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Home My WebLink AboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1938-08-04, Page 7THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE THURSDAY, AUGUST -Ith, 1038 EDITQBI AL Paste These in Your Hat and Memorize Them Success lies in service—lie pro fits most who serves best. It’s better to tell the truth — for then you don’t have to tax your memory, 'Conserve your strength — don’t •waste it fighting sham battles. Don.’t be afraid of assuming re sponsibility—the fellow who'* does things is the fellow who never shirks. The more you have to do — the more you can do. Don’t tell your friends or assoc iates how capable or clever you think they are—tell the other fellow. If you want to be promoted, don’t be the first to, quit. Use your leisure moments profit ably. Don’t spend your time knocking, for if you do, you woWt hear Oppor tunity knock when she passes your door. Dare to do it differently. To, make your dreams come true, you must be wide awake. Spend ten minutes every day when you are away from your work, thinking contructively about it. * * * If you jvant to convince me that man evolved from a lower form of animal life, show me a lower form of animal-life than a man’s mother- in-laws thinks he is.* * * Forgive the faults of your friends but not yourself.* * * Whether you desire love, happi ness or material things, you must first learn to give. # Ml # The fellow who boasts that he says what he thinks, seldom thinks, ft * * The man we can respect is he who is always willing to be helpful to others who can be of no possible service to him. Viscount Levenhulme told the American Chamber of Commerce the story of a British worker wiho baffled scientific management ex- pers. At a factory they visited, all the workmen pushed their wheelbarrows but one. He pulleo his. After much conjecture, the experts asked the man why, “Well, Buv’nor,” the man replied, “Hi ’ates the sight of the bloomin’ thing.’’* * * A hundred years ago, sugar was SO1 rare and expensive that the aver age American coufeumed only ten pounds of it a year, while today the consumption of sugar in the United States by every man, woman and' child is approximately 10 0 pounds. An old expression, "will you have long or short sweetenin’?’’ was used in remote sections of the country to inquire whether one wanted molass es or sugar to sweeten his icoffee.* * * Complacency is the tradegy of ig- representing the savings of about 10 million indivaduals, In English composition, the use of words with the same sound, such as right — write; read — reed, sight — cite; etc., is termed homo phony. About 1,060,296 people are em ployed by the railroads of the Unit ed States. Under the effect of the Railroad Retirement Act, there are now about 3 8, 538 individuals on the pension list. Bamboo is said to grow at the rate of 16 inches per day in some parts of Ceylon. Madagascar, located off the south east coast of Africa, is the largest island in the world. ■One egg of the extinct fowl known as the 'Ae pyorins’ of Madagascar was about seven times as big as an ostrich egg and equal to 144 ordin ary domestic hen eggs. The modern airliner can glide 8 miles for every mile of altitude. Re cently a young woman flying solo in New Jesey glided five miles to"the landing field after the propellor b-e came detaohed from her plane and dropped off into space—yet she brought her plane down safely. String savers: In the Detroit, Michigan post office, there is said to be a ball of string made up from odd bits saved and tied together and rolled into a ball which now weighs 650 pounds and if unwound would reach more than 23 miles. :|< ft * Hope without hustle is forlorn hope. / * * * prankish Problems Answer to Problem No, 24, (which appeared in last week’s issue): Mr. A was out $5.00 personally. Cheat ed his stockholders out of $45.00. The scales company or salesman was ahead $'50.00. Prankish Problem No. 25: A man caught a fish with its head measuring six inches, the tail was as long as the head and half of the body, and the body was as long as the head and tail combined. How long was the fish? (Correct answer will appealr in this space next issue.) # ijs MJ ’Round the Corner Is the road growing rough That you’ve traveled so long? * Does life bring you sorrow, With little of song? Brace up and smile! No one loves a mourner— Dig in, And you'll win When the road turns the corner. ■Feeling heartsick and weary;’ Think you might as well quit, IF'or it’s quite clear that you Are not gaining a bit? Now’s the time to reveal You’re a high-class performer— Be alert! Make a spurt, And you’ll soon turn the corner. —Arthur W. Beer The harvesting season is still young. ■* .ft < The weather is as difficult as ever to manage. And now the hum of the thresher. Those harvesting combines are prophetic. ******** Japan remarks to- Russia that he's a wise bear who keeps on his own side of the line. * *• * * * * ft * Japan looks southwards runs a contemporary’s heading. Yes, and she’ll mind her step. We’re glad that the army worm did no more damage than it wrought this season. Now that the green peas are -passing, it is good to welcome the best beans and the early .corn,* * * ft * * * * Will the army worm attack the young seeding? At any rate the army worm is no loafer. A brother editor* speaking of the Old Boys’ re-umion in London spells it out this way. “The old boy’s re-union.” ******** The current seven-year’s drought has driven 100,000 farm families from the plains of the United States. Pump-priming is a firstrate activity when it is supplemented by heavy showers of enterprise and brain sweat and elbow grease. ******** About the toughest job we have tackled is writing an editorial on a muggy day when one can’t get hold of a breezy topic. ******** More than 7 00 icebergs have been counted in the North Atlan tic. Sailors counted on there being not more than 530. It’s a busy year on sea and land. " ******** Hopes are entertained that the good will brought about by the visit of Britain’s King and Queen to Paris will extend to Berlin, Stranger things have taken place. Nations find strife ruinous. Did You Know That- - Elephants sleep standing up. * * Every failure teaches a man some thing if he will learn. * * It takes but 5 years to produce the first crop of ginseng- * * Spiders have 2 sets of eyes one for day and the other for night. * * When you tie a horse to a post, that makes a slow horse fast. * * Adam was the beet runner in the world because he was the first in the human race. * * It takes 5% bushels of corn to manufacture every uew Packard car. * * Motor car industry is one of the farmer’s higgest customers, using corn, wool, leather, cotton in tre mendous quantities. * * Smyrna figs of the Californian grown variety were a total failure until a scientist discovered that the little fig wasps was needed to fer tilize the figs. * * When your heart is feeling heavy, And your brain is rather sad; Don’t think about jour troubles But of the fun you’ve had. S. J. S. norance. £ * ft You can tell the fellow who is go ing somewhere by the way he walks. * * * In the geometry of sex—all tri angles are acute. * * * ' 1 ■' ■ "■ ' ' 1111 ... U! ..I .......-■■■Win ,1,..H...1 Ili.il ........ Making Canada A Better Place in Which to Live and Work A Series of Letters From Distinguished Canadians on VIM Problems Affecting the Future Welfare of panada Specially Written for Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association and Addressed to the president, Georg© w» James, of Bowmanville * * # That which you do not need is ex pensive—even as a gift.* * * QUIDNUNC' The Melting Pat—American col lege students with the best schol astic records in proportion to rela tive numbers—-are made by children of immigrants — especially from middle Europe. A thousand million meteors fall into the earth’s atmosphere every day—-according to recent studies by Fletcher Watson, or Harvard Ob- scratory—they are so minute that if they were grouped together, they would weigh only about oue hund red and fifty pounds. Professor Watson also estimates that all the matter from outer space falling on the earth since the world was formed has not increased the crust of the globe by more than one inch. The combined Saving Bank De posits in the United States on June 30, 1937 was estimated at Twenty- four and one-half Billion Dollars— Bowel Complaints of the Children During the hot summer months most children are subject to diar rhoea, dysentery, colic, cholera in fantum or some other bowel trouble, All mothers should use Dr. Fowler's Extract of Wild Straw berry on the first sign of any loose ness of the bowels.“Dr. Fowler ’s’’ is an old and tried remedy. It has been used by thousands of-Canadian mothefs for over 90 years. Do not experiment with your child’s health by using some new and untried remedy.Got “Dr, Fowler’s’’ and feel safe. Tlio T. Milburn Co., Ltd., Toronto, Ont. The advantage of a good vocabu lary is that you can discard the big word and select a small one you can spell.* Xs * Wet statistics seem to indicate that after all, our largest cities are the real ‘hie’ towns,* * * The nations that show the most unrest are the ones that used to do the most resting.ft * Selfishness The source of nearly all the evil and unhappiness of this world is sel fishness. We know it, but .we still keep on being selfish. We see that the world might be made ideally beautiful if only all people would live unselfish lives; and yet we keep on being selfish. We strive after the things-that will minister to our immediate sat isfaction, and hate people who get in our way and 'hinder the attainment of the these things. And so we keep on, and the world jars and is unharmonioue and is darkennd and is miserable, and we wonder why God has made things more fair, when It is we ourselves who are marring the purpose of God, which we can plainly see. Minot J. Savage* * * Memorize this yourself, then re peat it once slowly to some friend and see how difficult it is for them to repeat it correctly: “Good Morning, Madam,” TO1 Eve said Adam. "Good Morning, Sid,” To h mi said her. t THE COLONEL We are old fashioned, all right all right, but we notice that there always is anxiety on the part of those at home when a tour ing party gets into difficulties when liquor is believed to be part of the equipment. ******** OBSERVANT SHAKESPEARE Shakespeare is said to have mentioned the Americans but once and that in his play “The Comedy of Errors.” The immortal Wil liam. * * * * * * » « Some folk who note the extensive advertising on the part of liquor firms take this as evidence of great prosperity on the part of trade. That conclusion is hardly warranted. It is an evidence that the liquor people are keen for business. By the way do yo.u know how many liquor dealers who .have remained rich? •Those early apples are just the thing. Fancy coming in from the hot .harvest field, washing out there under the old apple tree in water fresh and cool from the big house cistern, reading the “noos” for five minutes, sitting down to a table spread with mealy potatoes, well cured ham and eggs with a whole lot of apple sauce to mellow things a bit, then an apple pie rich and good with oodles of cream, 'Oh, well, the farmer’s lot is not all rust and army worms and caterpillars and potato blight. * * * * * * * * A FINE ADVERTISER Japan is wide awake, after a fashion. 'She makes her plans in her own way, and keeps those plans to herself till she carries them out in her own fashion. Next she receives protests from all over the world and then makes explanations, bowing at the waist and using language that suits the Emily Posts of political high life. Next she launches a new objective and wins it, receives more pro tests and bows and smiles again and so on, but all the while doing just what she pleases. r. ****** ^ A GRAVE ERROR IN JUDGEMENT Our big brother, The St. Thomas Times Journal, one of sanest papers published on this continent, has made a serious error in its comment re the looting of a St. Marys R.R. station, the result of which was the securing of seven cents. The g. f. j. sees in the small ness of the loot proof positive of the financial stringency of the rail roads. Not so. That seven cents speaks of reluming prosperity That sum exceeds the prof it.made by one of the big railroads for the last few years. There still is money in railroadin'. ******** EVERY THIRD ACRE For cotton it was every third row that was proposed to. be plowed up when the AAA took hold of a bad crop surplus situation. Now the Secretary of Agricultrue .has a large surplus of wheat in prospect, though it was only a year ago the crop was short, and under terms of the 193 8 farm act, Mr. Wallace sets the acreage to be planted at 55,000,000 for 1939, or one third less than the .un usually large plantings of this year. That is, only this- much ac reage can participate in soil conservation and crop loan benefits; if more is planted, compulsory marketing quotas may take the place of these controls. ******** READ COURAGE During 1937 we noticed a farmer who did a good job summer fallowing a certain field. Just as the 1937 harvest was getting under way, this farmer manured the field we’re talking about. This was followed by a crop of buckwheat that was plowed down just be fore the fall wheat seeding was to be done. The field was well worked up and a good application of mineral fertilizer was made. In due time the crop left nothing to be desired. Then came the rust. After cutting, the wheat was visited by frequent showers till now the crop promises to yield not more than ten bushels to the acre of marketable wheat. Our telescope fails to reveal how low the price of wheat will go. That is, for two years, this field will not yield its owner one cent of profit. Yet this farmer is carrying on and asked to support the men who refuse to help him at reason able wages to get his farm work done. ******** THE ENEMIES Time, change and death, these Three are Man’s enemies. , What? Time that takes the pain from grief, That brings again bud and leaf, That sets the child in its mother’s arms? What? Change that gives eyes to the That in decay can freshness find, Making, old, new; familiar, strange? What? Death that shuts the gate On longing and regret, Grief, fear, pain, shame, satiety, and Times and change? / LORD TWEEDSMUIR TO VISIT PLOWING MATCH, OCT. 13tli. Governor-General of Canada to be Guest of Honor at World’s Larg est Plowing Match, the Interna tional, Near Barrie,* on Thursday, October 13th. Toronto, July—An official visit by His Excellency, Lord Tweedsmuir Governor-General of Canada, to the International Plowing Match at Min esing, near Barrie, Ont., Thursday, October 13th, was announced recent ly by J. A. Carroll, Manager of the annual agricultural event, the great est plowing match not only in the British Empre, but in the entire world. Last year tne attendance was over 100,000 at the four day event and this record, it is expected, will be shattered’ this year. The dates are. October 11th to 14th inclusive. “There is no doubt” said Mr. Car roll, “that the invitation of the On tario Plowmen’s Association was ac cepted by His Excellency because of his genuine interest in all phases of agriculture and particularly good plowing and fine horses.” Scotland, the birthplace of Lord Tweedsmuir, is rich in plowing lore, and her sons, well-skilled in the art, have transplanted a desire for good cultivation in every part of the Bri tish Empire, particularly Canada, where for over 1100 years plowing matches have been' held. “While there may be 70 or more modern and powerful tractors in op eration on a busy day, double that number, about 140 competitors, will use strong reliable well-groomed horses, the cream of the plowing teams in Canada. “A Horse Show is a special feature of the Match” said Mr. Carroll. As His Excellency has expressed a desire to spend about three hours at Minesing, his hosts, the officers of the Ontario’s Plowmen’s Association are planning an interesting itinerary which will permit an inspection of the nearby Forestry plantation, some of the very large and good farms in the area, the tented city, with Its numerous exhibits of farm imple ments and home conveniences, prac tical field demonstrations and other interesting features. We believe, said Mr. Carrol], “that His Excellency will watch the plow ing match contests with a knowing and keen interest, and should he de ride to put his hand to the plow, there is no doubt a furrow, straight, balanced and well-packed, will fol low him across the field.” LETTER NO, 14 Dear Editor: The opportunity you have given me of offering some suggestions which might be helpful to members of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association is very much appreciat ed. I have discussed your letter with Rev, C. E. Silcox, General Secretary of the Social Service Council of Can ada, with Mr. Frank Chamberlain, Press Representative of The United Church of Canada. As a result of this conference I make the under-noted suggestions; It is our feeling that if the Can adian Weekly Newspapers Associa tion would like to do something real ly worthwhile, “to make Canada a better place in which to live and work” it would be advisable to pool their efforts and to attack the task with some collective plan. The .Association might consider the appointment of a committee of three or four to consult with recog-’ nized authorities in the problems of be dealt with—with tne purpose or view of establishing a Syndicate Ser vice which would provide every one of the 600 editors simultaneously with authoriative, timely, brightly- written articles. We feel that there are four out standing endeavors to which the editor of weekly newspapers might well devote their attention. (1) -Consideration of outstanding social problems: A. Health Insurance. B. Unemployment. C. Maternal and infant moral ity. D. Problems of the Home. E. Education. F. Economic Organization. G. Vocational Guidance. H. Recreation. etc. (2) News concerning the broader activities of all the Churches. (3) Problems of health — mental and physical. (4) International problems. We believe that it would be pos- ible for a Committee of the Assoc iation to form a Syndicate Service that would provide each one of the newspapers with perhaps two ar ticles a week on two of these four subjects (alternating them). RT. REV. PETER, BRYCE, D.D. Mr. Silcox tells me that he would be very glad to' confer with such a committee from the Association, and he would be glad, to assist in the preparation of at least 26 articles on i the first question—Consideration .of ! Outstanding Social Problems. ' On the question of Health, we feel that it would be possible to. ask for four articles each from: (1) The Canadian Medical Association; (2) The Canadian National Committee for Mental Hygiene; (3) The Cana dian Tuberculosis Association. It is also- our belief that the Cana dian Weekly Newspapers Association could do a fine piece of work by pro moting better understanding between the city industrial worker and the rural worker. We feel that the question of understanding between East and West — between national ities—between different races—and people of different creeds — is one demanding larger consideration. I believe that concerted effort on behalf of the Association, rather than by individual editors, (who have not the time or the materials on hand) would bring better results. Yours very truly, PETER BRYCE, Moderator, The United Church of Canada. STREAMLINING THE PEDESTRIAN The 19 38 automobile is a marvel of speed, power and safety, but the 193 8 pedestrains is the same plod ding individual he was 10 0 years ago. He hasn’t any all-steel body; nor has nature streamlined him so can move faster in th«s age of speed. He has one advantage, however, if he will use it. He can make up for his slow feet by his quick ivits. He can avoid making the same mistakes which brought death to 297 pedes trians and injury to 3,452 others last year on Ontario’s streets and high ways. TAKE THE CHIP OFF YOUR SHOULDER If you are one of the many to whom driving is on longer a pleas ure, here is a hint that may be very helpful. Next time you start out on a trip, take that, chip off your shoulder! And take your sense of humor along. Promise yourself that .you -won’t let little things dis turb you, and see what happens. If someone attempts to steal your right-of-way, let him have it, Don’t yell at him, smile instead. Be in dulgent, as you would be with the small boy who reaches for the larg est piece of cake on the plate. A safe journey—and a surprisingly pleasant journey—will be your re- v ard. Songs are remembered longer than sermons. KING MEETS PRESIDENT all harms-- —Sylvia Lynd MOTOR MANNERS Ralph Waldo Emerson once wrote: “Life is not so short but that there is always time for courtesy.” There is more need for this sage philosophy now than when lie wrote it before the motor car was invented. The automobile has made many of us into selfish boors. If drivers behav ed as considerately when behind the wheel as they do in the drawing room, tile death rate on the high ways would soon be sliced to a frac tion of its present proportions. Let’s have more courtesy, better manners, more sportsmanship on the road! The height of the average man is five feet, ten inches: and his weight is one hundred and fifty pounds. More than one-third of the world’s oil supply is found within a radius of a hundred and fifty miles of Fort Worth, Texas. It is far better to live on a desert island with a one-eyed parrot that swears, than to live in a marble pal ace with a woman who pouts. “Comment vous portez-vous?” King George greeted Presi dent Albert Lebrun. All France was pleased with the Kign s I’ reneh