HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1941-04-10, Page 7THE' EXETER‘fllMES’ASvOCATE
you must keep a complete record of your
The following rhythmic trans
lation of the 'Greek National An
them appeared in the Greek ‘Nation-*
.al Tribune’ published in iSydney,
then reprinted m the HaxAbQur,
•Queensland, Australia, Chronicle.
May we suggest that you save
for your scrap book.
So I know you by the keen edge
Qf the terror-striking swoi’d, t
So I know you by the free glance
Sweeping swiftly thru the land.
From the Hellenes’ sacred ashes
You have risen valiantly
As before, in olden ages,
Hail! e’er hail, 0 Liberty!
it
Right in there you lived ip SQl’row,
Bashful bitterly to p-mu,
Longing always for the morrow
To be called and rise again.
But the day took long in breaking,
Every life was silent, dead,
Reigning terror was e’er shaking
Million hearts in every tread.
To remember gone^by glory
Was your only soothing cheer.
Hapless one.! Your tearful story
All the world you called to hear,
From the Hellenes’ sacred ashes
You have risen valiantly
As before, in olden ages
Hail! e’er hail, O liberty!* * *
Sympathy
Mark Twain and 'Chauncey M. De
pew, once went abroad on the same
ship. When -the shifpi was a few
days out, they were both invited
to a dinner, and when speech-mak
ing time came, Mark Twain had the
first chan,ce. He spoke twenty min
utes and made a great hit. Then it
was* Mr. Depew’s turn.
“Mr. Toastmaster and Ladies and
Gentlemen," said the famous ra
conteur as he rose, “before this
dinner, Mark Twain and myself
made an agreement to trade speech
es. . He has just delivered my
speech, and I thank you for the
pleasant manner in which you re
ceived it. I regret to say that I
have lost the notes of his speech
and cahnoV<,fememij'ef "anything -he-
was to say."
'Then he sat down, and there was
much laughter.
Next day, an Englishman, .who
had been in the party, came across
Mark Twain in the smoking room
and said consolingly: “Mr. 'Clemens,
I consider you were, much imposed
upon last
•heard Mr.
but really,
made last
ing the most infernal rot.”
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How That Boy Does Get Around
Tad, the Toui'ist—'writing from
Kennebunkport, Maine, tells us of
a sign he saw stuck in the door .'of
a ‘Dining .Car’ Lunch Wagon,
Which -read: “Home to Luuch Until
One O’clock.”
—he .also reports that down in
Waverly, Ohio, he saw this sign:
“Andy’s Diner—On account of the
late war developments, we are ser
ving Greek spaghetti.”
—-and that down in Birmingham,
Alabama, there is a “Bill Leak Tire
Company.”* * *
A Dodo in training at.Kelly Field
received .a letter telling that he was
an uncle of triplets—and that his
sister was doing nicely. To which
'he remarked: “Gosh that stork’
must have come down 'Completely
out of control!"
And as Sam Hill once so sagely
remarked*. “You can’t make mother
believe that the protty nurse who
smiles so sweetly while Waiting on
Father wouldn’t just love to bat him
over the head if. it Wasn't strictly
against hospital regulations.
♦ * *
Well, even if capital punishment
has not served to deter murderers,
it certainly has Interred a few of
them from time to time.
night. I have always
Depew -is a clever man,
that speech of his you
night struck me as be-
i
Silas Posthumous Johnston (be
lieve it or not, folks, that’s really
his name) our colored concierge,
who is a very active fraternal lodge
member, came intn our offi.ce the
other pan. and asked to borrow one
of^our dictionaries, (We have sev
en and still can’t sip ell correctly).
“What do you want it for, Si?”
we asked-—just to make conversa
tion, “'Going tQ look up £ow big
words for another speech?”
“Nd, sub, 'Colonel, suh. Tain’t
dat. Ah Jest wants to< translate de
speech AU made las’ night,”
* *
The flowers that bloom in the
spring, tra la—-
Have pollen that flies in the fall—
gosh darn!
Hai Bheber
* * *
Peace
Peace is but a petty thing indeed—
■ Gay-garlanded at banquet board...
It seiweth best the comniou need
When girded with the naked
sword. c
May I be shut from paradise,
Condemned by friend and foe
alike,
When reason to my heart denies
The grace to pardon or to strike.
—Par. Agon
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How to Get Rich
If it were possible for everyone
to be of an equally high order of
intelligence and free of the moral
and mental prejudices that grow out
of ignorance, there might b‘e no la
bor difficulties.
Wealth is, based on goods and
labor. Capital begins with a sur
plus of time which can be used for
the attainment of a surplus of
goods. Every laborer who learns
this lesson becomes a .capitalist in
some degree.
Raising wages raises prices. As
most people spend all they make,
an .increase in wages leaves the
earner just where he was before..
'People get rich according to law.
The law is very simple but hard
to obey in the beginning. It is:
“Work and save,”
, A.sMg>M1p§,rc,ent.a^it of, the popula
tion disobey1’'thisMawmil lilieir “lives'
and condemn fortune for favoring
the. ones who observe it.
The nation spends millions of dol
lars for pleasure .and millions In
time, enjoying it—and most every
one resents the idea of self-improve
ment as the basis of success.
“To him that hath industry shall
be given.” The gatekeeper at the
portals of success is still WORK.
* * *
•Some persons find their great
est pleasure in doing; others in un
doing what others have done; and
many in not doing either. (Posi
tive, x* negative and neutral—£on-
structive, destructive and dormant).
The trouble with most college
professors is that they try to im
part their own opinions instead of
training students to think for them
selves.
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* * *
Bert and Pertinent
“One of the things wrong with
this country is that there are too
many grade crossings...,..”
—in our public schools?
“One trouble ’with most of us is
that we wish for something that
we haven’t got.”
—well, what else is there to wish
for?
“There are just two kinds of
people—the good ones and the bad
ones.”
-—tihe classifying, of course, is
done by the former.'
“Certain crops are associated with
certain tools: like hay and the
scythe, Corn aud the cultivator,...”
—wild oats and . the rake?
*—Oley Okeydoke.
* * *
My Dog—Hutch
Two dark eyes iii which I see,
Courage, faith and love for me,
Two perky ears that listen and
hear ,
My commands that ■ to him are so
dear,
Not much of a name,
And nd pedigree
What bare I What
His breed may be......
He’s Butch, to ma.
Htoogie
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Circtimstantial Fvitlelidb
Fvon the cleverest and most per
fect circumstantial evidence is like
ly to be at fault after all, and there
fore ought to be received with great
caution—said Mark Twain, an# he
contihUed, —Take the case Of any
pencil sharpened by any woman;
if you have witnesses, you will fin#
“she did it With a knife, but if yOU
take simply the aspect of the pen
cil,, you will say she did it with het
teeth.
Who saves times lengthens life.♦ * • * *
Credit buys what push never seeA* * * ♦ *
Make a budget, Live within that budget.
* ■♦' * *'’Of fa" *
‘Men’s hammers break, God's anvil stands.4 4. -.»? . -> :]*
Jack Frost can’t stand W against bld iSoi and the south wind. #. * ♦ * ♦ ♦ ♦
It’s far easier being an early riser at ten a.m,it. » ♦ * * * .♦
dad looking at the good old gardenWe saw
of spring.
plot,, a sure sign
.* *, * * *
brave soldier laddie’s
farm, these fine spring
* ♦ .*
thoughts are
days. Yet well he knows that
■turning towardsMany a
the good .old
duty must foe done,* * * * *
Three times three and a tiger to those ‘business men who left
(counter .and office in behalf of the wax* funds, When we gave gen-
efously we but gave in our own defence,
Those lelamouring for the 'President to do this ior that in regard
to labour troubles will find coinfprt in recalling that he has done
pretty well in. a number of things. He’s a mighty clever man.****** * *
Yes, We’re busy with 'the selling of goods and preparing of seed
and all the rest of it for farm work, but think a bit Of Yugo-Slavia
and Bulgaria and of Holland, Belgium, Denmark and ef the fields
of Old England and you’ll find your task take op a different aspect.********
LETTING DOWN THE STANDARDS
Victory in the present international strife may be gained at
too great a cost. This would be the case if, when the war is over,
we should find that we have lowered our moral standards. For in
stance, we see nothing but harm coming of asking for a day of
'prayer for success in our struggle and forthwith flouting the ten
commandments, commandments given on the highest Authority.
We are familiar with the easy jests regarding the standard of con
duct commanded Iby the Dread Supreme, We have seen the impious
smile that accompanies that remark about the things he cares for
and demands, We know something of the flouting of what is
clearly set forth in the Bible Si matters- of conduct. But we know,
also, something of what 'has followed such conduct’. We know, too,
w.hat ^as characterized the life of individuals and nations who have
sincerely and devoutly given themselves to going His. way. The
Ten Commandments mean just what they say. No word has gone
forth- recalling one of them.. Men may laugh at them, but a? they
do so, they will foe well advised to remember that the Most High
of no ap-
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slumbers not nor sleeps. His state is kingly. We know
peal against iHis requirements.-*«***♦♦
BETTER GET BEADY
•Conversation with an army medical officer brought
the new blood stirring these days. An Army Officer in
old days was characterized by his imposing dignity.
Nightingale With her demands for service was a sore 'trial
to notice
the good
Florence
„ „ - . ___... ______, ___ _____ to him in
his mantle of awful but windly 'pomposity. In this year of grace
the army medical officer simply must show efficiency. He is re
quired to he a student and to be making constant advance in his
healing art. When he examines a man 'he absolutely is required to
know what he is about. Ilf 'he does not take in what the stethoscope
tells 'him, if ha can’t make an understanding blood count, if he fails
to read aright what the microscope reveals, .or if 'he does not know
just what wounds or sickness require, he finds it mighty easy to be
let out of the seryice.
All this is cited to illustrate what the new day will demand of
every citizen. The heel and 'whip of necessity are driving out stu
pidity.* If one cannot render, or will not rendex* a service, there is
a bright person just ‘treading his heels- for his job. Pulpit and coun
ter and office and work bench and field and 'byre alike will feel the
pressure. 'Church, and school must take notice of the new drive and p7’epar’S',’MF’hhaef‘"%hei'F'^uidanice for the severe “tests*-just-ahea'd.
Especially -must parents see that. Personal worth and personal
efficiency will dominate the new day, rather than inherited wealth
or reputation.^ The young person who is not distinctive in some
thing that meets clamorous human needs soon will be altogether out
of the running.********
GOOD BED BLOOD
Not for many a day will Canada forget her experience in raising
the money for war service. First, they’ll recall the work done by
the canvassers. IFor bhe most part this task was gladly undertaken,
seen through by men and women laden down with the work of keep
ing the home fires foux’ning, and that in the face of labor shortage
and limited- credit. Yet these toilers le'ft theii* gruelling labour
that every .citizen might have the opportunity of insuring that
Britons shall be forever free. Let it not be forgotten that these
canvassers were among our largest givers of money and goods. In
the next place we have the donors of funds and goods, men, women'
and children "gave as they were able. Folk of large funds gave
largely, though they had already given largely throughr-.taxation of
the regular character and Iby special levies and voluntary contribu
tion*. When we realize what this 'Class of citizen has done, and is
doing every day for the goo'd of the .commonwealth, we stand in
amazement before what they did in the recent canvass.
Even more wonderful is the .generosity of the folk whose means
are small. Here’s one case. -A -labourer Whose wife has been ill
for seven* years, during five years of which this ’brave soul has
given a dollar and a half per day for her support, met the canvas
sers with a warm smile and with words 'that bent beneath their
weight of goodwill an'd handed ovei’ for war services a full day’s
p'ay, May 'his fame never die! And such was the spirit of
oui’ Canadian people from cottage to mansion. New courage fills
o.ur hearts. New hope brightens our eye. We thank God and take
courage. “Wha wouldn’ fecht for sis a Ian’.”
We hear our king humming:
“Who for Briton’s king and law,
Freedom’s sword would strongly draw,
Free men live or free men fa’.
Let' him on wi’ me.”**** ****
THE EMERGING CLASSES
' Some people are telling us that the present war is bound to re
sult in the abolition of class distinctions. Such people Would be bet
ter employed in telling iis of the inevitable emergence of classes
events are forcing upon us. 'Britain’s 'aristocracythat had any
value in at was not a matter of 'birth or of political circumstances
'but was the outcome of service that liberated the human soul. Win
ston 'Churchill is the son of forebears who won their place in the
saddle, on many a battlefield and in the struggles of many a council
chamber. And he 'is 'but one Of many, -less distinguished it may be,
but nevertheless Ulen in whose veins ran the 'blood ’of the worthy
in morals, of the mighty in achievement in many fields besides those
of war. All true English men and women are struggling, suffering,
sacrificing side by side. These 'brave souls have no time to think Of
the achievejnentS' of their ancestors, so.bent are they oil the duty of
the hour. When the battle has been fought and woii these men will,
not waste time in asking about family trees and of tile exploits of
brave and toiling Souls of a thousand years ago, but will point with
. proud ’finger to the deeds that have kept England fresh and green
and free in these stirring but sublime days of falling bombs and
bursting shells. Those who have served according to their ability
..and given as they could, the rich offering out of their bounty and
the poor out of their penury will be be regarded ns England’s aris
tocracy. Admiral Ouiininigham set the standard the other day. The
awful battle of the Mediterranean was over. The meteor flag of
England was again triumphant, x. The cloud's* of freedom’s troubled
' night had lifted for a brief hut glorious moment. There over the
dancing waves whs shown the secret of it all in the two short but
mighty Words, “Well done.” Well did the victor know that his
success and the victory of his sailors Was the outcome of work well
done in homes, in schools, in, navy yards, in training schools, in
Sunday School and churches. Had those decoy sailors come short
Ih their mission, had teachers in any branch or schoo-l, failed in their
sacred mission, had there been a defect in munitions or in artil
lery or gunnery or strategy, that victory could not have been won.
No such failure emerged in an hour so fateful.
A new aristocracy is emerging hut it will be the aristocracy of
the well-doers, 'the highest honours and the most splendid rank
will be to those Who serve best. The finest tools of any sort will
be in the hands that u'se thorn best. The aristocracy base# bn Char
acter and achievement has been born.
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PARKHILL WAR VETERAN
FOUND DEAD IN TRUCK
in
a
Eli Wasnidge was found dead
the truck he had been driving
short time before. He parked the
truck near his home and appar
ently died >a few minutes later and
had ‘been dead approximately an
hour when found. Death was due to
heart attack. He was in his 5 2nd
year. He iS survived by his wife,
two daughters, Kathleen and Mar
ian (Mrs, Cecil Pollock) and two
sons, Frank at home and -Pte, Carl
Wasni'dge of the Elgin Regiment..
Mr, Wasnidge was a veteran of the
First Great War,
W>m. H. iGibson, a retired London
Township farmer, died Monday at
his home in 'Granton, after a long
illness. He was in his 71st year.
Spring Frost
Little birdies on the wing
Litle ‘bugs and everything.
•Smell of blossoms in the air
Dandelions most everywhere.
Little gardens in a patch,
Little chicks about to hatch
■Little cold snap with a snip
Gives patch and chicks and flowers
—Homebody.
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