HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1941-02-06, Page 7THE EXETER TJMES-AW0CATE
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thiwday, kww -«a» m
(with apologies to Rudyard Kipling)
If you can do the job when others
blunder.
And get the answer that stands
the test;
If you can get the gang ho think
well of you,
And say, “He’s good, he knows
his work the best”—
If you can help the chap that’s
having trouble,
Apd fill him with'the courage that
he needs;
If you can praise the other fellow’s
progress, ’ »
And give him -all the .credit for
his deeds-—<
If you can win your way with those
above you,
Because, you’re on the square and
do your stuff;
If you cm understand your present
limits,
, And never go too far—yet far
enough—
If you can -say a good word for the
business,
And help to keep the errors on the
run;
You will be picked foi’ supervision,
And what is more, you'll fill the
job, my sou.
—Smoke Eatei;.* * ♦
Conviction
Billy wanted a new pair of rubber
hoots. Mama had tried to -talk him
out of it because she thought they
would .make his feet sweat and
cause him to catch cold. Daddy al
so tried all logical arguments with
out .avail; finally telling him a high
ly imaginative and very much exag
gerated story which proceeded as
follows:
“When Daddy was a little boy,
one of his companions had been
given a pair of rubber boots by his
father. He played in the -snow and
waded in the water, which ran over
the tops of the boots. The boy took
cold. They tried goose grease, hot
water, and all the various remedies,
but the boy grew worse and died.
The undertaker -came, the funeral
was held,.and the little boy was tak
en to the cemetery and buried under
the cold, cold ground.”
Little Billy listened with abso
lute attention throughout the nar
rative, and his Daddy was congratu
lating himself on the impression he
had made, when the boy shifted his
position, gave a sigh of relaxation,
and asked, “What did they do with
the rubber boots?”
Third Asst. Suports Editor
....w-hich is all very well, T.A.S.E.,
—but when we first heard the story
it was about a sled and the last time
heard it, it was .about a wonder
pair of ice skates!* * *
like -to take a bowie knife
And straightway -start to whittle
■On the movie fan who next to me
Enjoys munching peanut brittle.* * *
Curious Cynic Cants
....trouble is that most girls are
too emotional—after the first four
or five kisses they begin to get
sentimental or mercenary.
....name ‘beauty parlor’ refers to
intentions, not results.
....another way for girls to reduce
is to deny themselves any candy
they have not paid for themselves.
....ria -change of ‘lipstick now and
then is relished by the best of men’.
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A Philadelphia landlord com
plains that whenever he tries to
collect rent from a certain tenant,
lie is
not -up on these matters, but maybe
the fellow doesn’t want to ipay rent.
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The Exeter, Ontario Time-Advo
cate sends in this, rhyme:
Little glints of humor,
Little r-Ays -of light
Knock our daily worries
Higher than a kite.
If We Knew
If we knew the baby fingers
Pressed against the window-pane
Would be celd and stiff tomorrow,
Nevei' trouble us .again,
Would the bright eyes of our dar-
ling
Catch the frown upon our brow?
Would the Print of rosy fingers
Vpx us then as they do now?
—House Mother,
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The underlying principle of all
success is founded on drudgery, sac
rifice, pains-taking labor and persis
tent effort.
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To those Galoshes
Oh, gosh, galosh, how can you have
the face
Milady’s shapely ankle to disgrace?
Where beauty was so artlessly dis
played,
There you, an ugly flap, flop undis
mayed.
homely 'hound of Hades, ’reft
of shame
You’d rob milady of her well-earn
ed fame;
You
Your wrinkled body, like a rhino’s
hide
Disporting tops that flop from side
to side.
Insultingly deforming lines of grace,
Methinks you’re slovenly and out of
place.
—Judge of Reprobates
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Enough Feminine Headgear
A widower, confronted by the task
of looking over the belongings of
His departed wife, decided that the
only thing he would preserve was a
hat which he had always admired
and in which she always looked ‘so
sweet’. It was placed -carefully by
wife Number Two, wiho inquired
about it and was told it was preserv
ed in memory of his first wife.
After a time, his second choice
was gathered to her fathers and
again the bereaved ' gentleman se
lected one of her hats in which she,
like the -first, had looked ‘so
sweet'.’ This was placed beside the
first hat on the closet shelf.
Time'' hfealdd ' the' secund wound
and a third mistress was introduced
to his household. She, too, was in
quisitive when she found /he mil- .
iinery and’asked questions. The
husband' explained the hats belong
ed to her predecessors and were
kept- as mementos.
. To that she replied: “That's all
right, big boy, but the next hat that
goes up there
derby.”
is going to be a
we
ful
I’d
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thrown downstairs. We’re
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—miss ophelia
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issue an order in
volves the responsibility of seeing
that it is properly executed.
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The First Hundred Year’s Are
, A news item tells us that there
are 6,241 people, living in Turkey
who are over one hundred years
old....3,8*85,are women and 2,356 are
men........it doesn’t say whether thev
are juveniles or adults.
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Happiness—if you are seeking it,
is not found at the end of the road
.but along the way.
* * *
The traffic problem of today
seems to be a matter of hit or’miss.
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Pert and Pertinent
‘‘A man can make a success of
anything he sets his mind to....”
....for instance, if you want to be
a first class liar, begin by cultiva
ting a good memory.
“Bill -collectors make 89 calls on
women to 11 on men—”
....it’s the woman who pays!
“An eminent scientist states that
he never heard of a perfect man.”
....the answer to that one is he
never married a sod widow.
“Some people are born great,
others achieve greatness,^some have
greatness thrust upon them—”
....still, there are others who just
grate upon you.
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Authority to
—*Oley Okeydoke.
>|s * *
a bit Of verse we found in
last Week. It Was un-
We do not know if it is
The mighty Aux Sable row rolls untroubled to the sea.$ * -* < *-• £ 4 S
There’s no time for idle scorning,
When the days -are going by.
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And where’s the guy that assured us we wouldn’t have much
snow this winter?* * * ■ * * *- . * *
We came upon a Mounty not so long ago, We asked him re
garding his objective. He didn’t; tell us.* *
This planning for post war conditions is premature. What’s that
about catching the hare before you cook it?* * * * * * *
It looks as if the Italian ’Empire in Africa were to be torn to
shreds and tatters, It’s time for the masculine sob sisters to be pip
ing up,
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It looks as if some of Greece’s ancient glory were coming hack
to her, At the same time we fail to see anything of the noble Roman
in Mussolini.* * * * * * * (
It is interesting to hear some of the soldiers in training tell
how,this and that is done in, camp. The local German spy is equally
interested with our Canadian citizens.
H* &
It’s time we forgot about the mismanaged Sirois report, and that
badly done assembly work of war machines. The Empire requires our
cash, our labor, our enthusiasm, and our sacrifice............... ' ** ’* V- *
IS HE WAITING?
Is Hitler waiting for the exhaustion of
We hope that he waits for ten months longer.
The Exeter council' has had two
entrances of the North End Bridge,
bridge is there at last, *****
electric
just to
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the British resources?
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lights installed at the
assure folks that the
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Word comes that the federal government is prepared to pay
part of the cost of transportation of wheat from the western prov
inces, provided the eastern provinces will supplement that sum by a
like amount.
That was a bad, road-blocking storm we had the other day,
but before the wind was well -over its nastiness, - the roads were
opened. When it comes to getting a good job well done, the farmer
who farms can be depended upon to find his way -about., * * * « « * * ■
In response to one of our smaller ads last week, making known
certain farm products, our patron received a fine cheque signed I.B'.D.
It pays to mak.e use of oui’ advertising columns. We never can tell
where cheques may come from. Our columns are read in all quarters.
‘‘And what’s that sign for?” we inquired of a couple of bright
young men busy at erecting a notice as we approached the North
End Bridge-
faster.” The successor to
“Might as well.”* *
Henry Ward Beecher
twenty-five cents per head
happened in the United States if the- government of that great re
public had guaranteed the producers of cabbage twenty-five cents
per head? In 1929 -one dairy in New York received thirty cents per
quart for milk. What would have happened in the United States
if every farmer had been guaranteed thirty cents per quart for his
milk? We know a certain blacksmith who receives seven dollars
and fifty .cents for every wheelbarrow he produces. What would be
the result if he were guaranteed that sum for every wheelbarrow he
can produce? We live in very interesting -times.
-“Word from the ‘givermint' telling the traffic to move
Solomon smiled serenely and remarked:
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is credited with saying that it cost him
to produce cabbages. What would have
A SUGGESTION
We ihear a great deal about the duty of the hour and of what
we should be doing to meet post war conditions. Here is one hint
that we pass -on in the interest of the boys and girls ancl the youth of
the present hour, To the youth we’d say, “Learn to take it. Stick
to it till you have made the best of it.”v To the boys and girls in
school we say, “Learn your lessons well, play .hard, go to Sunday
School and be real sports, in your way. Faint heart ne’er won fair
lady.*'t ’ * * * * * * *
CONTROLLING BANG’S DISEASE
This is good word that Dr. McGilvary of the O.A.C. brings us
that some very satisfactory progress has been made in the control
of Bang’s disease. Farmers everywhere and 'dairymen in particular,
will be glad to know that this scourge is in some measure at least
. being brought to heel. For Some time there has been a test for the
presence of the disease. The. last word is that there is reasonable
hope that remedy has been discovered for the actual cure of cows af
fected by this disease that is a positive menace in more ways than
one.’ ’ , . ’
Whatever curtailment there may be in public expenditure, there
must be no hampering of skilled research workers in matters of the
health of useful farm animals. The laboratory men work in the
quiet, but upon their findings depend nearly all the things that
make for progress. Every farmer should get into touch with his
veterinary, as this new way of doing things may mean “the stabiliz
ing of his dairy industry, to say the least, for Bang’s disease has
many ramifications, and all of them bad.
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THE PASSING OF DR. SKELTON
Canada is much the poorer because of the death of Dr. Skelton,
the private adviser -of the Canadian government on foreign affairs.
No man -can estimate the influence this patriot had -on Canadian life.
To him was committed the tremendous and fateful task of inter
preting the news that could be gathered from all corners of the
earth in so far as that news represented the affect that world hap
penings had upon the Canadian commonwealth. His was that mind
that weighed and sifted the information that came to rulers and
upon his advice more than that of any othei' man the government
formed its policy in its relation to other nations. Fortunately for
Canada, Dr. Skelton was a man of outstanding ability* of keen dis
cernment. of unimpeachable integrity, of limitless industry and of
extraordinary lucidity of expression. He was a devoted Christian
gentleman who put his duty to God before every other interest.
There was nothing spectacular about ihis work. He appeared on no
platforms, but to him was submitted every considerable item of
Canadian foreign policy. No one can quite estimate his influence
on Canadian life. We know of no One qualified to take his place.* * * * * * * *
mother saw to it that be learned his lessons. After k while Eddie
attended to that himself. He took to finance down there at Queen’s
under that prince of teachers and economists, professor Adam Bbortt.
He got a position as a teacher somewhere. Then he got into .a Can
adian bank. Before he knew it he was one of the directors of that
right tight little financial institution, the Bank of England. Then
the government heard of him, made a knight of him and there he Is,
a topnotcher where men like Churchill and Sir Montagu Norman are
glad to have him nod their way. Yes, parents and boys and girls!,,
the world is bulging out with opportunities for the trained worker
and the reliable man. Keep your youngster at his lessons, his play
and his home duties.# * * .# ♦ *
fears are in the way
We are passing through a time when few are free from fears,.
The war clouds refuse to lift and till they are lifted wise people have
theii* anxieties. But anxieties must not be allowed to paralize our
minds, nor to lessen our efforts. That man is an unconscious enemy
of the Empire who directs our attention only to the dangers of the
hour. While there are dangers, threatening and terrible, that may
befall US on account of the war, there are also boundless possibili
ties for good* The hope of final victory grows with every passing
day,
What are some of the needs of the hour? Without stressing
this point to the»place of irritation, we’d like to see a union govern
ment. Next we’d like to see the churches of the Dominion taking a
deeper interest in the events now transpiring. Next, we’d like to see
our citizens practising a severe self-discipline in the interest of the
war fund. Money is needed, and unless all signs fail, all the nations
Within the Empire will need to contribute to that fund to the top of
their ability and to the depth of their purses. We’d like to see the
nation faking its military duties a good deal more seriously, When
Britain launches her offensive, we’ll need every man we can secure
taking active duty in the field ox1 in the air or on the sea. Then we’d
like to see every last one of our people pulling their own weight and
a little more. Supremely^ we urge with all pur might, the practice
of abiding faith in God who never yet ^deserted His children. His
resources are not exhausted. ' The wise man declared: “In all thy
.ways acknowledge Him and He will direct thy paths.” Why not.
respond to this call? Faith in God is no caper in the mist, We hate
hypocrisy, but we do believe in sincere religion, in the simple faith
of Cromwell and Lincoln and Washington and Milton and Browning-
and Shakespeare. Such faith and such religion in the hearts of the
Empire are the harbingers of victory and the essence of the mind at
ease and of the strong hand and unfailing arm.
Has a Cold
Misery
Improved Vicks Wy
Mothers, you will welcome the■ relief from misery that comes .
with a “VapoRub Massage.”
With this more thorough treat
ment, the poultice-and-vapor action of Vicks VapoRub more
effectively PENETRATES irritated air
passages with soothing medicinal vapors... stimulates chest and
back like a warming poultice or plaster.., STARTS RELIEVING misery right away! Results delight even
Old friends of VapoRub,
TO GET a ‘WappRub Massage”
with all its benefits—massage
VapoRub for 3 minutes on IM
PORTANT BIB-AREA OF BACK
as^well as throat and chest—
spread a thick layer on chest,
cover with a warmed cloth. BE
SURE to use genuine, time-testedV VICKS VAPORUB, /
MRS. JOHN WAMSLEY'
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I vive four sons and one daughter,
• William- and John Wamsley, To-
, Another lifelong resident of Stan- • ronto; James, of Seaforth; Lome,
ley Township passed away Sunday < of Kitchener; and Mrs, John Cam
eron, of Bayfield; two brothers and
one sister, John Sharp, in Saskatch
ewan; William and Miss Frances
Sharp in Stanley. The funeral was
held on Wednesday afternoon from
the residence, private, and with ser
vice conducted by* Rev. John Gra
ham of Trinity Church. Interment
was in Bayfield Cemetery.
in the person of Mary Sharp Warns- '
ley, widow of John Wamsley, at her |
home in Bayfield, in ‘her 83rd',year. >
She was a, daughtei’ of William ■■
Sharp and Prances Adamson Sharp,
born in Stanley and lived all her'
life in and near Bayfield, In 18*80
she married John Wamsley who
predeceased her in 1905. There sur-
DEES IN TUCKERSMITH
The passing of Margaret McDon-'
aid Crick, widow of Whitfield Crick/
occurred during her sleep Saturday
morning at the home of her son,
Howard Crick, Tuckersmith Town
ship, She was in her 75th year, She
was borfx in Huron County, a daugh
ter of Angus B'. McDonald and Sara
Walters McDonald. She married
Whitfield Crich, who predeceased
her in 1920. They resided in Clin
ton three years prior to Mr. Crich’s
death. There survive a son, How
ard, and three grandchildren; a
sister, Mrs. Charles Layton, To
ronto. The funeral was held on
Monday with service conducted by
G, D. Burton, Interment was in
Turner’s Cemetery, Tuckersmith.,
realize that Canada now calls on me ... to join in a great
National Savings Plan... necessary to win the war and vital to my
own safety.
-that the gallant men of the Army, Navy and Air Force...
now on the fighting front... need me on the financial front. They
need munitions, material and equipment... and only by my money
which represents the production of war materials can this support be
secured; They are my protectors. They call on me to be their provider.
this will require hard work and many dollars.
II
i only by hard work and frugal living... by LENDING
all I can to Canada . .. can I do my part to help to win the war and
establish our future security.
that I will forego the purchase of unnecessary articles
. . . however small the cost... no matter how well I am able to pay
for them ... which take labour and materials away from the great task
of providing .goods needed to win the war.
Most people fail to recognize the
Seriousness of a bad back.
The stitches, twitches, and twinges
are bad enough and cause great suf
fering, but back of the backache
Und the cause Of it all is the dis
ordered kidneys crying out a warn
ing through the back.-
<s A pain in the back is the kidneys ’
cry for help. Go to their assistance.
Get a box of Doan’s Kidney Dills.
A remedy for backache and Sick
kidneys, **
“Doan’s” fire put up in ah
oblong grey box With our trade
mark a “Maple Leaf” on the
wrapper.
Refuse substitutes. Get‘‘ Doan’s. ’ ’
The Or. Milburn Co.. Ltd., Toronto. OnU I
Here is
our mail
signed so
an original poem from one of our
readers or not. We would like to
have the name of the writer so we
can- give proper credit.
May your ship sail far
Under fortune’s star
To the islands where treasures be,‘
May you fill its hold
With honors and gold
And jewels of famed degree.
With dipping sail,
Through sunshine -and gale,
May you mil where the winds blow
free;.
On the other side
Of life’s restless tide
Find a harbor and peaceful sea,
LOCAL PATRIOTISM
In times when there is danger of setting class against class,
even in Old Ontario, tihe following bit of history is worth telling.
This village in Old Ontario Was almost wholly dependent for its pros
perity upon the local farm trade. The village was prosperous and
general good will prevailed. One day word got out that the represen
tative of a large outside concern was giving a surprisingly large
price for an important farm commodity. The smaller dealers were
in consternation. The papers and all telephone word indicated that
the price offered by the outside concern Was not warranted by mar
ket conditions. The intention of the big concern evidently was to
outbid the local market till the local dealers lost their business con
nections and would be Tut out of the financial running, one local
concern was wideawake enough to see what was going on, looked up
his Credit and resolved to absorb the loss the big concern was bring
ing to the village. For over a year he met price by price and final
ly the outsider saw that he was outwitted. The result was that the
village trade was held and the usual life of the village sustained. The
local merchant’s action- was a fine bit of local patriotism. Sage
experience bids us declare that the local merchant does more for
the countryside than the average citizen knows anything about.
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BETTER READ THIS, FATHERS AND MOTHERS
Not much popular notice is paid to an announcement that Sir
Edward (Peacock has befeh sent on a mission to America, represents"
tlve of the (Bank Of England, to make some sales Whose listing makes
a volume as large as a largo Bell Telephone directory. That his mis
sion and one of the most responsible missions that has been en-
trusted to anyone for many a decade, well, Sir Edward was, only
a few years ago, known as Eddie, jn a dOh^rerntlonal ministor’h
homo where the financial going was of the hardest. But dad and
4"- " $ ' ' H.NOW ... Starting this month ..« 1 will put a definite
part of my income aside in War Savings Certificates. I will have it
deducted regularly ... each week... each month ... either from my
pay envelope or from my savings account, by arrangement with my
employer or my bank manager
Published
by the
War Savings
Committee,
Ottawa,
(Signed by)