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“Sudden the war worst turns the best to the brave.
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—and a darned vivid, imagination.
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Job and Solomon never had to fight twitch grass or bindweed.
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Inttle wonder that
giving for the fine rain,
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JULY Wlh BI
Hqw I detest the Grouchy Pest
Whose tongue is sharp and flay
ing! ‘
He ramps around, and m&kes
sound .
Just like a jassack braying!
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(Some little slur** is sure to stir
His ire—-flashing red!
He opes his lips and lets 'er rip*
Words, better left unsaid!
Har sweeter, boy, to peddle Joy;
Than yield to peevish guile! .
•The darkest day on Life’s rough
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Is brightened by a smile! •
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sorrow. It costs iu tears. Its reward will be the saving of our honor.
Yes, we’re at war, and the war is likely to be a. long, cruel, de-
vastating war. Why,, then, -this nest feathering? Just hecai-se
Britain needs our bacon, why should some of qs asked to pay
ever-rising prices therefor? If the bacon is needed in England why
should it be sold to any one at any price over here In Canada where
bacon is not a grim necessity as it jg in England? Why sell an
ounce of bacon in Canada? ’ Wahy this humbug, “if a man has the
price he should be supplied with bacon or anything else?” That’s
a statement that is beside the point. If England needs our bacon,
why should it be sold in Canada in the ordinary way of trade, when
the conditions are altogether extraordinary? Why embitter- the
poor man who has not the price?
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AS TO GASOLINE
We’re in favour of treating all alike in this matter of gasoline
and oil, Any other method of carrying out the regulation allows
all manner of loopholes. The decent citizen who reduces his con-
. sumption of oil and gasoline does not like to hear of the indecent
citizen who gets by the regulations and likes still less to see some
indecent citizen in this matter wink his eye, and point to a full
gas tank and then stick his tongue in his cheek as, lug as a goose
egg. In this matter there need be no exceptions and no exceptions
should be made for any person for any alleged reason.
A lar^e proportion of the citizens of this country are law abid
ing and patriotic to the middle of the backbone. The swaggering
few need not have theii* wishes gratified contrary to law. The
driver who gets “stuck” will do better next time. He'll then be
in the “once bitten twice shy” class, Otherwise he’ll rpn his bluff
as long as he can bully softies lute softening the bump he ha$ won.
through sheer carelessness,
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The fish in some of our streams wondered why soap and towels
"were not supplied along with the hot water.Memory Trairung
Borne of our best ’ideas’ come to
us while we are away from qur work
of occupiedWith, some routine mat-,
tefs. They come as ajiash of in
spiration—welling and ’ surging up
perhaps from our subconscious
mind, Some make a strong impres
sion and are (retained; others.—and
some of the best ones—do not find
a foothold and so are lost as our
mind ’wanders on to other things
that demand cur attention,
These ‘ideas’ may,- and very of
ten are after-thou|hts that come to
us as our mechanical and methodi
cal mind triesAo file our experience
ip our memory. They come and
go so quickly that we fail to real
ize- their worth and merit until they
have vaporized.
One way to train our min a in
capturing our best ideas is to cul
tivate. the note-book ha’bit. Jot’
down a few words of any thought,
experience or impression of unusual
; worth. Then - review the notes at
more leisure, moments and. they jxe-
come crystallized into useful ep*.
ti,ties, \ ’
The note-book habit is one of r.he
most useful and helpful forms of
mental training because it helps us
to visualize as well as to remember,
So pray t'hee—SMILE! It is a Style
That’-s more than passing fair!
The cheerful boy, With look of joy,.
Xs welcome—everywhere!
—Gay Virginia
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The Wish Complete
I wish I was a little egg
Away up in a tree,
A-sitting in my little nest
As bad as I could,be. .
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I wish that you would come along,
And stand beneath that tree;
Then I would up and burst myself
And spatter Thee with Me!
—Grewsome Apparition
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Workable Impressions
Under the stress of deep emo
tion, men have achieved* heights of
gepius. in literary and musical ef
fort, but such examples are excep
tional. Practically all the great
masterpieces admired by the world'
have" been slowly conceived and la
boriously 'wrought.
C^riginql ideas do not flow as
’ freely as water from a faucet. They
are the outcome not so much of in
spiration as of perspiration-
through grinding mental effort. .
It is true an idea may sometimes
come like a flash to the man at-
machine or bench; it may relate to
the improvement of * equipment,
methods of handling work, or even
the product, but the idea must be
thought out logically; it must be
theoretically sound at least, before
it is ready to stand the gaff of actual
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Achievement
‘Hard luck” in life is nothing more1
Than waiting, without pm,
Foi' fate to knock upon
And bring you wealth
your door
and fame!
taking hold
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Even in dog
furlined coat.
The requisite
And
days we need to remember where we left the old
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raspberries were unable
amount of seed coating.
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what a fine thing a real
■ copious and in the right place!
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to supply
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their friends with the
rain is when it comes warm and
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Just now the Russians and the Germans are reading the list
of casualties. This war is hideous and appalling beyond all telling.
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he has won.
If the bright weather holds, we’ll soon be
vest. No man oan tether time or tide.
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through with the har-
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Let us, then, be up and doing,
With .a heart for any fate.
, Still achieving, still pursuing—
Learn to labor and to wait.
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' MR'. CHURCHILL KNOWS HOW TO
Mr, Churchill was discussing the possibility
ing another 'bombing attack on British cities. He
threat that the coming assaults would be severer than any attacks
hitherto .delivered. Here is Mr. •Churchill’s comment: “Do your
» worst; and we’ll do our best,” We like the sentiment and we ad- <,
mire the expression thereof. There’s no improvement upon precisely
that Way of saying that very thing.
TOO BAD
SAY IT
of Germany’s mak-
referred to Hitler’s
TIME FOR VIM
Hitler has made his mark by getting things done,
like what he got done but he got at something in dead
all the world wonders at the result, When he set himself to his
task, Germany was too down and out for any to do her reverence,
Folk openly said, “If Hitler can make anything out of Germany he
deserves every credit. If Germany, poor, defeated, can do anything,
let her do it.” We have seen this Germany defy and menace not
only Europe, but the world. And the end it not yet.
The defect of Canada and of almost every community in Canada,
is not downright, hardened wickedness, but the sluggard Spirit, No
high goal, no goal worthy of such a country and of such communities
is set and no downright effort is made to* attain* the painfully
mediocre goal that seems to >be sought. We must get over this
miserable way of doing things or get off the map altogether. All
over, this province are skeletons, of villages that once throbbed with
life? but are now mere wrecks^ Every once in a’While we come
across business places that once commanded the respect of the
community that now are on the rocks? Why? Because of lack of
vim. Canada limps where she should leap because we have chosen
• leaders who sadly lack the enterprise without which no country can
make progress. Worthwhile things are accomplished only when
folk use their gray matter and toil desperately-.
Let’s Talk it Over....
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We do not
earnest and
Confederation
Life Association.
F. J, DELBRIDGE,
Representative,
EXETER
PASTOR AT BRUCEFIELD
HONORED BY YOUNG PEOPLE
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It is a cinch to be wise—-after-’
ward...,.........Most people find it eas
ier to criticize than to construct......
....The comfort of Having a real
friend and companion may be taken
away, but not that -of haying had
one.,...........Don’t tell m.e how clever
or capable you think I am, if yott
really mean it,, tell' the' other- fel
low....:.......,;Self-praise' depreciates......
........Few people are as worthless
as they seem to be. .....Luck
means using your own resources...
.....Originality is only a fresh view-,
point..... ......True love does nob
measure its depth of devotion by
hope of reward.,.;........At any rate,
Adam wasn’t always being nagged
by his wife about some other wo-
man.................Modesty is a virtue,'
but man Seldom gets .his. salary
raised on the. strength of it.,........
Incompetence is due almost entire
ly to lack of information rather
than lack of ability. -
Pedestrian’s Prayer
leap to cross the street,
the Loi'd^to help my fbet,
I be hit before I cross
'twill be an easy toss.; • .
Now I
I pray
Should
I pray
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“Good luck consists of
With earnestness and might;
And then, wjth. efforts strong.e?and bold, ■ - • .
.Just making things'come right!
Answering Curious Cynic '
—if a wife kisses sher husband
every time he, comes- home—that
is not affection, it’s investigation.
—men learn their virtues at their
‘mother’s knee but they pick up their
vices at sonfq other joint. .
■ ,—‘if he does not propose to me,*
fhl die’ she thought when she was
twenty. He didn’t—-and—Sixty
years later sure enough, her pre
diction cajne true.
•—Clarice wants to know if it
really is unlucky^to postpone one’s
wedding more than once. No. Clar-
icei not if you postpone it indefin
itely. —miss ophelia
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Word cpmes that Sunday was an unusually heavy day for traf*
fie. This is simply too bad, Think of it in this way. Without gaso- .
line aji'planes are useless, tanks cannot move and'scores and scores
of war 'industries > are hampered or "rendered useless. Why, then,
burn up gasoline for purposes of secondary importance? Every ,
useless turn of a car wheel is by that much a nail in the coffin of oux*
liberties. ’ ,
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WE THINK BETTER OF THEM
We heard a comment to the effect that there will be all manner
Of efforts to evade the gasoline restrictions. There may be an oc
casional. and sad instance of some lawless creature who tries to
•hamstring the British war efforts, but he’ll soon be recognized as a
public enemy and public nuisance. Public opinion will soon put
him in his place. Nor are, we in favour of giving Amg.ri,ca_n tourists any special consideration" in that matter. AmericanJ tourists who
have our respect recognize that the regulations
terrible necessity and do not ask to be .pampered.
are a-grim and
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An invitation to dinner had, been
sent to the newly-settled physician.
In reply, the hostess received „an
absolutely illegible letter. Show
ing it to her. husband,, she remark
ed: “I miist know if he accepts or
refuses.” . ■ .
' “If I swere you,” he. suggested,
“I’d take it to the druggist. Drug
gists can .always' read doctor’s let
ters, however badly they are writ
ten.” ,<
The druggist looked at the Slip of
notepaper, went into his dispensary,
and
with
the
are,
cents.” .
returned
a bottle,
counter,
madam.
a few minutes later
which he handed over
saying: “There you
That "will be 75
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WHY NOT?
Why not Exeter and environs form the habit Of sending orders
to the butcher and baker and candlestick maker at an early hour in
the forenoon, in order that all deliveries may be made before twelve
o’clock, thus releasing delivery men for work elsewhere? A little
planning on the part of shoppefs and this war time measure Will
be* an accomplished fact. The heavy hand of compulsion soon may
be raised in this matter, so let us take time by the forelock. Come
to think of it, why not Exeter get down, or up, to a .cash and carry^
basis and live up to it like a little man.
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WE DON’T KNOW
\ When folk ask us when .the war will be over, we answer .that
we .simply do not know. We give it as our opinion that the
struggle is going to be a‘severe one and that it is likely to be a long
one. The whole situation is complicated beyond all power of human
dnalysis. How could it be otherwise? We can but put Oiir trust in*
the God of battles, put another roll on the shirt sleeve, prepare for
’ ' we’ll
lives
new" self-denial and work a little harder,
distinguish between the essential
that are simple and great.
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Little' by little
and the ephemeral and live
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BETTER HEED
■Ph.D.
Pdrt‘ and Pertinent
“Practice makes -perfect.”
—especially the practice that
preach. ’■
“Ignorance is bliss—
—then why is bliss so scarce? x
“It is estimated that 18 per cent
of all backyard" gardens are de
feated by insects.....,”
—and 82 per cent 1?y “back ache.
“A liai4 has to have a pretty good
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Bilious Attacks
Liver Complaint
Biliousness is just another name
for ft elogged or sluggish liver. Tt'
. iu a very cpxtaibii, but can
be quickly remedied by stimulating
the flow Of bile. This softens the
accumulated, mass, the poisons are
carried out of the system, and the
liver ahd bowels are relieved and
toned tip. , /
Milbum’s Laxa-Liver Pills quicken
and enliven the sluggish liver, open
ing up every channel, by causing a
free flow of bile and thud Cleansing
th® liver of the clogging impuritios.
They arc small and easy to inks.
Ito not gripe, weaken or Hicketi.
& MHbura LUU Torojato. Oab
There were five girls of marriage
able age in the' family, and’ all of
them were* quite ' pretty, _ with the
exception of Mabel, the eldest, who
easily made up in practical virtues
and good sense the little that she
,laqked in pulchritude. .< A , Worthy
young man was 'a frequent caller at
their home, and‘‘paid His attentions
to all of the girls, rather impartial
ly, as though unable to make up
his mind Which one , he Would like
to marry.
Mdbel, -however, had ideas of het
own, and one evening when he called
she appeared with arms bare to the
elbows, her hands white with flour,
“Oh, you must excuse my appear
ance, Wilbur,” she apologized, “I
baited pies and cakes- and bread all
morning, and since this is the cook's
day off, I prepared the dinner after*
Ward.” , /
The young man Was visibly im
pressed and immensely satisfied witli
the dinner. Never since his mother’s
weary hands had ceased to labor had
he tasted such food! After dinner,
the other sisters busied themselves in
the dirty dishes and pots and pans,
which gave Wilbur jit'st the oppot*
tunity he sought. /
“Mabel,” he said, “there Is a
question I want to ask you, and
whether you say >'yes' or 'no* will
determine my future happiness.”
“Yes, Wilbur. Go on. What is
the question?”
“Mabel;” he continued, In a deep,
earnest whisper, “if I marry your
sister Grace, will you come and live
with us and do the cooking?”
THE WARNING
Word comes from the highest authority that we must
serve everything that may be used as food. . The broad hint is
all may be needed. We’d better act in time. - - -
ruary is a month in which we require food and fuel,that it is a,
month in which' little garden .stuff is produced and few berries gar*
nered. Hence the'-'necessity of getting old the good old hoes and
encouraging the last jbebt and carrot and potato to do its best. The
goad old easy times have taken to themselves wings. Old Man Ne
cessity is knocking at oui’ ;doors, with’Mi”. Scarcity not far behind.
The loafing man or woman is a public menace.
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.con-
that
in this country Feb-,
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LEARNING
Britain is not above taking a leaf from the other fellow’s book.
There’s that matter of the V campaign. V. stands for Victory, just
a^A in our nursery days stood for apple. Every German soldier
and merchant and officer as well as every school boy and youth
and maiden is being taugh to see in that V a token of his nation’ll
defeat, He hears the sound ticked out on every counter as he buys
his shoes or his sugar. Every waterpipe takes up the fateful sound.
Every oppressed youngster as well as his fathei’ and mother, sees
in that lettei’ painted on every old barn and emblazoned on every
telegraph pole that fateful symbol calling him to be up and ham/-
• stringing, the Germans by whacking their shins at every turn and by
spoiling every mouthful of food they swallow. It’s -a great cam
paign. - ,
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WE wonder
4 Experienced drivers inform us that the economical rate of
driving is something under, thirty-five miles per hour. We’d nat
urally expect that the increase in the price of gasoline Will induce
the great majority of drivers to keep within the limits of economy
in gasoline consumption. Will this expected state of affairs mean
fewer car accidents? We”d look for that result. Ahd when we’re
at it, we think ^of the oft-repeated stateiheut that the car keeps folks
away from church. By and large, we’ll be looking for bettor church
attendance. There’s room for improvement In this direction.
Walking is said to be a good “ridoocin* ” agent May tve look
for trlm'flgures among our men who'll be seen getting over to the
office or shop with a military swagger born :of health and a good'
appetite. As for the ladies, well, our harp is not In tune and our
celestial robe is tinspun. We wait the results with trepidation,
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OWN W AND EACffi' XtP
Slowly this good land is waking up to a few facts. The first
fact is that this country is at war. The second fact is that the wan
is -a mostly affair. It costs in men. - It costs' Ih money, It costs In
a
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the daily papers statement of the
fact that the Dominion Govern
ment would, if necessary, conscript
skilled laborers for vital war work.
We heartily commend the Federal
Government’s decision. The neces
sary labor should . be available
wherever it is most vitally needed..
complaint is that the Gov-
interest in skilled work-
little belated, The war
in progress almost two
L apparently this vast Can-
On Wednesday of last week
short item was published in one
—then theii" mistakes would indeed
be rare. The whole responsibility
for mistakes on Parliament Hill
rests not -with the few who repre
sent us there but with you and me
and the other fellow on the street,
none of us quite smart enough or
sufficiently interested to ask for
anything better.
Rev. W, R. Wright, pastor of
Brucefield United Church, who re
cently accepted a call to Corinth,
and Mrs. Wright, were honored by
the Young People’s Union who pre
sented Mr. Wright with a billfold,
The Session presented him with
a purse and the neighbors gave
Mrs. Wright a floor lamp.
The only <
ernment’s
men is a
has been
years and
adian expanse, littered with poten
tial power of the cheapest kind,
oozing natural resources of’ the fin
est variety for the making of ma
terials of war—and sparingly dot
ted with a sprinkling of inhabitants
-—has not yet been able to geai’ up
its production to the point of ab
sorbing all the trained workmen
of the Dominion.
When the day finally arrives for
the conscription of skilled labor the
Government will spend a few hund-
hed thousand dollars ferreting out
the trained hands and the men who
could be made into valuable work
men. The prospect of this shortage
of manpower brings to mind the
national registration last summer.
A young chap of our acquaintance
sat patiently answering the long
list of questions, which in effect
were: “Have you ever worked on a
farm?” — “No.” “Can you milk
cows?” — “No.” - “Can you handle
horses?” — No.” “Have you ever
driven a tractor?” - “No.” Ot
tawa undoubtedly came to the con
clusion when his report was exam
ined that he was a drone in the
'hive, for amongst, other things he
was unfit for military service. How
ever, the young fellow had waited
in vain for such a question
you any knowledge of precision
machinery?” “Could you
operate a turret lathe?”
low who suffered this useless third
degree happened to be a highly
skilled operator of a machine that
is five times aS complicated as a
terret lathe, With a knowledge of
fine machinery that would have
been invaluable in
plant. The result is
is still, as far as the
are concerned, an
helpless citizen who
fended by the fighting forces,
remained for the boys' from the
farms, thousands Of them who could
answer yes to the list of questions
concerning their own work, to enter
the factories entirely unacquainted
With any finer machinery than a
binder, and start turning out rifle
barrels.
Now don’t think that all our
criticism is for the Government,
This Government that we so casu
ally blame for* all our ills is just
the same group of men that you
and I asked to do the job.
as “Have
A Negro mammy had av family of
well-behaved boys. One day her
mistress asked; “Sally, how do
you raise your boys so well?”
“Ah’ll tell you, missus,” answered
Sally. “Ah raises dem wid a bar
rel stave and Ah raises ’em fre
quent!”
The March of ScienceThe March of Science
learn to^.
The fel-
a munitions
that our hero
powers-that-be
unproductive,
must be de-
Ht
Bear in
mind that governments in
country are supposed to act
clsely as the citizens demand,
the glaring failure is that the
zens have failed to demand
thing.
public affairs knew that the voters
of the Dominion were prying into
the why's and Wherefore's; If the
Prime Minister and his cabinet
could be sure, through every de*
bate, that their first misstep would
bring down the howling wrath of an
intelligent and watchful electorate
this
pre-
Add
clti-
any-
Xf the men who handle our
TELEPHOTO TRANSMITS MILITARY MAPS
.*Maps, key to all military situa
tions, can now be sent over tele
phone wires from general head
quarters to divisional headquart
ers during active warfare. The
results of the latest aerial sur
vey of enemy positions can be
made available to the fighting
forces Within a few minutes after
the map*maker has completed his
drawing! This miracle is accom
plished by telephoto.
Developed as a result of re
search in Bell Telephone Labora
tories, the arf of sending pictures,
charts, and diagrams by wire has
been in general commercial use
for several years. Many of the pic
tures of far-off events seen in
your newspaper have reached you
so quickly because of telephoto.
Now, this amazing development is
ready to take its place in the bat
tle line!
The essential element in tele
photo is the “electric bye” Or
photo-electric cell. A picture Or
map which is to be transmitted is
mounted on a roller in the send* ing apparatus* As the roller re*
volves at 100 times a minute, a
tiny light one-hundredth of an
inch square moves over the pic*
ture. Dark and light areas in the
photograph are translated by a
photo-electric eye into electrical
impulses flashing over the Wires
of the telephone system at the
rate Of 100,000 impulses a minute.
At the receiving station* the
impulses are turned back into
light, exposing a negative mount*
ed on another roller* turning nt
exactly the same speed as the ono
on the sending machine. A pic
ture eight inches by ten inches
takes eight minutes to- run. Tile
negative is developed in less than
half ah hour, so that in about 40
minutes a complete reproduction
of the original picture has been
received, perhaps thousands of
miles away from the sending ma
chine.
Moreover, the picture can he
sent to several receiving machines
at oned. The Associated Tress
telephoto network covers more than 30 stations in the United
States and Canada, and if neces
sary, a picture can he sent to
every "one of them at the same
time.
Few people ate aware that
portable telephoto sending appa
ratus can operate from any tele
phone. The photographer merely
places an ordinary long distance
call to the number where the re
ceiving equipment is located.
When the connection has been es*
tablished, the portable sending
machine is adjusted to the mouth
piece of the telephone transmit
ter, and the picture is on its way!
By means of this portable equip
ment, pictures taken in the midst
of storm and flood have been
transmitted almost from the spot
where they were taken.
Thus, in time of peace, the
telephoto system has proved its
ability to operate under the most
rigorous conditions* It is ready
,to meet the most exacting re
quirements encountered in time of
‘war.
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