HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1928-08-30, Page 7THE; EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE THURSDAY, AVGUST 30th, 1928
MISS JEAN LOVE WRITES
^INTERESTINGLY OF HER
TRIP TO SOUTH AMERICA
Miss Jeah C. Love, daughter1 of
Mr. ancl Mrs. Lewis Love, of town,
who left recently for Negritos, Peru,
South America, to teach the child
ren of the Imperial Oil Co. em
ployees, has written some very in
teresting letters to her mother,
which we are privileged, to reprint
and which will be read with inter
est by,our readers:
July 5, 1928
On Board Grace Line S. S.
Dear Mother,—
When I landed in New York I
took the subway from the station to
the hotel, so a black porter carried
my luggage, That hotel looked to
me like a city in itself. There
were 2,200 bedrooms in it and
about 1000. other rooms. I was
positively flabbergasted when I
“snook in” behind the all-wise por
ter. I was just beginning to get
my bearings when I left this morn
ing. I reported for my ticket and
got my passport visaed by the Peru
vian Consul, then went in search of
clothes, Cheap clothing in New
York? Not a bit if it. I could
have done better in Toronto. After
much frantic searching, me par
boiling in the meantime, I located a
petty pink taffeta evening gown.
(Miss Love described a number of
her purchases and wound up by say
ing that she made a mistake by not
buying in Toronto.
And I don’t like the New Yokers
at all—nasal-toned, Jewey—-darkey
looking things. Give me Canada af
ter this.
This morning I taxied down to
the steamer ($5.00) and here I am.
I have a lovely cabin, with lots of
cupboard space, full length mirror,
etc. The Santa Maria is new and
beautifully fitted out.
There seems to be a lot of people
on board—some of them look nice
and some of them look like tough
old critters.- I hear Spanish (fre
quently. I hope to understand
it when I come back, but you know
I am pretty dumb at things like
that.
This boat appeals much more
than dirty, dusty, smoky New York.
You'd have t,o learn to smoke if you
were here. All the women seem to
—on the buses, in the shops and of
course in the restaurants. Let me
say right here that a meal in New
York coasts about twice as much as
in Toronto and is no nicer. Last
night for $1.50 I got tomato soup,
Messrs. W. J. Beer and R. E. Rus
sell who sell the Rogers-Batteryless
Radio in this district, recently at
tended the Q. R. S. Dealers’ Con
vention held at; the King Edward
Hotel, Toronto.
2 crackers, 2 rolls, wee square of
butter, 2 slices of cucumber, one
slim stalk of celery, some lettuce,
one potato, a spoonful of string
beans, slice of mutton and a round
lump of ice cream. I could have
got that and more, served nicer, in
Toronto for 60c. Everything is
awfully dear, and every waiter hov
ers around grovelling and simpering
in the hopes of a tip. You fall over
porters every time you step out of
your room at the hotel. The ste
wards, etc,, on the Santa Maria, are
all Chnamen—they look nice in
their white suits.i Gee, that's a peppy orchestra! But
when do we eat? Will stop for now
and see if I can mail this before I
go.
Leaving New York
Saturday, July 7, 1928
✓Well here we are out in the At
lantic, somewhere off the coast of
Florida, but nowhere in sight of
land.
We havenft seen land since we
pulled out of New York harbour
(Brooklyn) at noon on Thursday.
The old geyser on the statue of Lib
erty waved us a last farewell and
since we left him behind we have
seen nothing but water and sky,
Sometime tomorrow we arrive at
Havana, Cuba, and go on land for a
$5.00 sight-seeing trip through the
city,
It's most awfully hot out here
and getting hotter every day—a
mucky, sticky hot. I’d love a few
hours of Saskatchewan winter right
now, they tell me I shall appreciate^
the coolness of the Santa Maria af
ter spending a night., in Havana,
where they really have heat.
There are a number of South
Americans on board, who speak
Spanish quite fluently—they are
handsome, dark-skinned people with
black eyes, and black hair. Every
thing on board is arranged for the
pleasure and convenience of the tra
vellers. Here in a beautiful rose
and grey room is a piano, several
desks and tables and a well-stocked
library. Then there is another cosy
wicker-cretonne room where tea is
served at 4 p.m. There are also
smoking rooms and a swimming
pool on this deck. On the upper
deck are various games in which
everyone takes part.
There are a party of school nia’-
arms whose day of attractiveness
is long since gone, who are cons-
cienciously “doing South America.”
It is amusing to note the look of
grim determination that settles on
the faces of these used-to-be’s as
they start dutifully off on their
This was one of the most success
ful business conventions evei’ held
in that city. Over two hundred
dealers from all ovex1 Ontario and
Quebec were in attendance and the
New 1929 Rogers-Batteryless Models
promenade round the deck, One-
old-timer is clad in purple-—royal
purple I presume, and black cash-
mere stockings. Her panama hat,
she anchors securely with one of
those obsolete weapons known as a
hat-pin, and then off she goes, look
ing as Napoleon must have looked
as he strode manfully on to meet
Wellington.
Very Hot at Havana, Cuba
Monday noon, July 9, 1928
I'm just sailing out of Havana.
I wish I could make you see IL as
we saw it. I was so surprised at its
beauty, and modern note.
About 4:30 last night we caught
our first glimmer of land, and then
a thunder shower hid it from view,
When it had cleared away the coast
of Cuba was plainly discernible. The
harbour is magnificent with marvel
lous buildings all along the water
front. In the morning we went
ashore on a three-hour sight-seeing
tour. Wonderful, marvellous, HOT.
Did I ever complain of the heat on
board? It’s a mistake—it’s won
derfully cool. Don’t ever complain
of the heat until you have been in
Cuba. The sun just blazes down,
now the boat feels so cool and
breezy. The most beautiful thing
we saw was “The Tropical Garden,”
a georgeous growth of palms. It
was all laid out by man, with quaint
little steps, benches, etc. made of
cement but resembling wood. The
flowers are so brilliant—big oran
gery affairs, bright reds and purples,
The “Tropical Garden” is all climbs
and descents on the side of a hill
over-looking a muddy river. The
city itself is so quaint—only about
a foot of sidewalk, and just room
for two cars to slip by each other,
There are lots of cars, funny little
street-cars, and donkey and mule
teams.. The latter seems to be pat
ronized by all the natives, with
buildings so close together there
isn’t a breath of air,- but the sun
blazes down just the same, for the
buildings aren't high. The shops
are very modern in their display of
goods—some things are cheap,
others quite high. We went through
the residents! section and saw some
beautiful homes, but so funny-look
ing. Enormous square-looking
structures built of the yellowish
lime-stone, about four stories high.
There seems to be little natural
vegetation in Havana, but they have
planted so many trees and flowers
that the residental part is beautiful.
We went out to the Country Club,
past the flying field, through an
old Spanish Cathedral, through a
beautiful cemetery, and through the
aroused a great deal of enthusiasm.
At the close of the Convention or
ders for $750,000 worth of mer
chandise was placed with the Q. R.
Si Canada Corporation, Limited,
tion, Limited.
cigar factory, where all the work Is
done by hand, Havana abounds in
beautiful statuary, wonderful xnonu-
ments, graceful figures of angels,
nymphs, Faith, Hope, Charity, etc,
Away from the old shopping dis
trict the boulevards are so pretty,
really it’s a beautiful city—much
'more beauty in it than in Toronto.
The native shops open right off the
street—-Oh, I can't describe it—not
like a store at all—more like a
church shed.
We can still see the coast of Cuba
Off to our left. Soon we’ll enter
the Carabean Sea, and Thursday go
through the Canal, and that’s where
it’s really hot, they tell me, I can’t
imagine anything more sickenly hot
than Havana under that blazing sun.
Here and There
(124)
The Provincial Government of
[Nova Scotia has arranged to have
,the Boy Scouts undertake the re
foresting of 1,000 acres of land In
the Bear River area, Digby county.
A similar programme was carried
out on a smaller scale in the Wa
verly district, Halifax county, last
year.
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The vicious dog fish of the Paci
fic coast has at length found his
niche in the scheme of economic
usefulness, judging by a new in
dustry getting under way in Van
couver. Dog fish oil is the base of
a preparation for keeping away
mosquitos, black flies and other in
sect pests which molest man and
beast alike. Several barrels a day
of dog fish oil are being used in
the manufacture of the preparation.
A Pacific Coast mariner whose
name is well known throughout the
country has announced his inten
tion to retire from active service.
Captain James D. Troup, veteran of
55 years of continuous service on
Pacific coastal waters, 36 years of
which he spent in British Colum
bia, has relinquished his position,
of manager of the British Colum
bia coast steamship service of the
Canadian Pacific Railway. His
place has been taken by Captain
C. D. Neroutsos, formerly assistant
manager,
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Golf in the heart of the Canadian
rookies is becoming so popular that
a miniature course has been opened
at Castle Mountain Bungalow Camp
in Vermillion Pass on the Banff
Windermere Highway. This new
course is probably the highest,
smallest and most effectively sit
uated of any golf links in the Brit
ish Empire. The-ingenious lay out
of the course is the handiwork of
Stanley Thompson, internationally
known golf architect, who also de
signed the recently enlarged links
at Banff.
Another recruit has joined the
ranks of the famous Contented C6ws
at the Carnation Milk Farms at
Seattle, Washington, the Canadian
Pacific Railway supply farm at
Strathmore having sold one of their
prize heifers to the Carnation Milk
company. The animal, bred at the
C. P. R. farm, is the first Holstein
female from the prairie provinces
to be accorded the grand cham
pionship at the "A” circuit shows
in the west, an honor which had
previously been won by cattle
either fro,m Ontario or from the
Pacific coast.
So notorious a reputation has the
fisherman won for himself as a
prevaricator that he must needs
enter his fish in competitions with
a duly signed and witnessed affi
davit. The latest record catch to be
reported to the Genera.! Tourist
Department of the Canadian Paci
fic Railway is a six and a quarter
pound speckled trout hooked at
Pine Portage near Nipigon River
Bungalow Camp. It is the largest
so far to be entered for the local
fishing trophy, although many fine
fish have rewarded anglers in the
neighbourhood this summer.
The Japanese coronr»‘ion cere
monies in November will probably
result in a demand for more motor
cars from this continent, said J. A.
Langley, Canadian Trade Commis
sioner in Tokio. who sailed recent
ly from Vancouver aboard the
Canadian Pacific ship Empre’ss of
Asia. The forthcoming coronation
procession in which ox teams and
other picturesque means of loco
motion have p.erticinated in the
past, will probably be largely mo
torized on this occasion, he said.
BABY GIRL HAD DIARRHOEA
«WHEN CUTTING TEETH
Mrs. A. J. Murray, Gull Lake, Sask.,
writes:—“Last summer, my baby girl
was cutting teeth and became very
weak with the effects of diarrhoea. I
didn’t know just what to do for her
aS she couldn’t retain anything. At
last one df xny neighbors said to me,
'Haven’t you any
“My husband went to toVm and got
at hottie, and the very first dose helped
hfer wonderfully, and in throo days sho
Wa#’ well over the diarrhoea and was
running around as well as Over.’’*
Hut up Only by The T. Milburn Co.,
Limited, Toronto, Ont. w, „
50 YEARS AGO
, Rev. Mr* Mitchell and Mrs. Mit
chell, Mr. and Mrs, R. Manning, Mr,
and Mrs. J. Tuck and Mr. and Mrs.
John Ranton, of Exeter and Mr. and
Mrs. J, W. Broderick, of London,
on Monday went to the shores of
Lake Huron, where they rented a
large buliding and intend remaining
for a week or ten days.
Mr. Hayden, the station master
at the L. H. & B. station, who has
been on a visit- to New York for a
couple of weeks, returned on Mon
day evening.
Mr, W. Sutton fell from the se
cond story of Dyer, Owe's &. Ho
ward’s factory yesterday and in his
descent his head struck against a
stone inflicting some severe wounds.
Rev. Walter Madge, will preach
in the Methodist church next Sab
bath morning and evening, in the
absence of Rev. Mr, Mitchell, who
Is spending a few dayis; on the shores
of Lake Huron.
The farms which were advertised
in these columns for over a month
were sold by public auction at the
Central Hotel, Exeter, on Saturday.
Lot No. 5 in the 2nd concession was
knocked down to Mr. D. Wanless, of
Exeter, for $6,000 and the other
lot 6 on the same concession was
sold to Mr. Benjamin Case for the
sum of $4,000. Each of the above
I mentioned lots contains one 'hun
dred' acres, the one purchased by
Mr. Case being a bush farm. The
hammer was weilded by Mr, Whar
ton Hodgins in his well known style.
25 YEARS AGO
On Thursday the Bobier picnic
was largely attended and greatly en
joyed by all at Grand Bend. The
Eden school had their picnic at the
Park on Saturday.
Mr. Pliil. Rowcliffe has purchased
the home of Mr Wm. Harding, Main
St. Mr. Rowcliffe has lately lived
in London and we are pleased that
he has decided to return to town.
On Monday evening the Patriarchs
of Exeter met in special conclave-
and presented Bro. E. J. Spackman,
Past Grand Patriarch, of the Grand
Enchampxnent of Ontario, with a
life size photo of himself in his of
ficial capacity as Grand Patriarch.
The chair was occupied by chief Pat
riarch Nelson Taylor and the ad
dress was read by Pat. Poplestone.
The pony owned by Messrs. Wood
& Fuke, while left standing outside
the slaughtex* house, on Thursday
last, broke away, ran through a
field adjoining and jumped over the
ga.te, the cart following in its wake.
At the Grand Lodge of I.O.O.F.,
Mr. Samuel Poplestone was again
nominated to the office of Grand
Junior Warden.-
Willis Powell is rapidly recover
ing from the attack of typhoid 'fevei’
in London Hospital.
Drs. Browning and Amos are this
week attending the Canadian Medi
cal Association at London.
15 YEARS AGO
Mr. J. Pedlar has' purchased the
brick house on the farm of Mr. J.
Kerslake, London Road south,
which he intends tearing down and
will erect a new house north of his
present dwelling on Main Street.
Some Indians in passing through
town last week, stole a dog belong
ing to Mr. Jas. Gould, and also
tried to ‘steal one belonging to Mr.
J. Morley 'but it jumped out of the
ibuggy. Mr. Gould secured Wes.
Snell and his^auto taking along Con
stable Bissett went out in search of
the party.
During the absence of the Main St.
church choir which provided the
music for the Bethany Anniversary
last Sunday. In the evening the
music, was rendered by the Mission
Circle under the leadership of Mr.
A. Andrews. Mrs. E. Dignan presid
ed at the organ.
Word was received hero Wednes
day of the death of the wife of Rev.
J. R. Gundy, were former residents
of Exeter, Mr. Gundy being pastor
of the Main St. Methodist church.
The funeral will be held to the Exe
ter cemetery on Thursday on the
arrival of the morning train from
London.
Rev. W. G. H. McAllister was
called home on Wednesday to con
duct the funeral services of the late
John Hoywood. Mr. McAllister will
occupy the pulpit in James Street
next Sunday.
Messrs.. Ewart and Douglas
Blatcliford, Austin Duplan and Mr.
Denham, of Centralia, came up last
Monday- and played several games
of tennis with Exeter players on the
James Street church court and Mr.
F. W. Gladman’s court. Centralia
won both the doubles and singles.
Exeter players were: H. H. Moe, T.
O. Southoott, G. Burdette and J, M.
Southcott,
Siamese Twins Willing to Risk
Operation
Mary and Margaret Gibbs, the Sia
mese twins o£ New York are willing
to risk an operation to have them
selves separated. This would be a
most dangerous operation and the
results are doubtful. But their
willingness to undergo the operation
is a great object lesson in affecton.
One of them wishes to marry and
for the sake of her Jove for a man
would face death. The other would
face death in her love for her sister.
The girls certainly are brave, How
ever, it’s hard to say anything good
for the man who is suggesting that
the operation be performed.
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TRACTOR INDUSTRY
The University of Nebraska, which
is the standard for United States and
Canada in their Official Test No,
134, has the following to say about
the WALLIS Certified Tractor.
The Wallis Tractor pulled 75% of
is weight on the Drawbar at 2.98
miles per hour.
It Delivered 76.55% of its maxium
belt power to the Drawbar,
It Delivered one HORSE POWER- at
the Drawbar for each 168 pounds
of its Lincoln Test Weight.
It pulled 27.05 h.p. on Low Gear at
2.98 miles per hour.
It pulled 26.36 h.p. on High Gear,
at 3.V7 miles per hour.
Arthur Jones
MASSEY-HARRIS MACHINERY
Fertilizer
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