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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1919-12-25, Page 5Now ,sold in a new waxed board package --- a great improvement over the old lead package OSE MAU good t Sold only . only -in scale • • `packages 124 -xr •WORTH CONSIDERING . A woman writes to one of the city papers suggesting that a good and effective way of dealing. with • .the gh cost of living would be to Ali, ithout some of the things that cost so much. Doing without is not .in fashion just now; but the • suggcs- tion is not without_. a merits.. r, ('ONFE'i''l'1 'M'1fOWiNt . (Manchester Guardian) The -Cumberland vicar who pro- tests with very go& sense agrunst th•. throwing of confetti at weddings, protests in point of fact against a usage, that • nowadays is little more than -an Example of the kind of prac- tical joke that delights in making people uncomfortable, I ':e an apple- pie bed or a bowl of w: :.e poised on the ,top of a door. If, as t:.) asserts, there ire -people so stupid as to throw it .before the bride • and bridegroom have enter3d the church, then the be- lievers in, this particular piece- of 'ex- uberance have done more than -trade an unseemly nese within- .the four walls that presumably they have ev- ery reason to respect and ,holt sacred. They have- also managed to 4irc.et their. atnuserent• of.. it''s fast shred �o'f national . significance: The...original English custom' wa to cast wheat upon the 'head of t bride in h•er re- turn from the chu ch, as ' a happy mewed ..abundance in all good things. • 4 . • He>rrich► who never htiaied anything from hid kat -kind of the fragrant tra- ditions of the England that he knew, refers' to this example of them when he tells the bride how Sonie repeat your praise and bless you, springling you with wheat. Ftgr i later day, when unn,illled t`t'het.t would be a rarity in most households, rice furnished a not par- ticularly appropriate substitute.. Later .still the confetti of the French carni- val. arnival. ousted the rice; though ill point of any real meang -the onlookers might -just as ;reasonably insisted on. the. bride's wearing . a. false nose. The present usage, provides' an example .of an old English. Marriage custom degraded almost 'out'. of •xecognition. There are many others that• have per- ',ishecl eom_ pletely, and one:,or two that have - no :recognizable standing' at. all. •,•Some` years .;aegti: a rope stretched' a- . cross the; road by. which - the bridal party returned from the church drag- ged' the d3`iv', of the first motor car 'out of his seat, and there was a se- • k. . 0 NCE our newspapers were divided into three classes ---"Grit," Tory," and "Inde- pendent." In the case of "Grit" and `"Fory" papers, if you knew what the party policy was, you always knew what they were go- ing to • say. The Independent paper usually died. Then came PIP C •. •with its slogan. "A Newspaper. Not An Organ. That slogan used tc cause smiles, But, as the years pgissed,'its significance was appre- ciated. . The Star sloes not care much about- who wins elections. It cares a great deal . about winnin • causes. And - it is a noteworthy thing about the causes advocated 1.,x- The ilii, t4 at niust of them have 1,:,"i1 :1do1►1ed and 'incorporateed into _the la «-: r►f_tile community. • IIt•r1' is a paper that, iF it is giv- I ing ii .(ioverUtilt'nt general support, (100.5 not. \\•alt.. to see \wliat that (lnverntnc'nt is going to say er do ,on any' part ieular issne, before ex- pressing itself. The anxiety is sometimes on the hart of the Clov- CANADA'S GREATEST sumetsmesemmemme Where other pfj'e1'S ,tl'° foment vi the news , The St<.tr h that the rea(lear gets the h(lnla!l -interest siege • ta 4 - eminent, to know what The Star is going'to say. - Tn buying Tlie Star you may be sures you are getting exactly what the phrase says.---;" A Newspaper, : .Not An Organ." You are -potting a live paper frill of news, full of idie'sts, entertajning, informing, stimulating—in short ,you are get - tang' WSPAPER and understands -tile innei' 111eailing of things otherwise lie ohso ut'e. record i nt le, co every •story. thatwould .The Star is ars .mail's" Raper.:as h 'Map 'c. Wornen like it, not trendy tot.. the --f partni rent>• rre de oted exclusively to' 1votnetl's inter,- d . diet :.:11..():rl.-(1 for its- l`t•' ,.it and entel','ai,iiiii rway of )resenting. -all thy► 1:r•11'. The Star is alll'ays..th t111' ,�l'i'r� t of pr,►'r'o ive movements snprenle in sp''rt,; --:1 l►(!lievor in ill c•,e•inr! Qr.,•, nfi hittunr-a live newspaper full (11' new.' ,il+,l 11111 ext illustrations., Tl'r„e- •. niritith,s'. trial stthseriptir►t► \\-11 pelt you en ;'r•iel1,'lv,terms with this, frrent- • est Of daily 'p'ip('r ----air(, \••.ill ('O't you (rt11\ $1.25; t$2.00 for f; months' suhse1•iption--13.00 for. a yeart ANEVISIr To --Ruhlishers, Toronto :Star. 'Forme(*►-: Door Sirs: i'lease enter me, ns. s !ii serfbrr to Th- Tnt•nnto :;t:tr f.,• money order rear $ • samesnaseammine .••J •••• •• ••• • •••.. • . .... ...... :.. ....`.'. ........ ... ...... ..• ...,..r. •, (Please write plainly, art;! sly whcthcr Mr.. Mrs., P•'i-s.+or Rev.) • ni ' t',,, for et ii;t,h .4Ilease fit,d s 4 i st;'i Alley 0. i • . ging in an ssetit31 ti'or ikssault in the polka court. The stretchers of the rope defended themselves on the ground that "it was a,i old custom." Very -properly the plea went for nothing, for it was observed that no- 'aody else had ever h•=ard of such a custom, and that if it did .exi:.t, it must have dated 'from a period when the essent:al difference between a car- riage and a funeral was imperfectly apprehended , It would be hard for anyone to defend . confetti -throwing with .much more success. The wed- ding guests. no longer parcel out the bride's garters between .them, nor, do they wear bridal favors of ribbons in their hats for a wiekor two afterthe ceremony. Is ,there. anything more to be said in favdr•of confetti -throwing as a,n omen oic - plenty—unless, of course„, arty ne •itt ,so extravagant --as;- to manufacture;: it privately by slic- ing ug Art asury -notes --r r • i AVERAGE FOLKS A man" may be too tall for the army_ as well as too short. He may be. heavy as well as too light. Young people..'lf...average . attainments some- 1 tage compin4a'k with • some ; -brilliant- friends. They- wish they had Tom's taste formathematics, or Phil's won - de uI voice, or George's inventive tal- nt. he r. . . an average fellow just ou smart as other peoplla, seems' to them a very insignificant one. But after all the world cang et. a- * - long without is geniuses very much WE :wish . EVERYBOP _ .r_-, M T UAPT'Y• CHRIS7'.MAS The Store Wberr Year Money . hoes Farlhet-t 'better 'than without its 'plain, every day citizen. What would •. a great general be worth • without an army Edison might keep on inventing: till the'end of his. days, but if three were noTworkers• in overalls to' make the things he invents, what good would it do? And most of the people who buy -the finished product are not wonderful in any respect, just plain folks - are made uncomfortable by realizing that .they• are just about•the average n respect to endowment is that they undervalue- the human race. They think the average man is a very in- significant person. They have a poor opinion of. his brains and of his heart too. And this is where- they are wrong. Take the current proverbs in any country and study them, . and you will` be surprised at the wit and wisdom compressed in them. But as a ,rule they were not the invention of a genius. They are just the wisdom of the common people, crystallized into a sentence. The common sense of the average man is a pretty high average, after all. As for his heart, well, fath- ers and mothers are about the com- monest things there are, but there isn't a country on earth whera fath- erhood and motherhood do not stand as • the ideals of tenderness and pro- tection. "As a father nit;eth • his children.” ` "Like one whom hismoth= e'r comforeeth.'' Every race under• stands, suck- wt►rds-withotrt-eer•--cher -- Cation. o, v .•r . , : ge man t -r tt-v,• .11 means that y, :t ill fit In arvwle t i,W ' U tt ,li 'lo ' sur share ;.4.! h it'll, Iv duties and have your share of simple pleasures, that you will love and be an honor and a joy. But be careful very' careful, that in your regret that you failed to be endowed with es- pealal talents, you: do not fall below the average. -Selected. IT CAN BE. DONE Somebody said. that it /couldn't be done. But he with a chuckle, replied, That maybe it couldn't, but he'd not be one 'Po say so till he tried. So he buckles right in, with a• bit of a grin • On his face—if he worried he hid it. He started to'sing, as he tackled the thing That couldn't be done and he did it. Somebody scoffed, "Oh, you'll never do that— At least no one has ever done But he took off his coat, -and he took off his .hat, And the first thing we knew he'd begun it. With a bit of a grin and lift of his chin, Without any doubting or quit-lt, He started to sing as he tackled the thing • That couldn't be done, and he did it. There are thousands to ,,hell you it cannot be done, 'r There are thousands to prophesy failure. 'there, are thousands to point butt one• by one, The dangers that wait to•assail• :41111Vel"1117111>liftl'��+1L'?' l j;*i 'ntiIIWIJHIIHIW Tulin 11x1 i )» I, .• .-t( , Q ra X11 Ill [►tea--� , ;1�..� a •Moor ' avirail:14..iiitir • -• J (2' WINGHAM, ONT. The school with competent instructors and superior coarses. Gradwlt,: placed in positions. Affiliated With the ,Elliott Business College, .Tor. - onto; onto; and the ,central Business'College, •Stratford: Write for free cata- logue. %Enter any time. D. A. McLacklin, Pres. Phone 166 Murray McLeish, Principal. THE FRIE\ DS THAT STAY BY US In June the roses were ' everbody blessings. For a matter of three weeks more or less the air was heavy - with that sweetest of, all perfumes, - and the.rosebushes were laden with blossoms and every morning the lawn was strewn with . delcately tinted petals. Hairy boats they,„ looked sail- ing over a sea of -green clover.. But after those few weeks if you wanted roses you had •to go to the hothouse for them and pay the florists, price. It is another story when we talk shout the pansies. Sinie vastly spring the 'the little bed on the north side of the ri slit':,- Dr. Oskar �'1'eixenhcalilhr- house was bright with those most Lieutenannt. Taube nheimstr ;:,• Can -- Dr. ' r;_ human •of .blossoms. And until late, stat-. Wurttemberg. in September they kept steadily on .. with their blooming. We have often seen them smiling Saucily up at little h' ment presented to him by the Pres- byterian Young People here on t!:- fly leaf of which was Wratten his nunie and address a.nd iu_. w,hic-11._y.txe.. two. small photogiapl s of his father and mother. On Saturday nmornin t?� book, with photographs intact, ranee back to. him by mail accompanied 'by a letter from : .gentian;an in Peter- borough in which it was stated that.... his son 'Capt.. parry (i. Roger, ,,f , •C'ooksvi11e foraiei•iy of the .nth C. M.. IL„. -had. picked it up -while he••was- , prisoner• of war and' kept it secure until his return to Canada. Insryih;c in e book ..is a Gern►aii officer's cart s -ease, rightly named! Then there are the geraniums which we were inclined to scorn? earlier in the season. • Thier hearty' honest blos- soms looked commonplaced enough. compared with the roses, • The roses have been gone this five month• and the' geranlurn Which we have taken indoors are. still plossoming with tire- r Vies.: dt►etors. - - less abundance, Their healthy leaves and luxuriant blossoms will gladden many a day when the outside.wc>rld is a waste of white and the eyes tti;, ry for a touch of'co7or in , the landscape. We are rather unfortunate if we choose. our friends exclusively from the rose -garden ;;varieties. However gracious and charming 'they may he /their sweetfess is not nesting. For 1 the greater part of the year we must do without them altogether. and, one• month that is a dream of frac•ranee and beauty cannot make. up for hav- ing the other'cleven hnre and thi :late. . Take th1.�.y1car thr h-- d t h- :i„tr.-- ers that stay by us art -the ftiiivet-s we pri e. ail4 the- friends on whom re can do end through the four sea- sons are the friends best Worth hay- ing. Whether or not. they have the -charms and graces of others they have 1'h” •icianz Suspended 'The -board of license commissioner s ree•entiy issued-'nptice to the tifF • ' that - Dr. J. B.Whitlev.,. of ('oderi,�: , and Dr. R. N. Taylor, of DasJwoe.l• hate keen suspended by the . board to .ti tilling of liquor., preseripti,,: The action was tske.n -•i<,• o!' recent c•on\jictions record, (;1u()w'1\G• l'o1't•t. 11t. '1 we -r of lar__bill . are .s.'i %). ,::l, : l„ ,•„•, ',• s•.,,rt• ltolrttdar- 11 7 wt....Y.. a�• an c7::,..h:i7 t,, tt,; i, ,• al, . . ular as ,the one-d„1':�r ‘ :it :t,tt-. ' P liot''tit'ariv so `.ple.flt., ''• 1,:,t• t etre:h t, ti I, cent stan,i, 114, �i •f. FTS • It's all to - `-, ,, • 1Iia11y Ctlllii ?i.y: _ _. dis!ike yet the sacra- readily take the characteristics which in friendship I 3(,`,; is the highest rec•omme'ndatioft--the • - ri tis ' quality of steadfastness.—Elizabeth r ,--+� r • • Perry Peck: • ,S(lL1)1FR hF('OVFIt•` TEST:1- NIENT LOST IN Gi•',RNIANY that SCOted is aft•• moi;. to t This his choice is 1 -'.1 ..-e Os linked up wit, • Mr Harry Laird of Blenheim a you, returned prisoner of war is the hold- l.ert k1� #rr;.. rci wrt� a lilt dr- er- t�f a-�rrrir•gtic•_ -tri- I-(Itrrt*11ir W agrin - • •--- Take off, yotu• coat and go to it. Just start in to sing as yo►l tackle the thing • That cannot be done, and you'll do it. • —Edward Gr -est wht?'rt c /her forms ; ' :.c ;Art , Tt -Caine itito This possession last Satur- day. Tie was taken lrisrmcr -i1t Sane- turay Wood. on ;lune•,' 1016 and mediatly on passing into •the hands, of the enemy he was searched and his belongings taken from him.' These included a small pocket testa - r your, 11,1 ; .;..i 1 plenty of Li. •rgizin - rt a... 1i1i1Cci:1',. ,-:N�rtlil :�COtef i:,Fri.raacull. It will build them up i .tkott & rto.i•ne.. Totonto, Out. 191 .