editor), with acknow-

l AYS OF A LOWLY LONDONER A Soldier’s Dog

r ' l7r K r t t J T U l - Xr " ‘ SI"tror.hl,hr Regiment. wentZn'Z-VZ,7, Hr ,mi,h

^oitfy lo the ,/oa. ] " ..... - “ ' ibew4S « »y*kry known

And did you think you had left me, musterP " a s Jt a Ivjndly thing to do?

You tied me up in the yard for safety, u t did you th ink I was leaving Vou 0

He°s! fVh6’I ,a r a", lGaVeS * do" beI>i»d him lef ° , „ ,mkS tJ,nt tl,c brllte won't mind,But let me tell you th a t’s not dog n a t u r e - ‘

'Much is altogether a different kind.

You mightn’t know th a t I loved you, master,H e news may come as a small surprise,

But ,t was fact and you could have seen it \\ hen you looked deep down in my eyes •

D idnV '6re a '0!1’ y° U " ere kinrl> You fed me,Did, t get riled at a doggie’s whim,•Nor hft your foot as I ’ve heard some men d o -

bo I told m y«d!; m stick to him.

I saw you do i vou- uniform, master,Soon to b e

I thought i t p>- But you stun

I strove to ten I talked, T‘ ,

I pleaded as pi. But off vou

the march again,£0 ''e going w ith you, and p u t me on th e ch a in ;

i was heart-broken, to say I growled,

' if words were spoken,. and I stayed—and howled.

’I’lio very next day they released me, master, And away I baited like a sho t ;

U u I warn.--: bo missis m ight miss me,I Oiiix-r. j f slu* did or not!

If! 1 ran till J met some soldiers Marching along („ take the train ,

t ? u \ ,inr- f° r if 1 k ''A with them, t felt dca« sure to meet you again.

Apr//, 1915.

K E N N E L N O T E S

A funny old ty k e ,” they called 1 1 1 c, master,But- I was as nice as I could be,

I wagged my ta i l to them most politely,And so they smuggled me o’e r the sea.

I t made mo ill, I was ra th e r fr ightened,On the w ater and ou t in tho fog,

B u t I kept p retending I was happy,’Bucking up like a soldier’s dog.

J d idn’t feel safe on lauding, master,Though deuced glad to smell e a r th once m ore;

I sneaked a t night-t im e ndown the gangway lo wag iny ta i l on a foreign shore ;

I followed the men where they were camping,Some of them gave me my grub to ea t , ’

And when for th e fron t the tra in-load s tar ted ,There was your humble under th e seat.

And so I came to the t r en d ies , master,, Searching for you, sir, ju s t th e same,Then someone took a look a t my collar,

And there , behold! was my m as te r ’s name.■So then a t las t they b rough t me near you,

And set me down without a rem ark I couldn’t keep my ta i l from wagging,

And how you jumped when you heard me hark!

Ih is isn’t H am m ersm ith , is it , m as te r?The shot and shell make a ra re to-do,

B u t look in my eyes and see I ’m happy— Anywhere’s home along o’ you 1

lake me with you ou t to tho trenches, Out in tho shots, tho mud, th e rain ,

I won t worry, whatever happens,Only don’t leave me a g a in !

VAL DE TRAVERS

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ASPHALTE STREETS

DO NOT SOFTEN OR SHOW TRAFFIC MARKS

G. D. GUN.

C apetown :: Durban :: Johannesburg.

Country Life in S.A.37

t urnishing

A FEW HiNTS'cO.N -SELECTING - WALLPAPERS

I'j would advise our friends to first con. sidcr it Colour tic/tcute especially when a suite of rooms or a whole house i* ••oil's decorated. W hen the colour lor each room is decided, bearing in mind tlie contrast of colours where suiles arc concerned, also the aspect

ic different rooms, it will he found much easier to settle upon the exact shinies and tours suitable for the surroundings, not forgett ing individual tas tes , but we say again “ hm e a colour scheme ” ve il thomjht out.

■Sii Andrew Clark, the g rea t physician, recommends “ S tudy the P ap er for your W alls .”

I t is a noted fact th a t Wallpapers have a considerable influence on the occupants of the house. If a room is sunny, Blues or Greens arc best . ]jv Gaslight Red becomes brighter. Green and Blue become darker , and Cream lighter th a n they are by day.

A t a recent Meeting of th e Medical Congress an eminent Doctor s ta ted th a t if people gave more a t t e n ­tion to the Colour Scheme of th e i r homes, th e i r lives would undoubtedly be happier.

fash ions in Wallpapers are changing. P lain walls with the i r melancholy sameness have passed ou t of fashion, stripes, veins and leathers have now taken their place. P la in walls wore never serviceable for South Africa, as our walls have not tho same finish has Euro­pean walls. Panell ing Borders are being extensively used for Dining and Best lied Rooms. This is a p leasant change, as panelling costs li t t le more and certainly en­hances the appearance of rooms where they are suitable. A Into Wallpaper tends to enlarge in appearance.

Do not lie afraid of large p a t te rn s , as they make a room look larger. N arrow stripes should be used in low looms, as stripes tend to heighten a room. Shades (if Blue are always cool looking and pleasing to the eye.

IIads should not he used in a room where you spend" ' T h ° f H is r a th e r an i r r i t a n t to th e c™■uni is generally considered - f o r l f a l l s andPassages. Cream looks weir in any room. Green should be used m light rooms. ■ OUUJ

A Word on Friezes. These are displayed in g rea te r variety than ever. The Frieze is certa in ly th e pifm-ipM p a i t of the decoration of a room, and wo have taken fttent care m th e selection of these. I t should be r e ­membered t h a t th e frieze is placed a t the height of about H feet, and one m u s t no t be nervous of colour, as the s tronger the colour, th e b e t te r the frieze will look a t his distance. 10> in. w id ths a re th e most popular , bid

fm Dining Rooms and F r o n t E n tran ce Halls , wide friezes M in. are recommended, as th e wider th e frieze th e more imposing the room will look. L ine ru s ta dados a re be­ing used extensively for H alls and D ining Rooms. This n u te i ml is durable and can he repain ted , and made equal to new a f te r several years* wear.

P.O. Box 6 3 . JcppM tow n T elephone 4 3 9 9

R a d ia to r , M a d ' to O rder. I r o n ,, K e t t le , a n d L a m p , a lw a y , k e p t in ,to c k . E s t im a te , Free

H. HANSEN & Co.ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS AND CONTRACTORS ::

287 MAIN STREET — JEPPESTO W N

April, 1915.Country Life in S.A. 38

tliis time ot tlie the Poultryol tlie year __ ..Keeper is liable to become ra th e r c a r e - . less in his a tten tion to the birds, as '

; they look a t their worst when moulting,*“ ^ 1 and do not look as if they" are worth

the trouble. W ith feathers lying about in handfuls (much to the delight of

row, who utilises those for his nests), and looking generally dejected and pale about the comb and face, and piebald in colour duo to new feathers coming out in patches, the birds look any th ing but tem pting. Hut the ir misery and ugliness can be materially decreased by proper a tten tion during this season. P roper housing, feeding, and general a t ten tion will help the birds through,’ and moulting does not necessarily entail a stoppage in egg production, as is proved by the present Laving Com­petition now in progress a t Potcliefstroom.

It is well worth giving th e birds their proper a tten tion , despite th e i r looks. P r y warm houses, with scratobing- 8 , 1 -attached, with plenty of nice dry straw or hay placed a t th e bottom of th e h it te r , which will allow of a in pie scratching when c orn is strewn among the hay.

I would strongly recommend all fowl houses to be well disinfected with a reliable cleanser such as Carbolinium which is the best for preventing and abolishing the accu­mulation of any insects, as. these are very harmful to the birds, and are often the cause, unknown to the owner of the loss of valuable birds.

The presence of insects will be detected by the follow­ing s y m p t o m s I f Tampons are p resent th e 'b i rd s will be found to be losing tho use of the ir legs, and on examina­tion will be found to possess innumerable small , specks under the wings where the feathers are scarce, which are the bodies of the young insects, the ir heads being deeply em ieddecl in the skin. These insects bury the ir heads in the skin of the helpless birds, and suck the very life­blood from them . To cure and prevent such unwhole­some visitors, apply Carbolinium, to every. crevice and corner of the house, pa in ting every nook and crannv as these insects hide during the day, and p i e r on th e birds in tho night-time only.

I '° r apphcation on the birds when they are troubled with Jan.po.is, or the small red mite, use Parasectine, diluted w ith w ater in proportion of one p a r t Parasectine and 10 p a r t s water, applied with a sponge wherever the insects are seen. This should be clone without loss of time. The Tampon resembles a bug when fully grown and will d eposi t .eggs and young upon th e body of the a id and d is tr ibu te them in large numbers all over the

house. When not grown, they appear the size of a pin­head, with the i r heads buried in the skin and onlv their uotnes showing.

1 aiaffin Emulsion has been recommended, bu t from ex­perience I find th is too s tr ingen t , as the skin when i n i - '

ta ted -.T -ects and made ten d er cannot s tand such s trong m ilts applied, and m u d prove.m.oie agon­ising C..-3.1 actual pain caused by the insects. A Apply s u f f i c e - . : : : T h e Parasectine m i x t u r e . t o j ^ j w n ; ;the

i.utter the feathers and wetting-rthe! fea thers T/V-siblo. D uring and a f te r trea tm en t for in-

'J‘rd lll> well, on bread and milk in pre- -;.ve it as much as it will eat, as it is in a ■•cJess s t a te when tic- Tampon has had its

whole V.-i- as litt le sects,ference, a.u vorv po--,r lill of i: .

The R m ’.Mile, though not q u i t - so dangerous unless in large niumoers, is quite uupie.!-,. a t enough.

P a ra sec-tme used as above Kill ,,11 live insects it comes in n i m a c t with, and a c a .- ln i and regular applica- lon oi C.u-wjLnium i„ the b o a . . ..ill soon prove tlm t

the e x p e r t and trouble will j^ su fy the result.Carboliniiiim should be used v f LKAST OXCF \

M O X TH a tt ir ing the sum mer months or, all g r e b e s .A r e m a rk a b le fac t about Tampons s th a t they will be

boarded m - fowl house for any period, and vet th e in­mates win surv ive their p rey ing ; b u t sliould a new bird be placed art t n e . r mercy i t will soon be discovered t h a t in four or r . r e nays tho bird lies helpless on its side or a c tu ­ally dead, a n d sometimes in less th a n th a t time, and ot course t h e se l le r of t h a t is blamed, and the tyro will no t seek to r true cause in his own house, but is under th e im­pression tu ,a - t h a t bird was ill before it was sold to bin, and will am -e r t in proof of th is t h a t his own birds had lived in t . . i « house for months and not one so seriously aftected, n un p lo w in g th a t his own birds had witl,stood the l i n a g e s oi th e noisome insect, th rough sheer custom and t h a t c u e Tampons themselves greeted a bit of fresh blood « i th despatch and hilarity.

The face p a t t h a t house had been white-washed now and again v-,11 no t be sufficient to g uard agains t an in­vasion b y cu ese pests , as no thing weaker th an Carbo- "i.nm will- cio more th an make them a hit giddv at first •

but th is m e th o d Of keeping*file TionscTfree "ffbiii insects ' appears to oe sufficient « •who will i , i s* j o u r or Eve birds a n d ' r a n . ,e tr,e untortumite’ seller b e fo re he will seek th e advice of an expert .

Use plertny of charcoal and gri t , placed constantly be foie th e bu-ii.s for them to ea t of to their h e a r t s ’ content ms i t c le a n se s th e blood and aids th e digestion infinitely’

. " ."‘a!7n d‘Y s- or m oulting tonic should begiven in tins- soft food, ns th is helps th e moult i , • , .< m ,u U r , „ l p , a

“ f ' “ " r “ to w , . s t l , „ „ ( o V i , “ nZ m .t on a s e a ru y a s poss .b le -fo r heavy laying, a , egg,- J r be m ore irt demand shortly than has ever been l , ^ to be the erase b e f o r e . - J . F . M . kno" n

J E n q u i r i e * . which will receive a t ten t io n in th e next number, mu;y be addressed to “ E ditor, P o u lt ry Section.” )

P O U L T R Y F O O D S P E C I A L I S T <g>

JOHN F. MARSHALL, Johannesburg(< o • i ^ . .. _ _ . ~ „ ..

P O U L T R Y ^ B R r r n r p T H E

Special O varin e” M eal(A Boon lo the Poultry Keeper)

1 0 0 lbs. ... 1 2 / 650 lbs. . . . 6 /625 lbs. . . . 3 /6(Both same price)

69 JE P P E STR EETOpposite Central Fire Station

“ P in e d e n e ” Poultry M ixture( - -needy balanced. Best obtainable at the price)uciiut price; ----- ‘ jn iccj

H ea l th G r i t— Keeps Poultry in perfect heaiith and digestion, 1/- per 5 lb. hag

4° April, 1 9i 5 .

GardeningH1‘. month of .March s ta r ts our Auluiim

sowings, and it is a frequent mistake t l ia t gardening stops with th e coming oi winter. Nearly all our hardy annuals should ho sown now, as the calendar shows, h u t tho g rea t error is sowing without preparation.

PREPARING SEED BEDS

-Mention is frequently made of sowing seeds in a ‘ spe- •omllv prepared seed lied,” especially when it is intended 1o raise the seed first and then to transp lan t .

In a corner of the garden dig up and well manure by digging in a t least 2 or 3 inches of old, ro t ted , stable manure. R ake th is even and surround i t with postsabout 2 reet. (5 inches to 3 feet high ; lay wood across the beds and fas ten on top of these poles, with a view to

•covering the whole over with calico. I might mention that the cheaper the calico th e be t te r it will he for the purpose, as it will allow both light and air to penetra te , although shading the soil from the strong sun. When Ihe ground lias been prepared, make litt le drills with the finger, about J inch deep, and into them sow the seed, rake over and cover with calico. As they advance in growth the covering may gradually he removed, and when the seedlings a re 4 or o inches high, they may then be i iansp lan ted into the i r growing quarters.

Inking the vegetam* made of ca rro ts and ;> growth they sliould 3. that this vegetable ■. deeply dug, with pi- r in drills, 8 to 12 ii ■ or broadcast. The f»... ground lieing kept- method of doing i in . grass or coarse suite, inch. In very ho. •- to gel through the «... success will he assn, ■ appearance of flip ■ , "ler the garden, n; keeping it just oh l the seedlings are i!,r. lie removed, bur i; is days, during the !j.,t • ( 11 a.m. :iuel 4 p.m. made every two m-,i,

garden first, sowings should he* 'sn ips , and as these are of similar

■.rented as follows, remembering sandy soil, well manured, and

* f t water. They may he sown -••oe. very th inly in the drills, i only lie covered \ inch, the 'l ining germination. A simple

i oy covering the plot with long ’ ""lire, lo the depth of half an

■r. carro ts are ra th e r difficult "'■it 11 these precautions are taken,

II one dues not like the untidy • which is liable to ho blown all

a hit iif light calico over the. lied, Remind with sticks. As soon as

ugh. however, all covering must, advisable to replace it for a iew

•st part of the day. say. between f o r succession, sowings should lie' hs. hut il space is limited, son

Chant-eiiay, Ox H ea r t and Allringliam at the same *inie; they will then mature at different times, and give a supply throughout the season.

Coming now to tho I' lower Carden, the most import­ant th ing to remember is l lie application of a plant food.

m a n u r e s .I t is most im portan t th a t g rea t a t ten tion sliould he given

to the feeding of one’s plants. The usual custom amongst am ateurs is to send to the nearest stable, get a barrow- iul of manure and apply it. 'Ibis is no g rea t benefit a t all, as you are simply in troducing a lot of weeds and g iubs , which will make trouble for you later. I t is best, if one only lias a small am ount of ground, to dig a hole in some out-of-the-way corner, -'i or 6 feet deep. In this should be placed the manure as i t is received, and any vegetable refuse from the kitchen, tu rn i t over fre­quently in order t h a t i t may become thoroughly decayed, and when i t is a t leas t four or five months old it should he used.

Another easy method of m anur ing p lants is to get a barrel and sink it half way into, the ground, fill i t three- quar te rs full with manure^.;uid_then till it np will, e a t e r , _ s t i r i t well, and leave for a week. This manure water may he thinned down to th e colour of light tea , and ap ­plied to the plants. Keep filling up the tu b will, water as th e supplies are drawn oil', no t forgetting , of course, to till up periodically with fresh manure.

The following may he sown this m o n th :__

Vegetable Carden .—Beet, Broad Beans, Broccoli, sets Sprouts, Cabbage, Cress, Kndive, Cauliflower, Carrot Celery, Kohl l tah i, M us ta rd , Lettuce, Onion, Pais ley Parsnip, Pens, Radish, Spinach, Turnip.

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D _ • P L A N T ,

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April., 1915.4 ' Country Life in S .A .

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C ^ r L o n , J o h a n n e s f c m E g ;— __ *_»r2il.j»i,5t»cT!rally

THE ™ L QUESTION IN BUYING CLOTHING^ hir ,-xhx ^ t ,c ha r ir"m aSh3 e vvmrU h- SUCt-,raKerS’ as ^DprZZ r cVVOrtkTnanshlP. skill in cutting and fittina

" ° f fin,sH’ and appearance when being worn

by » " T ( ' VC? C° nSdCTCe ]" Myi'"S *>>«< garments made orm in every way with what is termed “ Service”

Y e t Jiur p rices a re m ost m odest, 90 /-, 95/-, 100 /-

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Mn y L i f e i n S . A .

PICKLES & Co., Ltd.,~ > l e n c a i r n B u i l d i n g s - . J o u b e r t S t r e e t

-u s s e y Buildings . . Loveday 3 ^ ^

- O M A N H E S B U R G .

April,

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