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N°OT "EYERYONE,CAN .RTT:11T
4. STORE "4'
'(1R X981 ,eusto>,ngra prey loor for teres
;tban erect before In'the history .of the.
r soba: . Aeteally no motorist clot .
sword to dile driving with• gold fires when
stmr the prima are so low. , A "Ingle road -
.Me voable hill unity. cost you altjlbbiis portion
. of: ,the lost of a new Long miieige
�,y,� ose.old• worn -•out tires.
�e Yy' wet discard tit,.... .,. _P ,.
today? Lotus ft': you ant whin new Good-,.
years,.. °Two::; . , tangosWeathcead..-
} and... Path But boil; are., i uilt ¢o•:
"ateadarxla-2,.
cord„ 'A11 sloes 'In • steok..Drive over'
tirlsE .
khat typical American 'who, get-
ti`�_ig-some ,goner ahead- `"starts- ' a
store" in hopes ..on an .easy" living, is
one of ,the ,,Prime tragedies .of the
commercial .world; and is responsible
`cor . a large percentage of retail bank-
ruptcies, according ' to' Dr. Julius
Klein, U.S assistant secretary of..
commerce^
""There is' en appalling tendency
'to 'regard - 'storekeeping as an easy
away of, making .a , living 'simply .an'
_affair of making` pretty piles. .of
goods in windows, and on' 'shelves.•
tying up' neat 'packages, and extend-
ing'thiY' `glad-hand' to custoiier,' Dr.
ltlein writes in the: 'current "Rotor:
Ian Ma azure " Anybody, they thln'i,,
g..
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• CKla OW �SEN'TINEI
pyo .ed_ ,,evert Thursday morning
at :ucknova, Ontario..
• A, D,, MacKenzie, Proprietor
and Editor. •
THURSDAY ' JUL Yp 300th, 1931.
leads
'Caledoian Games
WAR WIDOWS .II
. BRITAil�i; GET �L N
One • hundred and" sten thousand
British war widows `-`stole"-110,000_
husbands" from the new generation,
and as a result there are ' 110,000
spinsters ,today who - might have'
reniarriedi..
'This is ' one of the .many strange
facts that wi'l'l be • revealed by the
1931. census ;figures.
Within six 'years. of the armistice'
90;000 . of the . 151.,00.0 wgmen ' who
lost their husbands' -in the war had'
remarried. A • further • 20,000 have
since followed their example.
Notable Athletes of the :Last. Cen
'fury Recalled.•-„Lucknow Gameti
Among. last 'tQ Survive.
RAs eglarful .an -picturesque part.
on a-w'c'ilite a `ron•wei• h siig- ”
rah t e P , g of Canadian„athletic mite is :apparent,.
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4 count ori iges, ski l� make!' ehabge.
a l,, ly disappearing and that; is trig , nil•
But -the: ;overwhelming: weight of- ev-r _ t.
�rier`'ousu. Scottish games' .tliat,�,onct
`idezlce''.proves.. that this ante iuo ,is nere ' annus events .Scuttlsh, •.so'oiet
tragically mi'staken . `` , , . , l
ies. still aouiish, but the"athmetic 'side
"Successful retailing• is' today ' a of these_gatheriilgs no longsr dour
science, even perhaps; a profession, mates.• And yet the same ScotLlsl
=I•t 'requires an extensive backgrounri sanies wells a background for m.os
leaf know:ledge,.::;.an ii_riderstanthng_of_ of Cana .y
da •s -.-black- and -field-li}slog• ,-
Their success . in ' the matrimon,i:
field meant that 110400.0 . i;pinater:
Were robbed .. f chances ' .of. securing
d °....•':
a-1;urban...
Today .there are more :spinsters : an:
. • g: -.`a e, i'r',.
• the_,.I!.egion of :forty , .year Via. g , -
England and ;Vvales 'than::has . ever
;been happily. 'married had it :mot been -
for the War..
And these war widows .lnwe._pain
:$40.;000,0:00 • for their -'husbands foi
this is the ,amount .they would have
received in pensions. -had- they; no
been known... ,, •s.'
They are the women who.. were of
marriageable . age when war broke,
out and;' are now between thirty eigh:,
and' forty-five_.' ' ••
The .census figures. are'expectec.'
Co show that `'there are 'now 650,00
women between these - ages• , who are
on the matrimonial• shelf.
At the 1921 census the total way
40.9,000 and in,1914 fewer than 360,
000.,
The tragic feature ''about this' army,
of unwanted women is that ;a grea.
number of them missed their chance•
of marriage•• because they Were. sere.
ing their country in the munition
Factories or with the.auxiliary fore.
es.Com-° •
The armistice found- diem- so mad
sd that' they -were unable- to-cornpet*..
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$y D M LeBOURDAI5
t3Llfctor, uwid.-of Edueaonq Ganes.•
Nation®t Commitee for Menpl Hygiene
MENTALLY SOUND .PERSONS
NOT . IN .MENTAL HOSPITALS
many complicated problems, •a nig!:
degree of insieht� ; a., capacity . fol',
careful:. study, a specialized. profic-
iency and skil -all in `addltioit to •ro-
bust _Health, '
Studies” conducted' by the: ,U S ':de-
Su ertest Service .•Statioxi.. - = e
J. S. MacKENZIE, Proprietor"
Ontario.
Lucknow _ „
Pat elite* `.Goodyear Tube in every�neto casing.
'13' MONTHS- CALENDAR TO" BE
ADOPTED 'SOON'
' MARRIED AT "DU-1�TGANN.ON.
says an article by "C. S.:G;". in" Ph:
London Advertiser: .
At Banff there :is .almost a week' o
Scottish games staged ,each year, bu•.
only, a rentor--y..remains. _of hundred:
of such . competitions, which were Ali.
partntent of commerce ''show spent annual . f+eature of ..Scottish ".'setkle-
economlc • justificatio`n 'for .many `lents which'. grew. grew- into • _thrivih
stores, Often. the location - is Inept,
and chosen without regard-' to prox-
imity of cgmpetitors, the nature of.
surroundings, convenience to "•car
stops, ' advertising necessities or .the
numbers, types and, destination's of
passersby. '.Rut most significant ,of
all, is the lack of ability and exper-
ience in the personnel. • ,
Competition is vastly over -rated,
as a 'source of retail bankruptcies
accounting for but `•two.to • seven pe:•
-cent-otthe `failures:; in..Amexican-�'us
iness,...:according... to:. department of
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Preparatory
-give the world
be started by the
through :a' committee of experts con-
vening at Geneva, . Switzerland.
The . experts will: co-ordinate the
responses which have been . received
;from nearly every .country in -the
world,. and draft an' international
convention providing;, for the neces-
sary , changes. . t ' •
s, The convention inir serve' as the
basis of discussion at an internation-
' al: .conference to be • held October 26
When it is', expected. the new Galen--'
"dor will. be adopted. It is to be brou-
;gilt into force January 1-, ,.1934..
It 'is held that the' world as a whole
prefers a new, calenclar -of-13-•menths=
-�••- of--2&=day`s•-each,,-with the extra- day
at;'the, end ,of 'the year set . aside as an
international peace holiday, and .a
permanent day for Easter, , which will'
11probably be April, 9. '
The winsome bride looked very char -
wor on a project' moo-
a new calendar will
League',.of Nations
Blae_k-.�•�a�
towns •and cities.
The Soots had ' no, _traditional' her!
oes like •Brian Bore to sustain" fish
athletic' '.pride' 'when they. • •settled in,
Canada, so. while the 'Irish_, lived • in
the, past ' and on • feats', of •strengti:
:and, endurance that lost nothing in
the telling :fi-oni `generation .to. gen-•
eration, the Scots kept holding their'
games. to prove. -that Highland vigor
;and niuscle• ,:had lost nothing in the
transplanting to 'a new clime: •
A etifile niiddie-oi' the last seri
tury, Scottish games ><i Canada re-
`The -6.nd. n} ruts. a ceived an . immense impetus through
• eats • of Donald Dirndls, gre4ctest -r- wrd
I3r; cin -wired es, F-
• rof---afi--Scottish � a't-1'ii �s3=� arid""'vi�l�ti=-- sd-to=1iave-""for"el>rgifile men"" :--
No For Cor.mon
That 'Foundation Mental lIoapitals Contain
,Many Person's Committed For Ul-
terior Purposes. •
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A resolution �uas; -recently ,adn,9tod
by the Army and..Navy Veterans
satiation :ln Vancouver asking for
the.appointment of a "lunacy Scour
.uission", to ;investigate she charge
a,hat 'mentall' ,sound "'returned -sold•.'
3r , .
iers ,'are being committed, to mental
- • it is "on wins flat ent evidence-.
laosp- a . K . a-
.Thie is ln..lfne 'with the •very. -.colli '..,
mon,: belief ., of v, persons ".unfam'il�iar
with mental, hospitals' that these.in-:".,
stitutions contain large. numbers •of
sane -persons- put- there.. for various
.ilterior .purposes.
• During -the- •past--five-years 1 _have
,resited- practically .every mental' hos-
aital in Canada '`at least once a
years, and . some' oftener. - • thanr that;
Can. state' conclusively that very w:
few, if any, ..of- these An Canadian/'1
.nental •hospitals are. .not in need of'
-reatrnent..of -serve__sort.•;_._,__..-..:
It ice, • true tha0t. most , mental. , hos,
pitals contain . many'•'who should be
eared for in some other type of in-
stitution, ''or' in . the : coniniunity. Es- .»
pecially in ,, the ' east. they: contain
large, numbers of elderly persons •
whose' mental disabilities, while . not
'Serious; are such that they r gwire
some care •and attention. For .their '
own sakes,' and in the best interests
of the : hospitals, they should be • car=
;d, for elsewhere,'but many of them
.lave no relatives, or'else have rel
ati`ves unable to support them; Se
n lieu -of-a-abetter-place, they- even
:wally, arrive at .the mental hospital,
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in the depleted.market against`. th�.
fascination Wh1C uws-se=iii-
T .fin st°•,;uses- I�1 1 d e
1A' pretty midsummer weddisig' of "withstand competition if he is pre:
this `rand old Min 'died during the.
Pared tomeet theprincipal 'chal g
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much. cal; ,interest was solemnized pare o
war .years, over eighty, .his name•
at the
lenge emnoaleu in Luai c(1u1pe 1.du"—•
.and - - 'Richard
tCr
was still-pne to coiaapre :With where-
,
agents concession t li a cliiallenge of elliciency.- ! his .at- ever athletic feats were discussed:,
titude is right, if his approach to the m •
and scientific cif Was Gres t Wrestler
problem'•is` practicalDinnie's chief fame rested on his
he i•s, mentally equipped and temper= n bud -
hammer : ball~ and caber tossing, mentally fitted to . introduce meth= '
ods of rigid' efficiency in.,•additioii to he was one.of, the greatest wrestlers
his advantages of special service, he- . of his time •and. . preformed :some re
g markable feats.: int all0 branches of
can weather the storm of ogmpetl
tion and come . through 'with colors field sport He made' several tours,
fiong.,,. of Canada,. Australia and' the United
States;' and on his Australian tour
met Toni Cannan;' who in the State:
had beaten William 'Muldoon, sectio:
af. the $eiv York boxing dukes, ane
Par,the bride's parents,
5, Ashfield; it 11.30 eani. on•: Wednes-
day, July 22, when .their . eldest " dau-
•ghter,.'Edna Ilene,.. became, the. bride•
'of Mr: Howard' Black, sixth son, of
11 r. ' and Mrs. William John . Black,.
also of' ' Ashfield: The ceremony Was
performed, '•out or :doors, the bridal
party taking their places before an
arch. of evergreens 'trimmed, • with
sweet peas and Trench. Marigolds, to
the strains . Of the Bridal' . Chorus
'from Lohengrin, •played•by- the bride's
sister, Mrs.. Arthur :Stewart (Mary)..
The -kende, ho_vas.--unattendedomas
given' in marriage :by her father. Revs
Charles' H. McDonald, -pastor of-Er-
skine
f Erskine Presbyterian Church, Dungan-
non,' of 'which. the bride. is a valued.
Member, :.peitformed the ceremonyt
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FALL FAIR1DATES ming in a gdwn of Skipper blue gecir-,
Cape Croker, Reserve, Sept. 24-25.
Chesjey, Sept. 24-25.
Dungannon,'•Oct. 8-9.
Goderieh, Sept. 16-16.
Hanover,. Sept 16-18.
kineardine, Sept. 17---18.
Mildmay, Sept4 ;22-23.
Pinkerton, Sept. 18. .
Port Elgin, Sept 25-26.
Sept. g9-40.
Saugeen Reserve; Oct. 5-6.
Teeswater, Oct. 67-7.
Wiarton, Sept. 18-19.
ENFORCING: THE L. C. A.
Wet to the waist,, and his prisonsr Strangler L,ewis the first.
in a - similar- condition,- :Provincial•
Constable M¢Cievis succeeded, las:
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SAFETY 'FIRST. FOR, SWIMMERS
, Never go in the water alone, whe-
ther .you can - swim.' or. not.
Never go
�in the MiterMiterafter eatint-
a meal;; you should' at the very leas.
wait an hour.'
Never dive. into water when yet
are not mire of the depth, for *ate,
that you may think to be ten fee •
;is liable with -a different current • t,
be much .shallower.
Never, venture` into the water ' it
you feel. 'at-. all
and there' they stay.
`A smaller ° group, composed
:hronic alcoholics and drug addicts,
have also no proper, place in a- men -
tai -hospital: -Since; however,, hi -the
great majority of 'cases, they are unt .
able to , get along iii the community
without trouble to themselves or oth--
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ars, they, too, frequently find their
away to the mental, hospital: One of,
;he great' needs at•present is for the '
sstablishinent of suitable institutions
for the scientific study of alcoholism
and :drug addiction and foe the ,care •
and.treatment of persons so afflicted.,''
Although Canadian mental hospi- �.
;als compare favorably •with. those
-in-Other countries, many, improve-. T .nents still,remain' to be made, but
,:liege 'Wino ' ground for•the common ,
relief that they are used to deprive •
anyone `ixTipra�perly -of his -liberty.
(Information oe any point . not
:overed here will be given. in later
ssues if you will address your ques- •
:lids to "Mental :;Health," 111 ' St.
George St", -Toronto, Ontario:)
commerce statistics:'
Cannon defeated ninnie.in..tlie firs Do net try_ to overdo yourself .the 1•
match of five • styles of wrestling first time you go ins-'swin*inilig; tats
Friday afternoon in Egremont Town- wlnnmgat Ci erla`nd; each -as it -gr dually-tmtil-you become--aceu;
Ship, Grey
CountY, in capturing .Ben' ,. ° . water and _-_--_ muscles
Woods, .who; according •to: his testi.-.
,n'ony'.in police court at Durham .or,
Fudsday morning, had been making
'swarrip liquor for eight years.
As ()Meer- McCleiris, raCcornParilei::
jacket effect. Her hair wai prettily
by Chief Scott of Durham, approach -
4s tied with bine ribbon. She carrieo ad. Ben's honse on the 2nd 'CorMessioe.
they were observed. The former en.
a shower bouquet of Sweetheart res -
qt tered a shed adjoining the dwelling
es,, Baby's Breatti and- maidenhair where a still was 'fourid in operatioi-
.fern. Her shoes iwere: Week satin. over a Week agO, but Woods tool
buring the :signing Di, the registei advantage of the start he had and
MOS , Beth park,- Sister of the bride° escaped thrOngh• a cellar •windew.
. Sang very sweetly, '0, Perfect Love.%
Following congratulations the ceinp-
, Constable' Scott folloWed Ben's .sol.
any.which4nUmbered 'tdoeut thirty, all Adjacent to Wood's honse is -,
immediete relatives of the contract- sWeinp arid a creek runnieg throve
ing parties, repaired US the dining it. The farmer, abbut• 70 years of
room, „where a wedding dinner Was age",-iiin into it, threudi the creek:
served, the table decorations hehlg He skirted the bank, Of thia street.
in blue arid -silver. The• long table crosised a conceision• road; but 0,fli.
was centred by the wedding • cake, Cer McClevis, in athletic man, gain :,
above whieh a Large white bell was ed on him, .and as Bee waded thrt .
suspended from_ #te , ceiling. Serroun• the creek againland .Was going up :,
ding the bell. bine and silver, stream, ohig, the Provincial man overtook lijn-
ers were prettily draped. Sweet peas Mr. MeClevis Was in Derlunit
decorated the table AO suminer the trial on Teetsday. Magistra
flowers were everywhere about the
house. groMes Oft" e-t—th-E-_britle
en atensils in- enamelware . and al-
uminum; to the pianist a tecklace
and 'pendant set with brilliants arta
to the soloist, an amethyst ring; The
bride was the recipient a many very
(beautiful ,and useful giftS, shewing
•the esteem in which she is held; a-
mong them being several Substantial
chequeS. In the evening, the happy
ceeple left by motor. amid showers
of confetti and manY geed wishes
for a fortnight's honeymoon trip,
which will include Owen: Sound, Col -
the bride -travelling in, a dress of
navy blhe georgette, With green hril-,
fleas and bead trimining, hlue d oat
les to match. Her hat *as white pan-
ama: , bn their return Mi. and Mrs.
conceSsion 4, Ashfield, whether they
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mental Works
Lucknow, Ont.
Etas the largest and inogt Complete
Meek in the Most beautiful designs'
AND CANADIAN GRANITS. ,
Family moninnentsi and invite
Inscriptions Neatly, e
Car
catch,can and won the Scots and e011ar and
elbow brand of grapplhig. Many of
Dinnie's :feats were not recorded.and
those that were would hardly be ac-
C'eptetrtifidartis--. Official because- - Of
the laxity in rules and conditiens im-
Dineie was followed by A. A. Cam
aron, perhaps greater in his special
ties than-Dim:lie but pot. so versatile
Cameron by 1908, held fourteen re
cognized World'S records. And alines:
ais notable- mere George Davidsen,
who travelled with Dinnie,
Mining, Kenneth McRae and Owe..
Duffy, the' letter an Irishman 1):.
birth but a Seot by idoption and re
Sdence, arid who helped to make
the Scottish tkpe -of dimes pre -em
!tient in that era. .
Toured' Colonies •
-This' mighty array of athletic su
premacy had an immensely ,inspirine
effect on genies in' Canadt
and most of them Made at least on(
tour ronigh the colonies, where
were featured sperforthers at
aidlciw, when Weods Pleaded gull they
ty to "having and !operating a stir \Caledonian' games.- .Some of then
without having given notice thereo!'
to the Exeise Department; fined then
$200 and costs of- $31 or 12 morith:
in jail, and 'in addition, ene Monti
in jail. WoOds paid. the $231, ant'
a couple of hours- later, was in tin
A week ago, arising from a rah' mithhately defeated Cnrrie in -a
by' Provincial (Alma, Woods tan- Metall- at four different weights. Both.
$100 in Magistrate C"as'Y'F's will' invaded Scotland itstlf and MatPlier-
in Owen.Sound fin' a violation of tin son'a tour was a sensation. ' '
ion 'ecime 'down fo Waiter kilos,
esent coach for the, Ontario athle-
ExPtramENTAL PLOT WORK
-. tic commission in the sehools of the
ern Ontario bse 0. A. d. officials havc ell-roued champlem the' world has
athIgic career started
of 4,tily. Crept iri general ie this' Klu'x' *hbse
seckee are particularly good , ned tit, Scettith games; Seems Certain to
this true of potatoes and wheat. In
a fertility. test conducted 'by the O. V2h,ieh ran .the Meet of track arid
A. 0. oepartment et chemistry in nod sports and 11 reeked him as'
See 'ue before placing your Ode, '
Don'ti let the heat -worr you. to
made extended stays in the
States, among them G. M. Ross.
In the late '80's Canada preclude('
its ewn • Scottish games champion*
in the late John D. MacPherson of
Toronto and Charles Currie, recog-
ment is quite marked. Especially is
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Never pretend thEit •you are in dial
culty, because you may realty be
that position some day and unable ti
Secure help. -
• Sevet •go• into deep water if yin
-are -subject to ',fainting. n,
matter bow geed a 'Swimmer • pot'
may be,
that is over, your ad; unless yot
Pave confidence in yourself. k le;
a people lose heart when they can-.
Do net sWim in water where there
are weeds; these are very daligerout
ta Swimmers.
Perliap.s these Scottish games al
ready were passing when the athlete
forsook the for shorts, By the,
'80's, pictures show, only a few ot.
the old-timers stuck to the tartan.
Last to Expire .
One cif the last of these Caledon-
ian games to expire' was the famou:
!Anew, Ontario, games, Which in
te a fele years ago weat 'back dos:
to theltalf. century mark in an earl
ier-settied nation Of the :Province
The Lucknow games upheld for thowl
many yeare the traditions of Donald
binnie, his Canadian prototypes end
championship at the Chicago world's
fair by the famous team from, the
ZotraS, townsihips of Oxford county,
The /eats of the iambus Zorke
tug-ofmar team are -still vividly re-
membered by cm:temporaries. The
team WAS Composed of Robert McIn-
Munro, lioliert MeLeod end Sandy
Olsrk. H. Sutherland was the eap-
tain of the team.
Of this famous team, Robert .Mc-
Iiitosh, liilly Munro and Robert Mc-
Leod still surVive,
personified a pride of race and fah-
ization c;f sport along Rees thet ten,
ded to erithe racial- distinctions, tut
in their time they Served a fine per-,
pose and brouilit picturoStigerfeSe
TARE. YOUR .TIME :
(Winchester Press)
: motorist is in so great a hurry
to -reach his destination that he can-_.
lot spare that moment or' two' which
nay spell the difference. between ,
safety and disaster.
.nto a car, travelling 'on• its. own- side
.3f the road, with serious cortsequen- •
:es, will be spared sUffering ,§nd ex-
twe until vision is not obscured.
The man who tries to' take a curve,
at too. great •speed, fails to do se
Ind lands' in the ditch or in a near-..
'oy field, with death or injury as his
oenalty for recklessness Nveliid
nein . quite safe if he apploach4 thp•
-urve with caution.
Drivers who fail to observe \bit(
,warning signs Placed on apprOaehes
to road intersection Might be spared
the less and injurY which 'often occur
through collisions' at such points' if
seccilids until they perceived the way
1 So, too, the driver who fails te
may keep himaelf alive by obeying
No person Will ever know . how
many accidents, often aceompanied
by loss of life' or serious injury, fire
caused througli-4 drivers of machines
failing to -slacken Speed or 'pease in
the ceurge of their mad ereisa-coue-
er two which' means the difference
between coliision loiS of control
and perfect .Safety.
et is in rio particUlar luirrY to retch
his destination --that 'Often spellS
disaster and that:is `causing' motet' •