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Russian conduct is winning a high place for Russian mentality
and Russian character.
THE EXETER TJMEMPVOCATE
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Is Oiinn a Democracy?
, Thp following ■> article ■ was writ
ten for this column by Harold W<
Ghing, editor pf the Hawaii Press,
Hilo, Hawaii, U.S.A. Ml .Ching
sent us three brief articles. Thd
other two; “Hawaiian Harmony”,
and “Let Us Not be Noble”, will
follow. We nrge ypu to,read-them,
ond. save them/ and”our very sin
cere -appreciation to Mr. Ching,
“The Chinese, progressive far
yond the dawn of
past until
Red them
izgtion of
To-day,
whether Chiqa is a democracy or
not. This is. a moot point, on
which there gre as many opinions
as there are minds brought to it.
I’d like to suggest this thought;
a nation should not be judged, by.
the form of government at the mo
ment, but by its people. *
One ancient Chinese ideal'which
is the cause pf. general world-wide
approval is respect for property.
Some people wonder- why Chinese
laborers imported three-fourths of a'
.century ago to America so patient
ly- did their menial tasks day after
* day without complaint'—-even to the
extent lot’ suffering unwarranted,
abuse. , .
The old ’Chinaman—if he can
be gotten to talk—will explain that
they came as workers and they kept
their bargains with the boss, eVen
■. though the bargain might not have
proved as promising as anticipated,
■and even if - they found they could
have enjoyed better opportunities
■elsewhere. ■ .
My father frequently lectured me
that what was. mine was mine,
what was others’ was others', It
was a matter of .personal honor to
respect other people’s .rights, tan
gible property or intangibles, The j
laborer’s obligation was to take or
ders from the boss,'whose right was
to give them.
The Chiifese were strict on that
among themselves, their families and
relatives, History, does not tell
Of the Chinese seeking armed con-
■ques?, although repeatedly'they -frere
•conquered until the conquerors were*
•submerged and absorbed into the’
Chinese, masses 'to think as they
•did.
Is China a democracy?
I don’t know—it depends on how
you define it. But -on this respect
for property, I think they have a
pretty sound fundamental on what
-J conceive democracy 'to be: to ,re-
righrs
be-
the
the
un-
rest of the World at
civilization, lived in
the Japanese invasion,
and awoke them to real-
the present.
I hear arguments about
Friendly Folks
uess this world we live In
Would be a sorry place
Without a ready hand to grasp
.Or pleasant, smilin* face,
It’s half the joy of livin’ "
To pal with neighbor folks—
•Arguin’ friendly’fashion
And tradin’ your stock of jokes,
it’s kind of nice, to visit
Across the pasture fence
Jes' speakin’ free and easy like
And makin’ no pretence.
I guess a friend is like a pipe,
We need ’em both for smokes—-
And they’d be hard to do,without—
God blesb the friendly folks. „
—Titusville
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Farmers are reporting
and of a fair yield.
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Pert and. Pertinent 4
“Early to bed and early to rise...?’
—and a .fellow hasn’t much to re
pent when he dies. *
“My boss says he just plays golf
for the fun of it.”
—our game isn’t any good either.
“The estimated bird population
of these -United States is about four
billion.”
-—it is assumed that the estimate
was made by some chap who’d.just
planted his backyard garden.
. “Records published by the So
ciety of Practipedists indicate that
women’s., feet are growing wider."
—that’s what. they get for try
ing to fill men’s shoes.
“Every day in the United States
there is a. daily increase of 7,000
ne'w customers.....,” says Roger Bab
son,
—he does, not mention that 6,999
are charge accounts.
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Non-essentials never did anything for
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We heard a group of girls discussing ways and means of
joining up with the air service. These capable young ladies are not
content to take things easy. They have an eye to the future.
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. ONCE TOO OFTEN
Has Japan rubbed international noses
sprang into prominence overnight and won with an ease that surprised herself. Russia , _ H .
humiliation on that occasion and proceeds On the principle that it’s
a long lane that has no turn. The United States has been snubbed
■as has been #Britain till the sunrise kingdom has regarded herself
as the dictator of the world. Has her vaulting ambition, at last,
overleaped itself? It looks like it. As long as she behaved herself she could sail and trade;whore she pleased. At last she has
made an intolerable nuisance of’herself. She has found that at least
two can play the
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once too often? She
a victory over Russia
has not forgotten her
game of being ugly.* i * * * * * A -
NOT YET
going on that the end of the war is in sight, Win-
not of this number, President Roosevelt is not talk-
No statesman that we know of says anything to that
AU that, the most optimistic of our accredited leaders'will
Some talk is
ston Churchill is
ing that way,
effect,
venture to say is that we are approaching the state where we fight
our enemies on something like even terms. That is about all any
one dare say. So let us buckle to in facing still more terrible trials.
Conditions are almost sure to grow harder. Word is abroad that
one hundred and thirty-five thousand workers are out .of employment
because Uncle Sam has clamped down the lid on the silk trade with
Japan. Othei’ industries are bound to suffer, War shows no con-
g the western shores of Can-
The war is not over, nor is the end in
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CAPITAL
township last week we
Othei’ industries are bound to suffer,
sideration. Anxiety is felt -regardim ”
ada and the United States,
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>1 conceive democracy 'to be:
cognize for others the some
you expect for yourself.
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Where the Word “Boycott”
* Originated
4' About fifty. years ago, there liv
ed in Ireland, a man named Captain
Boycott. He was a land agent for
'a wealthy*English nobleman. Be
cause of the- harsh methods used
by Boycott in collecting the rent,
and his eviction, of those unwilling
or unable to pay, he became the ob
ject of intense hatred. His tenants
left their little farms, servants and
laborers -refused“-to- work- fur him:
shopkeepers refused to buy or sell
to him, blacksmiths would not shoe
his horses; tailors would not make
his clothes; the'very passer-by would
not speqk or nod to him and people
for miles around would have noth-
; ing to do with'him or his family.
Shunned, by everyone, his life be
came unbearable and he was forced
to leave, the country a ruined , and
embittered man. .
As ah individual, he found him
self helpless when others refused
to help him. . '»
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My sister and I recall once mere
The first time we. entered the den-
, , tist’s door
And the way my heart went pitty-
pat...... .
Biit we don’t talk about that. •
My sister and I remember still
'The fright we got when we heard
the drill
And We hoped we wouldn’t have
go back........ , •
But we don’t talk about that.
My sister and I recall’ the day
We said “Good-bye” and walked
away ' «
And we pity the patients Who had
to stay...
But now we can’t talk about that!' •* —-Dolores
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—Page. Turner
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What Every Good -Stenographer
Knows
The honeymoo,n lasts only as long
‘as she con'tinues to close her eyes
when her husband kisses her.
Girls should beware of promises
...the only man who keeps all his
promises is the 'fellow 'who doesn’t
make any. /
A boss is broad-minded if he
just doesn’t give a ddrn about your
morals as long as you don’t both
er about his. .
If he gives'* you a one-half pound
box of cahdy, he is stingy; if a
two-pound box he is generous; if a
^five-pound box, he1 is trying
off.The one-pound chap
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is
show
best.
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Lost Enthusiasm.
The bridegroom and the best
man were at the altar awaiting the
bride. The former became very
white and seemed about to faint.
“Whit’s wrang wi’ ye Jpck,v ask
ed the best man, “Yer face is like
•chalk. Ha’e ye lost the ring?”
“No,”, came the reply, “but nae
dbot I ha’e lost ma enthusiasm.”
A Help To Those
Past Middle Age
When men and Women get past
middle age their energy and activity*
id many instances,' begin to decline,
add iheii general vitality in on the
wane, . 1
Tattle' sicknesses and ailmenta ccem
harder to ahako off than formerly,
and, here and there, bridencta of a
breakdown begin to appear.
Now ia thd time when those who
wiah to maintain their health add
vigor, and retain their energy un
impaired should take a course of
Milburn’a Health and Nerv'd Bilk.
They brace nd and invigorate the"
®yatem, and help stall off the ddcrepi-
tuda Of' advancing yWtap
9%e T. Mlftwn Toronto, Ont.
Making a Motion
In one of the towns of the Pacific
Coast a distinct earthquake shock
was recently fglt. When the muni
cipal building rocked perceptibly,
the city fathers, then in session,
left without bothering about the
Usual formulae. The clerk, a man
of tuids and regulations, was hard
put to it to give his min'utes the
propel* official tone. Finally,, he
evolved this masterpiece: ”On mo
tion of the city hall, the council ad
journed.”
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The judge was holding eburt in
a remote rural district. He was
, listening intently while a prospec
tive juror was questioned by & law
yer ip the case, whose first question
was: do you know anything about
the defendant?”
prospective juror: “No,”
Lawyer: “Have you heard any
thing about him?” •1
F.J.: “No,”
Lawyer: “Have you read anything
about him?”
# F.J,: “I can’t read?’
* Lawyer: “Have you formed any
opinion about this case?”
F.J.: “What case?’-’
Lawyer: <. “Accepted.”
" , —-Barrister
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_ The liofse is man's besfc 'friend—
until he bets oil him.
A strange coincidence becomes
apparent as we look over the re
commendations of the Federal
Government for the conservation of
gasoline. Have you noticed that
the motorist is advised to he sure
that his motor is in good mechani
cal condition, that his car does not
consume more fuel than is actually
necessary for the miles covered;
he is. asked to be careful* as he
away from a stop, that he changes
gears at the lowest possible speeds;
to ‘‘keep the car properly lubricat
ed and the tires inflated the pro*
per amount. It is also suggested
that the driver decelerate a reason
able distance before coming to a
stop instead of rushing to the stop
ping point and then jamming on
the brakes. Above all, moderate
driving speeds are recommended as
the greatest single fuel economy.
The list of suggestions is continued
at length and most of them are by
now perfectly familiar to us, The
point that strikes us particularly
is the fact that all these steps to
ward economy are so clearly the
precautions that every careful mo
torist has been taking for years.
The requests to care for our auto
mobiles and to drive with caution
and reason are, in reality, very
simple, The whole campaign might
easily be'summed up in the motto;
“Please .Drive Carefully”,
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Over there in Downie township last week we
school marm at home on the farm for hei’ holidays, in progress. Male help simply was not to be had ■ .,
hard work, but this lassie dbnned suitable garments and helped ef- .
factually, Inquiry revealed that this lassie has befin doing that sort
' of thing ever since school closed. Further inquiry bro,ugh t out the
information that girls who have hired out "as farm help are doing
amazingly well and are earning really good money, One lassie
was found perched on a tractor and managing a binder outfit. Still
another was. monarch of all she surveyed, loading grain that was to
be^ disposed of by the slings in the barn,, Those girls can climb
like squirrels .and Jare surprisingly strong' and trustworthy. They
laugh and work and skip about' like gazelles. Considerate farm
employers are delighted with the help these girls afford.
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. ELEASE ’THINIIW THIS. .
Next time you go joy riding, think of as fine a little girl as you
ever- laid eyes on who came laughing and dancing out-.of hei1 home
only the other morningi who enjoyed hef fun and learned her les
sons all day and who went to bed tired and happy. Well, the next
morning she was carried out of" the broken bricks of her home,
smashed almost beyond recognition by a German bomb. Over there .
no^ far from her, was a fine boy all bloody and dead, with his school
book under his arm, a victim of a German shell. Tliiiik of this, and
ask if your joy riding .may not be connected with such -scenes that
may be multiplied by ten thousand over there in brave old England.
And as you think of such scenes, go one step-farther and remember
that. Ottawa and Montreal and Vancouver are preparing for German air 'raids. Pleasures and practices that wpre eminently right and
proper in the days of -peace are unseemly, now that gasoline is so
' sorely needed -by our defenders.
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■THE SECRET?
Russia was heart sick of Czarism. When she had the oppor
tunity-she threw the whole evil system on the scrap heap, She did
some rough work in accomplishing this needed duty. Since her
revolution she had done many a thing that appears. Unjust to us.
There is one thing that she had done that is worthy of all praise
and' that is she had heeded Paul’s -principle, “He that Wil! not work
neither shall he eat.” Instead she has put every *one of her citizens
to producing. In so far as Russia is organized, she is organized for
production. Whimpering about work simply is not heeded. The
■producer is respected, clothed, fed, .recreated and given the place
of honor' and confidence. The result? A resistance of German
aggression that has astonished the world and that has taught ag
gressive Japan something like consideration. So far the shield
that has stopped the German spearhead" has been Russian organiza
tion and production. Russia gives short shrift to the sluggard. The
grouser who does not like Work, soon finds himself looking down
the muzzle of a rifle or glimpsing the, point of a bayonet.
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' A TERRIBLE ALTERNATIVE.
A prominent military man was asked what he would do with
. certain labour -agitators who enter ou,r munition factories, inflame
ther workers and hold up the production of war essentials. His
reply will shock some people; “I’d move in the military and use
the bayonet on those‘ agitators.” Terrible words, these, my mas
ters. But let us face some facts, In an appalling battle of not
so long ago, brave soldiers were obliged to retreat because they had
fired tlleir last, shot. Death decimated their ranks and widows were
made’ and sweet babes were left fatherless, all because some- agi- *
tator had held up the producers of munitions. Brave Soldiers fell
While the agitator fed- on the fat of the land. Would this agitator*
have been so zealous had he known that six inches of a bayonet
would have replied to his ballyhoo? Think it out, is it better to
spare the conscienceless agitator at the cost of the brave men Who
poUi’ but their blood lika water that freedom may not perish from
the earth? Has not the time' come for the government to do some
lively stepping? ,
came across a
Threshing was
for this dirty,
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“LADIES, THE! GENTLEMEN!”
At banquets we have frequently heard toasts made to the ladlep.
The toast hitherto, for the most part, has been proposed by some
suave brother add responded to by some party with, a glib tongue
Who has uttered a number of semi-humorous platitudes that were
not listened to unless they had considerable alleged humour of a
very special sort. The conspicuous thing about these toast speeches
was that they were not printed. Then followed the stirring words:
“Gentlemen, the ladies!” Sir Herbert Morrison, the British Home
Secretary, and the Minister of Home Defence, told his countrymen
the other day that all that sort of thing is changed and that thef
women are bringing in a new day that they have won through
sheer 'brain power and devotion to reason and conscience. Women,
he points out, are discharging the essential duties so remarkably
well that they cannot but be recognised, These workers, he points
out, are taking by the divlnest fight in the universe, a (commanding
place not only alongside of men, but ahead of them, Let us get
that. Women have proven to be not only up and comers and the
go-getters, but actual leaders. They are proving to be pacemakers
as well as workers. The next step, this wide-awak observer and
student points out, Will be that women will demand pay for their
work, and will say not only what their pay will be, but what men’s
pay wlll.be. The day is right here, gentlemen, when at important
banquets, the toast master will be a lady and the toast of the even
ing will start with these words: “Ladies, the gentlemen!” This
editorial Will be read with interest five years hence.
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Recently v?e watched a parade
-of Canadian troops pass down a
city street and as those boys went
by, rank after rank of the finest
men the Dominion of Canada can
boast, our mind harked back to
scenes on. that same city street four
or five years ago. In that earlier
day one could see plenty of young
Canadians too, but they weren’t in
any,parade; they were drifting aim
lessly along, out of work and with
out hope of getting work. In those
same years thousands of transients
drifted about our highways and.
railway lines, suffering all the men
tal and physical punishment that
'was to be expected from the lives
they were forced to endure. Yes, it'
is perfectly true that many of
those boys on the road became too
lazy to work, but whether a man
be forced through the turmoil, of
either a war or a depression, he
is bound to .emerge with certain dis
abilities. Those shiftless wanderers
of the' road were but the product
of the times ’ in precisely the same
way that the present war will leave
our hospitals jammed with helpless
crippled soldiers.
But here’s the pathetic part of
the story: We gave the transients
up as hopeless characters' and al
lowed them to continue to drift
from place to place; nothing could
be done for them; the country
could not bear the expense of any
large-scale plan to provide them
with action and
the face of war,
somehow managed
an air force and
men that make up the forces, equip
them with expensive weapons and
train them to the peak of perfec
tion. We are now discovering that
the' ordinary, run-of-the-mill Can
adian youth responds rapidly to
training, so rapidly that We are
turning out an army of young scien
tists for our defence. The transients
of the depression years were just
plain everyday Canadian youths too,
•but nobody wanted their help or
needed the strength of their young
hands. The bums who rode the
rods in 1935 would have made
the backbone of the Canadian army
today if they had beenygiven a frac
tion of the attention that is now
directed toward the army. Our
readers have no doubt observed
that our dear friend, Adolf Hitler, |
has not wasted the possibilites of
a single man in the preparation of
his country for war and it nyist be
admitted that 'he has a fairly dan
gerous little fighting machine to
play around with.
Let, us never forget this lesson
in wasted manpower,
if we are to survive
the future, can the
Canada or any other
' ford to throw away
and enthusiasm
people have to offer.
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employment.- In
the country has
to raise an army,
a navy, feed the
Exeter,
The .hand that rocks the cradle^
Is now stained with nicotine,
And the toot upon the rocker
Likes to step on gasoline.
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“Do you think your boy will leave •
.footprints in. the sands of time?”
“He’d leave them anywhere. Just
look out in the hall.
TELEPHONE RESEARCH ATOS HARD OF HEARING
The March of Science
Never again,
the storms of
Dominion of
democracy af-
the assistance
that the young
HURON COUNTY NATIVE
SUCCUMBS AT HESPELER
Mrs. George Overholt, 81, a re
sident of the Hesp^ler district for
the past 20 years, died on Sunday
evening, July 27th, at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. William Ekins,
after an illness of some weeks. Born
in Huron County, near Grand Bend,
a daughter of the late1 Mr. and Mrs.
Obed Mellick, she married George
Overholt in llS35, arid, after spend
ing some time at Zurich, Wiarton,
Collingwood and Meafbrd, went to
Hespeler in 1919, They resided in
the town for about three yeans and
in 1922 purchased the general store
at Glen Christie, Where she taxade
her home until the death of her
husband four years ago. Since that
time she had made) her home with
Mrs. Ekihs, in Hespeler. Surviving
are two daughters, Mrs. Ekins and
Mrs, Dayton wort, North Bay; one
sister, Mrs. Mary1 Wilson, Hlkton,
Mich,, and a brother, Lons; Mellick,
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* A new and improved audiphone
—the “orthotronic”—has recently
been designed by Bell Telephone
Laboratories. Utilizing three
midget vacuum tubes, this new
hearing aid gives powerful am
plification without distortion over
a very broad range of tones. A
tone discriminator suppresses
low-pitched background noises,
making speech clearer. The vol
ume can be turned up without in
troducing sudden blasts from loud
sounds, Stylish, compact, durable,
with long battery life, it sets a
new1 standard of excellence in its
field.
Early hearing aids were of the
trumpet or the sounding board
type, which Were helpful but
which distorted sound badly.
When the telephone was invented,
partially' deaf persons found it
an “aid” to hearing, and often
used it in preference to direct
conversations, This fact suggest
ed the use of. “portable tele
phones” as hearing aids, and the
first practical. set of this type
Was produced about 1900.
When Bell Telephone Labora
tories developed the audiometer,
it became possible to obtain a
more* exact knowledge of hearing
impairments. Through an ear
phone, a patient listens to “tones”
of gradually decreasing Volume
until he can heat them no longer.
By this method, the extent of his
hearing loss can be measured^
With the audiometer, the
widest survey of hearing ever
made was conducted at the Bell
System exhibits in the New York
and San Francisco Worlds Fairs.
More than 750,000 visitors, aged
from 10 to 60 years, took these
tests. Results of this survey in
dicate that only one out of every
400 persons has hearing impair
ments that interfere With the use
of the telephone, one out of 125
• has difficulty in hearing face-to-
face conversation, and one in 25
has trouble in hearing in Uh audi
torium. Women generally hear
higher tones better than nien, who
excel in the lower range, and as
hearing deteriorates with age,
this difference between the sexes
is accentuated. The survey could
find no indication of hearing
“fatigue” toward the end of the
day, although loud sounds tend
to deaden the hearing for short
periods. Noise has a “masking”
effect on hearing, and low or
high-pitched noise interferes less
with conversation than noise hav
ing a medium pitch of 800 to
1,600 vibrations a second.
To assist the hard of hearing,
the audiphone was developed. In
the simplest type, a very small
microphone attached to the user’s
coat lapel picks up the sounds,
which are then amplified (if ne
cessary) and transmitted, to a
receiver inserted in the ear. The
receiver is specially moulded to
fit the individual’s ear. In cases
where there is an obstruction in
side the ear, the receiver consists
of a vibrating plate ‘ pressed
against the head on the mastoid
bone, through which the vibra
tions are carried to the auditory
nerve. Group audiphones are used
in churches and auditoriums.
Although the telephone aids
most persons who are hard of
hearing, some with very severe
impairment require special equip
ment for telephone talking, A small box installed beside the tele
phone is provided with a switch,
by means of which the user can
amplify sounds coming over, the
telephone tt> any extent required.
A small auxiliary receiver may1
also be obtained, and with a re
ceiver over each ear, the user can
converse comfortably in noisy '
locations. For persons who can
not hear the ordinary telephone
bell, special gongs and visual
lamp signals are available.
Here is an interesting example
of the way research in the tele
phone field has led to develop
ments in other* fields. These, in
turn,. have helped to provide a
broader and mote efficient tele*'
phone service.
£Nd’» A it>7 4 f&tel ktib&ed bf N»>
of the Bell Telepboite CvmpOtW of
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