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qilURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1st, 1038
Making Canada
A Better Place in Which to live and Work
A Series of Letters From Distinguished Canadians on Vital
Problems Affecting the Future Welfare of Canada
»Specially Written for Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association
and Addressed to the President, George W« dames, of Bowmanville
SUCCESS
Have you ever heard of a man
making a solid, substantial success
of a man of skill and 'capacity, in
genuity and imagination — who did
not work overtime to accomp^i^ii his
■objective?
Answer that one.
If a thoroughly capable man should
start out to make a success and be
gin by measuring his work by his pay
oi his reward—that man would al
ways be a few feet behind his op
portunity or several leaps behind
success.
Outstanding success calls for over
time—morning, noon, night and
midnight study and preparation is
the price we pay for solid, substan
tial success.
If you are not willing to work
overtime, then take your place with
tlie piece workers where you belong,
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Most normal individuals want
something else after they get what
they want,
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If you expect authority, assume
responsibility.
Incompetence is due almost en
tirely to la'ck of information rather
than to lack of ability.
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Don’t feather your nest with bor
rowed plumes.
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The Joy of Living
If nobody smiled, and nobody cheer
ed and nobody helped us along—
If each, every minute looked after
himself, and the good things all
went to the strong—
If nobody cared, just a little for you,
any nobody cared for me,
And we all stood alone, in the battle
of life,
What a dreary old world it would
be.
Life is sweet just because of the
friends we have made,
And the things which is common
we share,
We want to live on, not because of
ourselves, but because of the people
who care,
It’s giving and doing for somebody
else—on that all life’s splendor de
pends.
And the joy of this world, when we
have summed it all up, is found
in the making of friends.
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YEARS DON’T COUNT
The other night a big and busy
executive told me he was attending
night school to master a line of
work that is quite foreign to his
business activities. I asked him
why. “Oh,” he smiled, “we 'Can
never* learn too much. I’m getting
a. lot of fun and recreation out of it;
and then, you know, some day I may
need that information.”
Stop “fooling around.” You aren’t
here very long at best. Years don’t
count. That man lives best who
strives hardest to do work that is
worth while. It doesn’t make a devil
of a lot of difference how long you
have heen on earth or how long you
are going to stay. I don’t imagine
that the Recording Angel is going
to ask, "How old are you?” No. sir.
Chances are he’ll look you squarely
in the eyes and demand: “What did
you do down below?”
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It is not work that kills men—it
is worry. Work is healthful. You
can hardly put more upon a man
than 'he .can bear. Worry is rust
■upon the blade. It is not the revo
lution that destroys the machinery,
but the friction.
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“Is pants singular or plural?”
asked the teacher.
“If a man wears them, it’s plural,”
replied the boy.
“Well, if he does not—”
“Then, it is singular.”,
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It is easy to court a girl while
driving a car—if she is one of the
co-operating kind.
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It’s easier to get the facts than to
face ’em.
Pimples Kill Many a Romance
The lives of many young people
are made miserable when unsightly
pimples break out oh. the face, heck
and other parts Of the body,
The trouble is hot so much physi
cal pain, bat it’s the mental suffer
ing caused by the embarrassing
disfigurement of the face.
The quickest 4 Way to get rid of
pimples is to improve the general
health by cleansing the blood of its
impurities. ,
Burdock BlOod Bitters purifies th<
blood. Get rid of the pimples by
taking IhB.B.
Tho T. Milburn Co., Lid., Toronto, Ont,
“There is a tyranny which com
pels men to do good work to go on
doing -good work. The name of that
beneficient tyranny is reputation.
There is a inflexible law which binds
men who build well, to go on build
ing well. The name of that kindly
rule is reputation. There is an in
surance which infallibly protects
those' whose reason for buying is
that they believe in a thing and in
its maker. The name of that kindly
insurance is reputation,”
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'Conversation about a surgical ,op-
eiation dates back to. Adam,
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QUIDNUNC
The letters of the alphabet appear
practically in the same order in
nearly all languages, .but how they
i came to be in this order, nobody
knows. The number of letters in
the different languages vary consid
erably. The Chinese has the largest
number of letters, 214; while the
Celtic has only 17; then comes the
the Italian, 20; Latin and Hebrew,
22; Greek, 24; French, 25; English
and German, 26; Spanish, 27; Tur
kish and Arabic, 28; Persian, 31;
and Russian 36. The English Lan
guage has 42 sounds in its 26 letters.
The Penguins achieve their feats
of diving deep by swallowing stones
for ballast. This added weight car-
' ries them down swiftly without us
ing too much energy and enable
them to use their energy to swim
(in a climbing fashion) to the sur
face.
Platinum is the most valuable me
tal in ordinary commercial use. It
is not so valuable, however, as rub
idium or thorium. There are eight
or nine metals more valuable than
gold. The two most expensive me
tals in the world are Protactinium
and Radium. The heaviest known
metal is named Osmium.
A Barber in. Vienna 'claimed the
world's championship because he
shaved a man in 10 seconds—it takes
most barbers that long to find their
razors.
Coal is imported in small quanti
ties from‘Russia to the United States
because there is an import duty of
10 cents per 100 (pounds.
There are 25 planetariums in the
world—only five of them are in the
United States.
The average per capita consump
tion of water, daily, in the United
States for all purposes including
water power is 120 gallons.
Wm. Pitt was the youngest Prime
Minister of England. He was 25
years old when he assumed the duties
The oldest Prime Minister was Wm.
E. Gladstone, age 85, and considered
by some historians as one of the
greatest men ever to serve his 'coun
try.
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GIVE AND TAKE
You must take ,a blow or give one
You must risk and you must lose,
And expect that in the struggle
You will suffer from a (bruise.
But you mustn’t whine or falter,
If a fight you once begin;
Be a man and face the battle—
Tliat’s the only way to win.
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PRANKISH PROBLEM’S
Answer to Problem 2<S': The man
got $60 for the horse.
Problem No. '30: I sold a cow at
a loss of 10 per 'cent, bought her
back, paying 10 per cent advance to
the party. My loss was $5.70.
What was the original cost of the
cow?
(Can you get the correct answer
before it appears in this space next
week.)♦ * *
Your Problem and Mine
Life is made up of so many things
that we can’t possible give adequate
attention to them all.
The problem you and I face each
day is to put the non-essentials aside
and devote our time and our ener
gies to doings the things that will be
of greatest service.
People who potter .have to take
pot luck—this is an age of direct
ness. Set your goal—then go to it
—straight! The things in the way
won’t matter it you refuse to recog
nize them.
Necessity Isn’t only the Mother
but the whole dura family tree of
some of the things that the world
gets done.Xi * *
Finis, Adios, The End, Adieu—
Four ways this column might be
ended
Odds Bodkins—;S’Care Belue
Four ways my habits should- be
mended.
THE COLONEL
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We have reaped a bountiful harvest as overflowing granaries
and hay mows attest.
The worst enemy to the new prosperity is the price fixer, That
blunder spoiled things a few months ago.
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The scalding to death of the 4 prisoners in a United States
prison is one of those lapses to savagery for which there is no ac
counting.
Our West is not entering upon boon days such as character
ized her heady youth. There’s nothing phenomenal about her good
times. She’s simply doing a little better.
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After all expenses are paid for handling it, the wheat crop of
our west will give the producers approximately $150,000,000 or 60c.
pex* bushel, every copper of which is badly needed. This sum will
be divided among a great many farmers, the majority of whom have
been savagely pinched financially and who are sorely run down
financially. These men have a long, slow climb before then* debts
are paid or .they live on easy street. He’s his country’s enemy who
would exploit them.
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FARMING ISN’T WHAT IT USED TO BE
Just last Mondoy we heard a strange roaring in an adjoining
field. A neighbor, you see, had moved in with his tractor. By
six o’clock that three-furrowed plow had the surface of that large
field completely turned over, doing in one day what the man with
a walking plow would require a solid week to accomplish. By the
way, the thermometei’ that day was 8 6 in the shade and flies sug
gested the plague in Egypt. The day’s work done, the farmer
drove his tractor into the shed and was ready for a good evening’s
choring.
It’s a far cry from the day when that field was grub-hoed in
to production. It’s not so long ago that that very field was
cultivated with the walking plow, the flies tormenting the horses
beyond all telling, the stubborn soil leaving the plowman tired as
he homeward plodded his weary way.
Yes, there’s comfort in modern farming. When it comes to
the consideration of profis, well, that’s up to the management.
We know of a neighboring field that has been plowed by the old
fashioned walking plow method and that the farmei* and his team
are in prime physical condition. A farmer, nowadays, is something
•more than a dull plodder, as our best citizens realize.
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MUCH BETTER, THANK YOU
Business conditions are improving. The dust bowl of the
Western States, thanks to resolute human effort and timely show
ers, is blooming where one year ago there was nothing but dismal,
shimmering, shifting sands, this year there is a carpet of green and
a good crop of corn. In portions of our Canadian West where this
time last year the abomination of desolation seemed to have taken
■up permanent residence, there is now an encouraging crop of wheat.
President Roosevelt’s great announcement that indicated that the
great branches of the Anglo 'Saxon family had drawn together in
the intererts of all that makes for human welfare., .has filled the
chancelories of the world with a new interest in all that makes for
peace. The statement by an outstanding German economist that
the United States and France and Great Britain possessed 76 per
cent, of the gold of the world, caused quiet folk to look with less
apprehension upon war lords and dictators. No. there’s no boom
anywhere, but steady going men everwwhere are in the trenches
or in the saddle, The plodders have won out. The would-be 'high
flyers have been stripped of their tail feathers. The hum of safe
and sane enterprise is in the air. The only thing required is for
every man to keep ,his head and work foi* all that is in him,
WHAT YOUTH IS STUDYING
While it is true that a certain number of giddy, light-headed
frothy youth is ever with us, it is interesting to note the informa
tion gleaned from the Christian Science Monitor regarding The
World Youth Congress only recentlly concluded at Vassar, a con
gress representative of the youth of 4'0 countries of the world. We
admit that we knew flaming youth of 40 years ago who chose what
■Shakespeare describes as “the primrose road that leads to,the ever
lasting bonfire.” They reached the bonfire all right—some were
hanged, some went to the penitentiary, some died of self-induced'
disease while others are on relief. ’The serious-minded and the
industrious are the honored people of the present .hour.
“The charge that “isms” sway the deliberations of the World
Youth Congress is scotched by a composite declaration made by
speakers at the meetings at Vassar College, who agree with the
things for which the young people are fighting are social justice,
democracy, and equality of economic opportunity and not the “isms”
represented by ay (political Ideology. Human thought finds it easy
to attempt to discredit by calling names. It is a dangerous prac
tice, for it makes loopholes for the introduction of the very “isms”
most dreaded.”
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A NEEDED STATEMENT
Recently, in one of his fine talks, Dr. W. M. Gilmore, of the
'Stratford Hospital, drew attention to a state of affairs that has be
come intolerable. Dr. Gilmore, by the way, is the real thing in tne
X-ray enterprise and a hospital man who knows whereof he speaks.
He referred in his address to the sort of hospitalization includ
ing X-ray and kindred offices that hospitals render. He drew atten
tion to the way medical men and hospitals have of making the man
who can pay for the man who has no cash. Dr. Gilmore sees the rank
injustice of such a procedure. Here is a case in point. A loafer’s
wife required hospitalization. The service was rendered, the hus
band not paying one cent. Across the road from him was a farm
er’s wife Who needed hospitalization. This family is unusually
thrifty and -had a few very hard Won savings. They were expected
to pay and paid willingly, though their honorable conduct cost them
the savings and more of an entire year. These people paid their
full protection of the bill of the loafer referred to.
This state of affairs simply is intolerable, Further, it is a
state of affairs that need not exist as it does not exist in countries
that are wide awake. Some of the hospitals in London, England#
illustrate our point. It is time, high time, a time long past, when
councillors and members of parliament should be tolerated in of
fice who fail to remedy* the state of affairs Dr, Gilmore draws at
tention to and to which the instance we have recited is but a win
dow. Drs. and hospital boards are outstanding in their patience
and generosity and benevolence. Nevertheless it Is folly allied to
stupidity to bear ills that may be readily removed. It is not neces
sary in our land 'for anyone to lack needed hospitalization. iStill
less is it seemly that loafes ride the necks of the thrifty.
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EXHIBITIOfl
1879 1938
OIRmOnD--JllBlLE6
If you don’t believe in evolution
then why ate you so proud that
your great groat grandfather was a
General?
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I Of course, advertising is destined
' for the waste basket— - that Is where
I ij belongs after it has been read and
acted upon.
LETTER 19
Dear Mr. Editor;
With reference to your inquiry
asking what endeavour I would re
commend to the six hundred editors
of rural weekly newspapers spread
across Canada with their six million
readers to make Canada a better
place in which to live and work, I
believe that a campaign to inaujeate
a spirit of self-reliance would be
most of beneficial character.
Discovery and invention have
brought about new economic condi
tions and even new moral (concepts.
More and more responsibility has
been placed upon Government, In the
early days of the depression many
disliked acceptance of Government
relief, but relief, like vioe, has come
to be embraced, I well remember
the time, and perhaps you do also,
when people were ashamed to appeal
to the Government for personal as
sistance. Now it is becoming a
Did You Know That-
The River Nile is the longest in
the world, 4,000 miles.
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Corn is the only vegetable which
wear silk undies,
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Canada has the largest single can
al lock in the world (Welland Canal)
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In India Orthodox Hundus will
not kill the deadly holy Cobra, Men
worship the Cobra.
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In British Guiana fried caterpil
lars are eaten and taste like our
soft shell crabs.
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The puny ant is a driver, dictator,
cement mixer, mason, undertaker,
sanitary officer, nurse, farmer, sol
dier and miller. There are no scabs
in the ant world.
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'Steering wheel and horn button
and other such parts of the Ford
cars are made from the Soybean. It
is first cousin to Casein Plastics.
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Vacation time is on—what better
plan than to visit the old home town
and meet a few of the old people—
the old harness shop fellow—the
photographer, the old blacksmith, if
any—and spend the day around the
Post Office where there always was
a town group and then the old swim
ming hole memories of the old home
town.
S. J. S.
Grand Bend Sports
Day a Success
■Grand Bend sports’ day was a fine
success. A parade, headed by Jim
mie Nairamo’s orchestra in comic
custumes, and by H. C. Davidson,
of London, was well received by th?
throng gathered at the Bend. Prizes
were awarded for best comic cos
tumes, best fancy costumes and in
the children’s classes for the best
decorated doll buggy, best decorated
dog, and best decorated bicycle.
The comic prize was awarded Alf.
Heazerman, of Toronto. The clown
work of Romper Ted Wrighton and
Ratcatcher Bill Lockner, riding a
tandam bicycle, won rounds of ap
plause. Stan Heubach and Glen
Brenner also on a tandem bicycle
gave an excellent characterization of
a country gentleman and his girl
friend on a bicycle built for two.
After the prize awards, a ball
tournament took place with Parkhill
Springvale, Dashwood and Grand
Bend participating. The winners of
the first round, Parkhill and Dash
wood,, played off, with Dashwood
winning by a score of 6 to 1. The
Dashwood pitcher had 19 strikeouts.
Gala Day will be held On Labor
Day with an attractive program and
liberal prizes.
Government duty.
There is no doubt that there are
'Certain measures of helpful individ
ual character which .can only be car
ried out by government, such, for
example, as Old Age Pensions. A
measure of this kind should pot be
looked upon as a matter of charity
but as a matter of benefit for the
State as a whole.
On the other hand, there is no
doubt that many able bodied people
liave come to rely on the Govern
ment for subsistence as well as as
sistance in a great variety of ways#
I believe that well directed and con-
(tinuous campaign upon the subject
of self reliance would be beneficial
both to the individual and to the
State,
Wishing the weekly press every
success, I beg to remain,
Very faithfully yours,
J. D. P'ATTU)LLO,
Premier of British Columbia
50 YEARS AGO
August SO, 1888
Last week some mischievous per
son put a knife on a seat in the Main
Street Methodist Church in Order
that some one would sit on it. Mr,
Sydney Hancock was the unfortun
ate, the knife going about an inch
and a half into his leg. Sid is very
lame since the accident.
Our boys “done up” the Lucan
nine last Wednesday by a score of
31 to 22. The game was character
ized by hard hittung on both sides
and many fielding errors were made
the players not being able to judge
the ball on account of the wind.
Mr. and Mrs. James Pickard left
last week for New York.
25 YEARS AGO
September 4, 1913
Messrs. J. H. Grieve, W. W. Ta
man, R. G. Seldon and J. A. Stewart
autoed to Walkerton Monday to> take
part in a bowling tournament.
While driving home from the
Trivitt • Memorial Church picnic at
Grand Bend on Thursday last, Mr.
L. Day’s team became frightened at
! Mr. D. Hartlieb’s auto and broke
away from the rig, threatening ser
ious results and causing considerable
delay in reaching home,
Reeve Heaman of Exeter and the
Reeve of Stephen, Mr. Sanders, were
in Clinton inspecting the House of
Refuge of Tuesday.
Mr. Garfield Sheere came up from
Brantford on Monday and took his
little son home with him on Tuesday.
The Rambler Baseball team, of
London, played two games with the
locals on the Exeter diamond Labor
Day. Exeter won the first U4-12
and lost the last game 10-8.
There are now 342 women farm
ers’ clubs in 67 counites of the Prov
ince of Quebec. These -clubs, states
the Quebec Minister of Agriculture,
augment the effect of fhe lectures
and demonstrations given b'y the Of
ficial instructresses of the Domestic
Economy ahd Handicraft Sections of
the Department.
15 YEARS AGO
August 30, 1923
The Exeter Horticultural Society
held its first flower show in the
Public Library on Friday and Sat
urday last. It was a grand success
and the arrays of flowers were beau
tiful. Many were surprised that such
magnificent flowers had been grown
in Exeter, Dr. Roulston won the
special prize donated by Mr. John
Taylor for the most attractive resi
dential property. Dr. Roulston .has
become an enthusiastic horticulturist
and his back yard and garden is a
veritable beauty spot.
Mr. Frany Taylor of Stephen is
moving to town.
Four rinks of bowlers from Exe
ter visited Hensall Monday evening
mixed up with the other players and
enjoyed a real jolly evening. Mr.
Thos. Pryde, of town, was on the
winning rink while Messrs. Cliff Link
Q. -Snell and Truman Elliott were on
the rink that came second.
Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Complin and
son Charles have returned home
after a motor trip to Williamsport,
Penn., and also a visit to Georgian
Bay.
Mr. s. M. Sanders has purchased
the Exeter and Hensall branches of
the Jackson Factory.
It isn’t that we mind so mutch
when some one gets our ‘goat’—•
what bothers us is being ‘kidded*
j about it aftofward.
Mr. and Mrs, Albert Roney, of
Hibbert have announced the engage
ment of their daughter, Dorothy
Elizabeth, to Andrew Bark, eon of
Mr. and Mrs, James Park of Fullar-
ton. The marriage to take place early
in September,
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