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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1941-08-21, Page 7THfBSDAY, AVWST W, «H1 Sirs: * ■ar© * * tatties .♦ *• clane < * And what a season it has been for the bean and onion harvest! Pat tells us that the so they are, bedad,” $ ‘n’ good and looshious, i I THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE l^exluced. to Nijioty-eight l/nowledge fl • By J 1 \ Col Roger (JJood Then, there was the proud father who called up ;the newspaper to re­ port the birth of twins, The girl at the news desk didn't quite catch the message'Over the phone, so ask­ ed; “Will you repeat that?” ; ‘‘Not if r can help it,” was the A sw.eet little stenog from Scripps, Was Shq But ’Til worried because of her hips, tried to make hollows cutting down swallows. t nothing was left amidships* * * * ♦ trying ♦ * to- show an interestFather, in his son’s spiritual-education, ask­ ed: “go. your Sunday School teach­ er discussed parables iix fo-day’s lesson. What parable did you like best, Son?”- Son: “The one about the multi­ tude that loaf? and fishes.” * * * Lovable Librarian sways lofty pedestal long enough orgte on the letter “R”, ‘The Chinese cannot utter • ter “R” so he substitutes Stead, which often changes the word entirely. For instance, ' ‘bar’ be- , comes ‘bal’; and .‘Harry’ is ‘Hally’, and ‘black-berry pie’ sounds ridicu­ lous when a Chinese tries to say it,” * A, (Kindness Life’s all too brief fox’ care and grief; Too short for bittei’ tears; So, let’s be gay, each passing day, And fill the world with cheer! kind! Let’s bear on her to elab­ saying; the* let- “L” in- Yes, let’s be mind That life is For single flash of anger rash, Or word of hateful sort! * far too short in * * i Too often we speak angrily To those we hold most dear! Yes, every day, in thoughtless way Wo cause a sigh or .tear! It Every Time ‘ “You’ll never catch to dinner with an ‘’Was he broke?” They’ll Ho Flossie Gay: me going out i editor again,” : Girl Friend: Flossie: “I don’t know whether he was broke or not, but he put a blue pencil ‘ through about half of my order.” ' —Illustrious Izzard # 9 * t , Tolerance An American lovingly placed his flqral offering on the grave of a friend,ancl smiled as. he saw a Chin­ ese solemnly place a tray of food On another grave. And the American asked: “When do ypu think he will come up to eat it?” “Samce time,” calmly replied the Chinese, “when your friend comee up to smell flowers.” ♦ v * * ■ ■ I I can divine of naUglit more" fine ; For man to leave behind; Than ..Ahis fair fame, “He had the name Of always being kind!” » .* * The management of a certain fac­ tory has been much annoyed lately by the tardiness of their employees in responding to the noon whistle to star.t work again.. j It seems the men like to loiter outdoors, talk, pitch horseshoes and play pass ball, during the noon hour after they finish eating—and few- of them are at their machines when the whistle blows. So, the management posted a sign beside a suggestion ..box, palling at­ tention to the matter and .offering $5 for the best answer to* the ques­ tion: “What should we do to insure that every man will factory when .the one blows?’’ . Many suggestions —ranging from, a system, of demer­ its and -fines jto an actual lock-out of persistently tardy- workmen. One of these schemes received the $5- award, but a duplicate award jas... unanimpnsly; . voted to the nimble-witiied ••*Irish "'sweeper who:' turned in the following answer to a perplexing problem: “Let the last man in .blow the whistle!” /—Whistle Listener ’ * * * be' inside the o’clock whistle were offered »■ buildings fills an Day Dreams From my ..window tall ' crowded and gray, In the .office dull work eight-hour day; My fingers type letters, then scratch with a pen, But my mind,- '■far* fi;om routine, is dreaming again. Of a sweet, pine-log cabin nqar a white, sandy shore, Where the sun warms one drowsy, and the waves break and roar. My two-week vacation is spent at the shack, • * ’And my heart yearns each, summer to never come back— To the land of tall buildings so , crowded and gray, Or the dreary routine ,of an, eight- hour day! ,I —Cinderella II * * * , Mirage As one who wanders in a desert place Sees—after weariness in time of dearth-L As if reflected iix a watered space The city’s- glow, the wonders of " tlie earth, I, who have wondered in the -path­ less wild Of hopeless love and longing un­ fulfilled, May chance ' upon you,. . And your eyes that smiled— Youi’ touch that healed—your voice whose utterance thrill­ ed ‘ Shall bfe to me refreshment, and a balm—- A mirage -— enchantment my' love, (DarO I disprove you? All my storms grow calm, < And nil iny desex't is, -a singing grove. • Tho’ now of all things am t dlspos- sess’t, Yet in illusion ’I am ever blest. ; ’ —Enid Clay Oh, Bowei'Compiaints of Children 'During th© hot summer and early fan months' moat children, And •especially those-teething, are subject to diarrhoea, dysentery, colic, cholera infantum and other, bowel coin* Every mother should keep a bottle of Dr. Dewier’s Extract of Wild Strawberry in the home-as a pro­ tec against sudden attacks or jtheao'troubles. . Don It experiment With hew and untric remedies. Consider youi- Childhealth. Get f*Dri Fowler’s” It has ''been successfully used by thousands of Canadian mothers flut­ ing th© past years it has been oh Don’t acqepf a substitute/ _ Get tho genuine <<Dr. Dowler’s.” Th# T. Milbr 'a Go., Lt4.( Toronto, Ont. / I / / /' thousands o ing the pasi .thia market. . Don’t aeqept a substitute. Oh My Goodness! “Be not .righteous overmuch, for righteousness oft conceals the hypo­ crite.” • ■ Once, there was a man who had the habit of'putting “God Willing” on the postals he sent to the trade, stating he would call on them on or about a certain date. Perhaps it was a- was one of the dishonest men A ’ prominent ceived a letter 'a situation from a young man headed each page'.with a text. That young man is still hunting for a job. I know ■ a landlord ‘who ,is so righteous that he gouges every pen­ ny‘he can from his tenants. And yet, on Sunday, he is one of the most sanctimonious of psalm sing­ ers..,...one of thes^e ‘holier than thou’ individuals who expects the congregation to rise and sing a hymn of praise every time he drops a two-bit piece on the collection plate. There is no world surplus of genuine righteousness, but there is an awful plethora of the specie in business who look for trade or pre­ ferment through do'rihing its garb. These men—With one hand on the Bible and the other clutching their neighbor's >throat or ' deep in his pocket—are mb,re of a menace to Christianity than all the atheists on earth arid all the devils in heli. The, world appreciates goodness and a man or womaii does not need to quqte Scripture texts to convince others that he is the right kind. We have definite regulations • to keep the radio clean and whole­ some. If a speaker-—who, in his enthusiasm forgets himself and lets slip n ‘damn’ or ‘hell’—the radio engineer Immediately cuts him off : the air. But any ‘commercial’ can sandwich in a ‘hymn’ on every. pro­ gram just to impress the listeners With their righteousness, There is a time and a place for everything, ’ Beligion Is a most sacred tlxipg—-and hymns are beau­ tiful wheh sung in spiritual Sur­ roundings. ‘ ’ Canada, does need more Chris­ tianity—jrist ‘as we can do with a bit more real patriotism—but wo can’t hope to develop more sincere Christianity by permitting radio ad­ vertisers to sponsor hymn-singing tenors every hour of the day any more than you. can convert sinners by painting Scripture texts on 'fence railings along the. highway. coincidence; but that man meanest and most in the trade. business ‘man of application re- for who r J. ♦ # We have just enjoyed a bountiful harvest, garnered under the very best harvesting conditions* ♦ **■#*#' v # There's just one thing about those showers—they have Johnny renewing his acquaintance with the good old lawn mower. " and the' showers may help bossy find a fine second cut of hay. ■' • • ■ to paint their stockings ■ is to be done and what are perplexing days, He had ’ heard his Yes, ♦ * * # ■.* Now that the fashion is for the ladies on their legs, we wonder how the darning will be the consequences of a“run”. These * *. * ♦ % * v Johnny fell to figuring the other day,' father say that he Jiad nrade >a very nice visit to his aunt over there in Central Ontario,, “And all that it cost me was five,gallons of gasoline,” “Sposin’,” Johnny queried, “there were a thousand Other men who did as you did to-day? Would pot that be about as mu©h. as some of our gasoline stations sell in a year?” *****«•• WELL DONE One is delighted to note how many of the citizens of this good town are growing beans for the factory. Some produce half an acre, others grow a quarter of an acre. Still others cultivate a few square rods. These thrifty ones secure a few honest dollars by so doing, and in that way help to defeat Hitler and all his works, Little lots well tilled make little pockets well filled. RATIONING THE ONLY FAIR WAY To their everlasting credit, the majority of citizens have re­ sponded heartily to the call for conserving gasoline, On the other ' hand a large number of people disregard the Call and drive un- . necessarily or recklessly, In othei’ words, these reckless foes of the national welfare are bringing the rationing of gasoline a little , nearer every day. When self-control flies out through the door, imposed control comes in at the window. * ♦ * * * ♦ » * t WE HONOUR THEM Those men who have recently perished in plane crashes be­ lieved to be due to sabotage, are worthy mf all honor and our most affectionate tribute. They had gone the limit in devotion and in placing their all on the altar of their country. Wliat brave souls cpuld do for freedom, they did. Before their sacrifice we stand with uncovered heads and bleeding hearts. We almost envy their kins­ men the privilege of having made an offering so meh. Their fame cannot die.9 9 » A© costly to Qod and 9 9 » WE WONDER If when the present World War broke out, had declared herself ready to support Britain to , the last gun, would Japan now be manoeuvring to get into the con­ test on the side of the'winner? What would she be doing now had the United States two million men hot on the rear ranks of the German army? Just now the Allies require about three million well equipped men to aid them in pressing home the good work done by Russia -and the Royal Air Force. ****«*«* the ‘United States the last man and * WHY AVE SHOULD There is a story that the othei* day some French people living in Alsace sang praises to God in theii’ native tongue. . Their Nazi conquerors heard of what thdy had done *and d^pbrted- seventy thousand of them, sending the fathers and sons to one locality, and the mothers and daughters to quite another locality. What do you think of it, gentle reader? Please recall this incident wheix tempted to use the good old car for a perfectly legitimate reason in normal" times, but which will deprive some rirave fighter of the means of defending the innocent and the duty-doing and the helpless. * * « *' * * « « HORROR AND DISGUST . Disgust and horror are taking hold on British life. First of all.Dy. Banting, so great,Jn scientific service, is sacrificed to care­ lessness and now Hon. Arthux* Purvis, so eminent in the business service of the empire goes the same way. For there is no occasion for sxxch accidents as took off these two sorely-needed men. We have asked for. information regarding the death of Dr. Banting but the bigwigs are as silent as the door of Noah’s ark. . We doubt very much if we’ll be informed, regarding the -death of Mr. Puqvis. -............ ' -but they must not be business man, someone In either case there is The public, it seems, are required "to pay trusted. In the case of the -doctor and the has been befooled or he has been careless, no excuse. Familia'rity breeds contempt. « « » * * «1 * THE BROADCAST That broadcast from the British House of Commons by the Deputy Prime Minister of Great Britain brought out the following features, Naziism must be destroyed. In this Herculean task Great Britain and the United States stand-shoulders together1 against tyranny in all its forms. All nations are to share in the freedom to be won. National boundaries are to be respected -and inter­ nationally ' guarded. No > territorial aggrandizement is ’ sought. There is a .call that goes deep as the soul of man for all who stand right to stand together till victory is won and> meix are free. The beating of the wings of the_ destroying angel must give place to the messengers who sang on cost in blood and tears, terms. Bethlehem’s .plains, no matter what the Life is not worth having on any other * » . THE HOUR HAS STRUCK If the United States desires to maintaixi her freedom, she must get into thes war with hex- last man, her last dollar and her last gun. Half measures will not, do. The handwriting is on the walls of Europe in characters so plain that none but the stupid fail to read, it. Should Russia be thrown against Britain, who -can esti­ mate the result? However strong the ^elusion, we need not believe a lie. The United States -Can no longer put dollars above freedom nor -can Canada afford any longer to make the ballot box larger than her public duty. Well meant effort in tile way of bringing plasters must give Way to slaughtering the savage who wounds and rends Without mei-cy. . Wishful thinking must give way to serious thought, and pious resolutions to vigorous action. The chirruping- of harm­ less sentiments must be superseded by the battle cry and the sound of war. < . A * * » • « « 0 ■WHAt'^NEXT? There are rumours that more -of the big stores are contem­ plating mergers, Of course this remark does not refer to any local situation, but the rumour, if Well founded, is bound to affect busi­ ness life locally and in, our immediate vicinity, we cannot but wonder where this sort of thing will end. For many „a -decade busi­ ness life heeded the slogan, “Oompetition Is the life of trade”. Such a slogan was born in the times when one man (controlled the situation and by controlling the situation exploited the public to the top of his bent, such was not always the case even in th'e one-man business d^s. , was usuai!y noted, however, when this one man was con­ fronted by another man, that he spruced up and showed himself considerably more enterprising, to the advantage of his own affairs and the welfare of the community. * However, when competition merged into a state of war, necessity made a change in the -method of carrying on imperative. In many cases the cut throat competition drove the (Weaker mer­ chandiser to the wail with results “that were not always advantageous ttf anyone. Jxist now we find ourselves confronted by mergers, a condition of affairs that puzzles a great .many merchandiser's and good citizens who are not In the merchandizing game. Mergers come about because they meet necessity, that is, a necessity obvious to the keen business men who desire them. One hopeful feature of the situation is tliat if anyone, shows himself equal to doing business and has the Integrity tb sustain his business ability, capital lies ready to -his hand. * ‘ 4 tew times In th© mm -©£ tlw world's history have truly great events taken place. ‘True, there have been, many striking occur-: rences; they have been popping up quite frequently sine© the begin­ ning of time, but only very rarely have men witnessed events of true and lasting importance, The first' of these was, undoubtedly, the cre­ ation of the world, then, followed the flood. Neccfc and by far th© most important in this chain, of happen­ ings was the birth and life of Christ, Bo rare are events of this magni­ tude that they could he -counted on th© fingers of one hand. And it was more than likely that the men who lived to witness any one of these stirring occasions were com-: pletely unaware of the importance -and yastness of the thing they^saw. This was most assuredly the case in the time .of our Saviour. | XT’S IJKE THIS.-. The following clipping was hand­ ed to us by a reader. Just one per­ son’s view of things: Pear o- The writer does not claim any in­ sight greater than his fellows, but to an obseryant person the times through which we are at presept passing bear many of the imprints of such an epoch-making or epoch­ ending upheaval. Particularly was this thought impressed upon us as we read the eight points of the pro­ gram for the new world order sug­ gested by Prime Minister Churchill and President Roosevelt. Together they have mapped out a pattern for a new and better world to follow the agony of this war. Far th© following mspns I re­ gret that I cannot send you. a cheque. I have been held up,, held down and bagged, walked upon, sat onf flat­ tened out, squeezed by income tax, the »uper tax, the purchase tax, the tobacco tax, the beer tax, the spir­ its tax, the motor tax, and by every society, organization and club that the inventive mind of man can think of to extract what I may or may not have in my possession the Bed Cross, the Iron Cross, Black Cross, the Double every Hospital in the country. The Government has governed my business tijl I do not know who owns it, I am inspected, suspected, examined, re-examined, commanded, so that I do not khow who I am, ox* why the heck I am here at ‘all. All I know is that I am supposed to be an inexhaustabie supply of money for every need, de­ sire ox* hope of the human race and because I will not go out and beg, borrow or steal money to give away, I am. cussed, discussed, boycotted, talked to, talked about, lied to, lied about, held up, hung up. robbed and darn near ruined. The only reason I cling to life is to see what the heck is going to happen to Hitler. Cross town required, F. J. ©ELBRIDGE, Representative, EXETER Confederation I iff* Association-J ' V? i;,.. '..,,.,.. !LI., „ —o- Firstly they promise to the rest of the world that their two countries will seek no advantages over other peoples; that there will be no terri­ torial changes unless the peoples af­ fected desire them; all nations will be permitted to choose their own form of government; all nations, both victors and vanquished, will be permitted apcess to the world’s sup­ plies of all materials needed for prosperity; complete collaboration of all nations in tlje economic field; assistance to those countries which have peen subjugated by the Ger­ mans to return to whatever form of government they wish; freedom Of the seas for all nations; abandon­ ment of the use of force. 1, You may think that the whole setup sounds too theoretical to be useful for practical application, but. if you take the time to study the proposals in their entirety you will see that most of the causes of former wars have been removed. Those two great men are promising to the world that no longer will any one nation be allowed to- enforce its will, its trade restrictions or its form of government on another race. In short, the new order more fully embodies the principles of the Christian faith than any form of national life hitherto conceived. * * * Signed, The People -V- THE VITAL LAST BARREL New Developments in Canada are making Dominion .citizens mole and more alive to the truth that this modern world knows no front line.. There are phases of this war which must be fought within the borders of Canada—and must be won here. Canadians are discov­ ering that they can take part in ac­ tive warfare even while carrying on their ordinary civilian lives. The ■urgent necessity of cutting .gasoline and oil consumption drastically is another factor in bringing us that, fuller realization of the fact that we are all in the war. The state­ ment was made some 'time ago by A. G.* Gardiner in John Bull, now has a new meaning in this country. He said: “The war will be- won by the side that has the last barrel of oil.” If we accept the truth in this statement, we will find it just a little easier to forego -some of ’the comfort and pleasure to be derived ■tfrom the operation of passenger I motor cars. The Dominion Government has ordered a probe of the strike at. the Arvida aluminum plant in Quebec. A probe there certainly should be, but if this one is to be just another probe it won’t accomplish much. It’s a good old Government custom of recent years that a probe should follow any occurrence in this cou?i- try that aroused the general ire of the . public. 'The probe system has served i£s masters well. The .public is appeased for the moment and the danger of their anger is averted by the promise that an investigation will be made. Since Canadians are a highly reasonable people they do not ask for punishments and repris- . als before the facts are known so they wait for. the Government to find out all the grim details. The principle of the system is fine and has an air of British justice at its best, but the common result is that the investigation continues for so long that the public ha,s forgotten the cause of its wrath long, before the facts are made clear and then, since no one is very much interest­ ed, the whole thing .over. is smoothed <> r the furniture people piano, John.” Hus- gave you the money installment.” Wife: dear,; but don't say WlNSTON CHURCHILL “BEST SELLER’’ than over- (the Wife; “It’s come for the band: “But I for the next “Yes, I know, anything. I’m going to pay them as soon as they get it downstairs, because I’ve decided to have it in the sitting room.” -V- Enthusiasm it,ft something about There is a world demand for Mi’. Winston. Churchill’s speeches now done foi’ the gramophone. They, are being bought up in Australia, in Canada, in India, in New Zealand and in South Africa; and again in theix’ own homes, American citizens are listening to his “Give us the tools and we will finish the job. Mr. Churchill has joined the be; sellers. Great Britain shipped more 4,000,000 gramophone records seas last year, and matrices dies from which records are stamp ed out) are not included in this colossal total. The most popular records of i'e- cent years are Paul Whiteman’s “Rhapsody in\ Blue” which has sold more than 80,000 to date; Richard Crooks’ “Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life” (140,00-0); and the top score is Ernest Lough with GSO,OO'O and still selling, ' He was a Temple choirboy wheh he made his lovely “Heai’ My Prayer”. To-day he is a' Stalwart fireman, training a choix’ from the Auxiliary Fire Service at Harrow-on-the-Hill. ■o— Of good/Oan- see that tho Surely it is‘the duty ttdians at this hoqr to probe is completed and the persons responsible for the costly dam­ age are apprehended at once. If the investigators discover after weeks of deliberation that tlie cause of the trouble at Arvida was sabo­ tage, what are the saboteurs going to do in the meantime? Possibly they Will wait patiently for the in­ vestigation to end to find out wheth­ er or not they will give themselves tip to the law. „ Yes, you are probably thinking that these are strong criticisms to make when the Government of our land is at war, but if we cannot dis­ cover swifter and more satisfactory methods of dealing with such prob­ lems we won’t have the kind of Government that can bo criticised at all. Hemember, we are matched against a syst em that is teach Ing the whole world what the word ’’efficiency” moans, and we simply must fight the enemy with efficient weapons. usually en- the When you believe in enough to get excited you’re enthusiastic. The successful man is thusiastic....for ..achievement is result of enthusiasm. If you qan’t get enthusiastic about your work, it is time for you to ipause for an hour’s reflection. There is something wrong with your job or with you.......and the chances are, it 'isn’t the job that’s wrong. Enthusiasm does not come auto­ matically. It is not self-generating- ....it must be nourished by now vi­ sions, new aspirations, new efforts, new incentives and new actions. The more difficult an objective, the mote enthusiasm is required foiSs accomplishment. When you lose interest in your occupation, or when, you lose con­ fidence in yourself arid your ability your enthusiasm is gone. You need to get away from -the monotony of dull routine and acquire a fresh viewpoint—a different perspective. Enthusiasm Is It is contagious, thusiastic without to those around same token, when iastic folks- we catch some of It our­ selves. Enthusiasm Is the spark that kindles the fire of energy. The world makes way for the enthusiastic man. like happiness,...,. We •can’t be en- passing it along us, and, by the we meet enthus- .5 MORE FOR YOUR TIRE DOLLARS WHEN YOU BUY B. F. GOODRICH SILVERTOWNS ® 20% More Mileage Built with Duramin (the tire Vitamin) that tojaghens rubber, fights wear, gives you longer,, safer mileage. ® Blowout Protection All plies are welded together, with the Safety-Weld process —puts blowout protection into every ply. ♦ Skid Protection The deep spiral bars of the tread act as a battery of wind­ shield wipers to sweep wet roads dry for quick stops. NO 1 Sunoco Service 10’ Phone 200