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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1938-12-29, Page 7THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE AMBITION VS. WISHING And now for St. Valentine’s Day, * * x- * THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1038 A New Year and * same amount of been doing for sev- hair was whitening nearer to a bigger probably not Borne men wish for things—others go after them. Two men I know well are typical of both types—I met one of them recently in a hotel lobby and thru’ himt learned of the other. • The one I met was travelling the same territory for the same house, doing about the business he had oral years. His and he was no job than years before- as near— “L ought to have been taken into the firm or made sales manager long ago,” he whined, “but the thing is a closed corporation and they aren’t doing anything like that for a sales man.” “Where is Joe now?” I asked, re ferring to the other. “Joe struck a run of luck,” was the answer, “he always had been making a fad of reading these scien tific magazines. He knew all about' .electricity and about lubrication and about power transmission. Such things didn’t have anything to do with his line and I never could see why he monkeyed with them but just as luck would have it, his house developed a side line of electrical •supplies to sell to power plants, and they happened to pick on Joe to- call on the trade and he soon had a whale of a business and they took him; in and made him sales manager. That house is right about those things. I wish I’d gone with ’em long ago.” Without going into detail about it anyone can see that Joe was the type who wanted to get ahead; who' was studying something all the time to fit himself for opportunity when it came. My other friend worked hard at selling his line, but he never worked at studying even the line it self, let' alone anything for outside •development. Opportunities have •come and gone • and found him) un able to make any use of them. Just the difference between the salesman whose ambition is active and the salesman whose ambition is passive —nothing but wishes. * Xs A LITTLE JOURNEY ’Tis a little journey Scarce begun, our footsteps falter And ’tis done. a little journey Soon gone by— Let’s be friends together Ere we die. * * Hi "What did you do when Bobbie kissed you?” ‘Well, when I wanted to scream’, I couldn’t ■— and went I cOuld, I •didn’t want to!”* “(Give me the •on when others •ohead when others turn back! who stiffens up when others retreat; who knows no such word as can’t or give- up; and I will show you a man will win in the end, no matter opposes him- stacles Ere * * man who can hold let go; who pushes ■no mater what confront him.” who who ob- ***Marden QUIDNUNC southernmost city Al the is Magallances (formerly The world Punta Arenas) in Chile, S. (America, estimated population The northernmost Siberia (Mongolia), der 2,000. The northernmost suitable for automobile traffic isk in Suomi (Finland). Its northern ter minus is Petsanio on the Arctic Ocean and is open to tourist traffic in season. Halley’s Comet is visible from tile earth every 76 years—it will be a heavenly visitor again in 1986. The shortest poem in the English language .was written by Srickland Gillilan—concerning the antiquity of microbes as follows: Adam Had ’em. There are only forty-four sounds in the English language. Ivory is obtained from tile Ele phant, Boar, Hippotamous and the Walrus. is 20,80. city is Bulan population un- paved highway ■wrewwn Nagging, Dragging Pains in Back Many women have to do their own housework, and the constant bending over, lifting, malting beds, sweeping, ironing, sewing so necessary to per form. their household duties puts a strain on the kidneys, and tlio back aches are undoubtedly caused by some derangement of the kidneys, for if there were no kidney weakness tho back would be strong and Well, Doan’s Kidney Pills help to give perfect relief and comfort to all weak, backache suffering women, and make their household duties a pleasure instead of a burden. Tho T. Milburn Co., Ltd., Toronto, Ont In the mosquito family ‘The fe male of the species is more deadly than the mule’ — only the female bites. Legally, the design on United States coins may be changed only every 25 years. The “News of the World” publish ed in London, England, has the larg est circulation of any present day newspaper. Hi X‘ * The oddest thing we’re read late ly is that the discovery of the Stan dard Oil wells in Egypt resulted from a tip given in Exodus II-3. ‘And daubed it with slime and with pitch.’ One of the directors who read the paissage figured that where there is pitch there must be oil. A number of oil wells are now on the ground near where Moses was born. •Peggy: “Are you going to get a fur coat this winter?” Polly; “Don't know yet, my hus band won’t quarrel.” Ms X"* GOOD ADVICE To every wom'an and man We commend this practical plan- You. can do what you want, If you So don’t tlynk you can’t think you don’t think you can’t; can. days are growing longer light is growing stronger. ****«•• Well, we made those New Year resolutions. It’s up to the other fellow * keep them. We believe in a fair division of labour. *♦***** # It seems that Ickes, a responsible minister of the U, S. cabinet, has been telling Herr Hitler just what decent people think of him. Hitler ruffed up his feathers and demanded an apology, Uncle Sam snapped back that Ickes had spoken the simple, straight truth and that no apology was forthcoming. Next thing we know, Hitler may be asking for the Atlantic sea board as balm for his sore heart. * * * * *-f * * A GRE AT HOUR Yes, siree, we welcome those Christmas cards and greetings and things. When the day was done “me and the missus” sat by the fireside and went over the long list of those who. remembered us. One by one their faces came up before us. How good they looked. Along with them came the faces of dear ones now resting out there for the Resurrection and their spirits right there with us, telling us to be brave and patient a little longer, to be sturdy and true for a little while. The best hoiur of that happy day was that quiet time when we caught a little meaning of the phrase. “The communion of saints and the life everlasting.” New Opportunities Opportunity! What great impor tance is attached to it! Eulogized as the bearer of success, the shrine at which thousands worship, and con versely the scapegoat of millions of failures. John J. Ingalls, noted poet, des scribes opportunity as ’’master of humlan destinies” bn whom fame, love and fortune wait. “I knock unbiddep once at every gate, and if missed, pass on. I answei- not, and I return no more.” “Opportunity knocks but once”. Epitomized in this trite sentence is the dismal philosophy of millions. What a hopeless abject view of life! Constrasted with this pessimistic view is the following from; the writ ing of Walter Malone; They do me wrong, who say, I come no more, When once I knock and fail to find you in; For every day I stand outside your door, And bid you wake fight and win. and rise and -is « * MS GOOD TO SEE ■ Each night I burn the day, At sunrise again. records of the every soul is born 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 "IV. James, of Bowmanville LETTER NO, 31 Deai- Sir: I appreciate the compliment con veyed in your letter asking if I had any suggestions to make which might be helpful to publishers of the rural weekly newspapers. The suggestions which I might make, I am afraid, would bear on their face my lack of knowledge and experience along the lines to which you refer. The first thought that occurs to me, however ’is that pub lishers of rural weekly newspapers after the style and vigorous editorial policy of some weeklies which tion. It would seem rural weekly newspapers to attempt to compete with the large metropoli tan dailies in many of their features but on the other hand, I am sure that in their own community they can per form a worthwhile service by mak ing a study of the conditions and of the ways and means in which their community might be advanced. outstanding rural come to my atten- to me a mistake for If the territory is rural as you suggest, I am inclined to think that news, featuring current develop ments in agricultural practice- that is suitable for the community, would be of real value. This may seem to encroach on papers which are exclu sively farm weeklies, but I hardly think so, because these farm week lies have to cover a wide range of subjects, Whereas the local papier would deal only with those items which are of interest to the branches of agriculture carried on in the dis trict. After all, the success of the rural weekly newspaper is wrapped up in the success of the district in which it is published, and, therefore, every worthwhile movement for the ad vance of the .community is benefic ial at once to both the community and the paper. Yours very truly, T. A. RUSSELL, President, Massey-Harris Company Ltd., Toronto. outca'st everNo shamfaced deep But he might man. sank so rise and be again aThere must be something in our lengthening waist line and the glow of our spectacles that some people find funny, for they set us u.p in front at entertainments and ask us to “call off” the 'program. We were busy at this job the other day at a school entertainment and .had an opportunity of watching that most interesting of all spectacle, children’s faces. |Five little faces attracted the major por tion of our attention. The faces were keen enough, but there was lack of joyousness in folk so young. When Santa got busy at the Christmas tree, those little ‘people were .eager to the point of soul hunger. The little gifts were seized upon with an avidity that cloud ed our specs. Those gifts, we learned, were all the Christmas those little, folks enjoyed. Henceforth we’ll speak our best for the school entertainment. pictureWhat a joyous, hopeful this paints! It presents the soul of an optimjist. A rather care-free per son one would be, who had this outlook on life, but thoroughly inii- practical. “The pessimist grants no value to experience gone before. The optimist burns the records at the door.” Van Aimburgh reveals in this thought the fault inherent in both. Work and experience are the secret of success. Opportunity may come your way, but unless you are prepared for it, you cannot take ad vantage of it. You cannot accept an assignment that is beyond your capabilities. These two philosophies, the pessimistic and the optimlistic, have vitalized opportunity. They have given it an existence distinct and apart from the individual. They have a will of its” own, independent of the human will. We must remem ber that opportunity is but the door. Success must come through work, the will and the determination to succeed. John B. Gough, in his writings, said; “The man who waits for some seventh wave to toss him on dry land will find that the sev enth wave is a long time a-coming. You can com;nitt no greater folly than to sit by the roadside until someone comes along and invites you to ride with him to wealth or influence.” Oui- opportunities rise in front of us according to the manner in which we prepare ourselves for them. A beginner at book-keeping cannot do public accounting unless he prepares himself for it. The man who quite law school at the end of the first year can never hope to be attorney-general. One who has not mastered the secrets of medi cine and sugery cannot expect to be a great surgeon and perform a dif ficult and unusual operation. As a man develops his ability and know ledge, he will find an ever expand ing horizon of opportunities opening up before him. Why do we consider the new year as bringing <us new opportunities? We do this because it gives us new hopes, new ambitions and hew plans. It gives us a chance to discard all the negative thoughts acquired dur ing the past. A man may become so burdened down with disappoint ment and disillusionment that he can never again rise to great work. The advanage of “turning over a new leaf” is to rid ourselves of the old sorrows, the regrets and the pessi mistic thoughts, which burden our souls Ike milestones. Psychology tells us that the best way to end a bad habit is to end it abruptly. Sor row, self pity, grief over disappoint ment, all the negative thoughts which keep one from progressing are bad habits. The end of the old year is a great hitching post at which to leave these burdens. Start the New Year with new hopes and fresh plans for the future. While we rid ourselves of the bad mental habits acquired during the past alid build our hopes for the us keep foremost in oui- truth that tile secret of work. son to send in a tickle to help get a Christmas dinner for those in Cal gary who. would not otherwise have a Christmas dinner. U,p to last night first five days after the first an nouncement there were 19,000 nickles in the Texico station. Our So cial Plains Women’s Institute sent in $1.00. It was for a good cause and we do not forget the assistance we received from the Crediton caa of good things a year ago. A We are having a lovely fall afl winter up-to-date. No snow as y^B It has been very mild. B Wishing you a very pleasaB Christmas and a Prosperous comi™ Year from your well wishing frienW Mrs. V. J. Meade V LETTER BOX ♦ Correct answer to 1/st week puzzle The peasant had $1(7.50. 4 * 4 Violent hatred sinks us below the level of those we hate. Xi Hi * A full heart knows not the rhetor- of words. Xi * X- Emigrants that violate the law to get in seldom make law-abiding cit izens. ic * * * X< LOSSES The greatest single loss to the country is that of unadvertised busi ness. . The cost of doing business shows that from as high as one-half in the case of clothing stores, as low as one-seventieth, in the .cases of whole sale grocers, as much is spent on advertising as on representatives. It is safe to say 0.0 worth of time town criers, qi- pedlars, would not have accomplished same results, in the matter of con ducting the total commerce of country. For example, think about amount of time and persuasive fort and expenses that would necessary to sell 6,000,000 electric razors at $15.0-0 each without the aid of advertising. The economic loss is no thru’ ad vertising—it is the lack of advertis ing. sales clerks and that $10,000,000.- of salesmen or or agents the the the ef- be * Xi * TOLERANCE One of the most lovable qualities that any human .can possess is tol erance. Tolerance is the vision that enables us to see things from another person’s point of view. It is the generosity that concedes to others the right to their own opin ions and their own pecularities. It’s the bigness that enables us to let people be happy in their own way insead of our way. * * -t> As to Spring styles for men—It look as if there would be some change in the pockets. * * "What a world! By the time you’re important enough to take two hours for lunch, the doctor limits you to a glass of milk. x« * * REQUISITES OF A GENTLEMAN “My boy,” a father advised his eon, “treat everybody with polite ness, even those who are nude to you. Fox- remember that you show courtesy to others are gentlemen, bu fine.” not because they because you are * # i CAN THIS BE SAID OF YOU? * “Is lie a reckless driver? Say, when the road turns the same way lie does, it’s a coincidence.” * * >;< Ever notice that the man 'who makes a fool of himself always blames it on someone else? * £ * The greatest enemy of movement is the extremists dorse it,* * When a columnist comes t- of the day And the column has wrong It helps a bit to laugh if i And end it with a four ' * a new who eu- 3 the end gon©all ***»»* h. SUGGESTIVE THE .Commenting upon largest business houses the business methods of 193 8 one of the of London, England, has this to say: “‘Looking the other aay into the detail management of one of the more important of our departments, we discovered that three or four detail routine moves were made each day or each week which seemed to us quite unnecessary, and certainly unproductive. Inquir ing of the person responsible for these moves, we received the ans wer, “It has always been done that way.” Such a reply, tO' us, has an .unhappy effect. “It has always been done that way” is tanta mount to a complete lack of imagination, a reminder that unques tioned routine, like a habit of long standing, is so much less trouble some, more comfortable, than the adventure and exertion of looking for improvement. Thoughtless routine, in common with habits, is a brake on progress, can slow things down to a stand-still in time.” In the foregoing we draw attention to two phrases—“thought less routine" and "unquestioned routine.” They are words for .the wise. If 1939 is to prove a prosperous year there will need to. be a lot of hard work and a Whole lot of planning. Many Informed folk •tell .us that the new year is to be marked by a rising tide of busi ness. Others of this class tell us that there are no end of business breakers just ahead. Anxiety is expressed by a great many. The cause for fears is not hard to find — it is the state of mind of the average citizen. Fears and uncertainties are in the way. We have persuaded ourselves that some dire calamity is com ing and we seem dis-satisfied till that calamity really comes. A great many people would rather say “I told you so” than get some real business underway. All of which simply is too bad. Danger is no pew thing for the world. Yet dangers have been faced and driven out by being faced. Not once or twice has it been demonstrated while hopes have been dupes fears have been liars. “Sudden the worst turns the best to the brave.” Fears entertained have become alarms. Difficulties lie right ahead, but brave men 'turn difficulties into successes. The tim'es are no more perilous than they were years ago. The only difference is that we are aware of the storms and showers to ail extent undreamed of by Peel and Beaconsfield and McDonald and Brown. Let us not forget that the zone of safety is as wide as ever it was. The than the street-corner loafer. The channel is navigator. jay-walker, Is safer open to every bold 4*44 • »4 A FINE TIME and have a sleigh ride!” a bunch of young Canada, none the unceremonious invitation. “Come It was . who issued . _ _____ _______ __________ ... ___ ______ busness b’ent, but we laid aside cane and overcoat and down the hill we shot, wondering, meanwhile, if our accident and life insurance premiums were paid. We had little hope of ever seeing wife or child again, but the more we thought the faster we sped and the louder young Canada cheered and yelled. The very spirit of velocity was in the air. ’And scat! there we were! tumbled in a snow drift, no one knowing which was which nor whose limbs belonged who. “Mister” young Canada reminded us “we have hill!” and climb it we did only to slide down again, on forsone brief, joyius hour. Our worsted was a was gone. Our scarf was with the 'homeless winds, had vanished forever. The Missus was distrought per? We hadn’t had the like for years. We did not attend that committee meeting that night, we were sound asleep and such a dreamless sleep. The next morning ©very hair and each several joint and sinew was the home of pains. Real pains. Yes, but they were growing pains, we were ten years younger. Contact with youth, young Canada, vital, glowing, playing, capering, mischief-making and fun-loving young Canada, is the fountain of youth. We know, for we have just drunk of its healing waters. Leaves $17,500 Estate Almost the entire $17,500 estate of he late Lewis Rowland, Parkhill, is left to charities, organizations or individuals within the Roman Cath olic Church, under terms of his will filed in Middlesex Surrogate Court. Mr. Rowand, who was a retired farmer, wrote out hie will in his own handwriting on November 29, just four days before his death. He was a childless widower, and had no im mediate relatives surviving. St. Pe ter’s Seminary, unnamed parishes within the Diocese of London, and Rev. Fr, Cyril A. Doyle, formerly of the staff of St. Mary’s Roman Cath olic Church and now of Riverside Off- line song, COLONEL are the chief beneficiaries. of We them over twelve, were on serious to the and Our tie to climb And so on mess. Our dignity? It But that sup- of the for low $4,515, of Mr. The parishes, to be selected at the discretion of the executors estate, are to have available masses, $5,153. The Seminary will receive while Fr, Doyle, a nephew Rowland, is to get $4,419. Mr. Rowland’s property consisted principally of $7,866 of real estate, cash in the bank of $3,769 and mort gages. Other gifts include $1,666.67 for use by Mt. St. Joseph’s Orphanage to aid orphans; $200 Blood Sisters Cemetery; $100 for John Quigley, R. R. $150 for masses to Rev. Fr, McCard- le, Parkhill; $200 for the general upkeep of Parkhill Separate School. The Executors of the estate Rev, Fr, Doyle and John Eiler, Parkhill, Douglas & McCallum solicitors for the estate. $200 to the Precious to Mt. Carmel masses to Rev. 3, Goderich; are of are Bindloss, Alberta, Dec. 2, 1938 Dear Mr. Editor: I see it is full time to get my lazy foot first; my paper must be re newed if I want my paper and I don’t want to miss it. ■Oh how thankful we are this year to have the best garden we have had since coming here but our crops were not .good. Rain came too late. We are grateful for what we did get, 5 bushels to the acre, but it was a fair sample. We got number one for ours. The government of apples from B. weeks ago. Each 60 lbs. We surely The Texico Gas Nickle Club is put ting on a campaign asking each per- shipped in a car C. about three person received did appreciate it. One thing about a boarding house unless you a star boarder, you don’t have to ask permission of the land lady to go out. future, let minds the success is Theodore Roosevelt once said the reason fat me‘n are good-natured is that they can neither fight nor ruh. 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