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THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER a, 10»»
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Few Canadians realize that this country is at war.* * * *
Mud and fog are playing into the hands pf Britain and her
allies,
Instructions for
Red Cross Workers
as
PRESENTATION
A very- happy time was spent re*
THE THREE C’S OF CREDIT
When Bankers say credit is based
on character, they mean a different
’character’ from what 'Sunday School
teachers have in mind.
This was explained by Edwin
Baxtei* who said it was true that
the man who wants to borrow from
a bank must have character* and that
character will often command a loan
when nothing else will.
“But remember,” .he went on,
“that ‘character’ means not only ne
gative
Honest
A man
proven
cessfully cope with conditions of all
kinds, and not merely that he can
resist temptation.
“Many men have morals above re
proach who cannot be said to be men
of character in the rugged, financial
sense.
“Business character is almost
ways accompanied by capacity
success. 'Character and business
pacity are seldom associated with
out accumulation of some capital.
So here are the three C’s of credit
Character
■Capacity
Capital.”
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He who searches
dom finds it.’*
There are morb-cynics at sixteen
than at sixty.* * *
Progression: and then there is the
story of the poet who sent a New
York magazine three poems — and
they sent him back five.
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roots which determine
fruit a tree will bear.
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place some men shine is
of their heads.
* * *
think the parole system
his plans have
today, there
hundred million
who practice their
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The turnips and mangels all are safely in and Jphnny is back
in school.
but chiefly positive virtues,
intentions are not enough,
of character is one who has
repeatedly that he can suc-
al-
for
ca-
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for praise sel-
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It is the
the kind of
The only
at the- top
“Do you
is a failure ’’
“No, but I think criminals should
be asked to give the prisons
trial before they leave”.
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COURAGE
duty - accept :
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FOR
dodge i
a fair
respon-
abolished — but
worked out and
more than one
people in Russia
religious faith.
Communism stands for the aboli
tion of all private property. It robs
man of his freedom of action, of
thought, of speech and of worship.
New York City has two major
railway stations — the Grand Cen
tral and the Pennsylvania. In one
year, the passenger list of both sta-'
tions totaled 94,747,740. Of course
this does not include the number of
passengers who enter and leave New
York by airplane, boat or bus, nor
the number who enter and leave by
passenger automobiles,
'Sound travels four times faster
thru water than it does thru air.
When you listen in your room at a
political speech over 'the radio, you
hear it a split second sooner than
the actual audience to which it is ad
dressed.
An Angora goat must thrive and
produce for ten years to provide
enough mohair to upholster the av
erage five-passenger sedan — a vi
tal statistics which has furnished a
new major industry for Texas.
In a single year, the goats raised
by Texas herdsmen have provided
14,000,000 pounds of mohair out of
the 16,558,000 pounds produced in
seven States to supply the demand
of car manufacturers.
The first drinking cups of Europe
were made from the horns of ani
mals — some of them, richly orna
mented. Sipping was considered
un-manlike. Etiquette called for
drnking the flagon in a single
draught even though it contained
a quart of strong-wine.
Poland had eleven educational in
stitutions of University rank.
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What the G.'O.P. seems to need
most for 1940 is a good cheer leader
* * *
If she says she likes the smell of
his pipe, it is her way of saying:
‘You can go ahead and make that
first payment on the wedding ring.’
This week’s prize for optimism go
es to the printer who set the ready-
to-wear advertisement ‘No alterca
tions’.
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It is really funny listening to those radio announcers wrestling
with those foreign names.
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It looks as if Duplessis, and all that he stood for, have been re
jected by the Quebec voters.
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This war is likely to demonstrate, even to the most obtuse, that
ideas are terrible things, having in them the power of making or
destroying nations.
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That million tons of cereal that Russia has promised Germany
seems a big deal from a .country that is regarded to be poor, to a
country said to be short of cash. There are queer things about
this war.
********
Those fine rains coming as they do with gentleness are giving
oui* fall wheat fields and meadow lands and pastures, a splendid
opportunity for a genuine soaking. The good price of butter and
the abundant pastures make a highly desirable combination.
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All this talk about the insanity of Hitler is bewildering to the
plain man. If he is really insane, how comes it that he has united
Germany and developed hei* to being the power that she is, not only
in Germany, but in the world? There’s nothing but folly in under
rating an opponent. It looks as if Hitler was a menace and a very
clever one. We heard thirty years ago, a great deal about the ill
ness and low mentality of the Kaiser.
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STOCKINGS FROM COAL
No, there's no bunk about the headng of this paragraph. The
Christian Science Monitor tells us in a news item that over there in
Delaware they are actually making stockings from coal. They call
this new material “Nylon.” These stockings are said to be of better
wearing quality than those made from rayon, that they’ll wear
longer and all that and that they'll sell for from $1.15 to $1.35 per
pair. Not only are they making stockings from coal, but they are
making the real thing in bristles from coal. Bo there you are again.
It keeps one stepping to keep up with these times. These men
who work in the laboratories are revolutionizing the world.********
MORE GRIM EARNESTNESS, PLEASE
We earnestly hope that the authorities will not regard this war
as an affair for carpet knight and tea pourers. The Germans do not
look at things in that way. They are desperately in earnest. They
are working for all that is in them, and work by hand and brain
have a way of counting, as the experience of men and governments
abundantly demonstrates. All over Canada there is a feeling that
those in high places are not driving the war work with sufficient
energy. A great deal is being done, but a great deal more should
be done. Over-confidence seems to be the dry rot of the occasion.
Planning is a good thing, but we want workable plans put into exe
cution. We welcome deputations, but what we would welcome still
more heartily would be more power to the airmen and to the sailors
and to the soldiers. We will be well advised to heed the lessons of
history.********
dread
stone.
defeat - use it as a
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SLEEVELESS SWEATER
Directions for hand-knitted regu
lation Sleeveless Sweater:
Material Required •— 10
4-ply Scotch Fingering or
wool than the 4-ply sock
For average knitter-—N,
by Bell Guage,
For loose knitter—No. 8
Bell Gauge.
Back;
■Cast on 80 stitches. Knit 2, purl
2, rib knitting for 4 inches. Then in
stocking stitch (knit 1 row, purl 1
row) for 10 inches. Then cast off 3
stitches at beginning of next 2 rows.
From now on keep 5 stitches knit
plain at each end of needle every
pin'l row to form
armholes. Continue
stocking stitch and
together inside the 5
der every 4th row three times. Con
tinue to knit until the armhole mea
sures 8 inches, then keep 34 stitches
knit plain on purl rows same as the
armhole edge for 1 more inch, Then
knit 22 stitches, cast off 24 stitches
in centre for neck, knit 22 stitches.
On one side now knit front, keeping
5 stitches at neck end knit plain on
purl rows to form border same as
armhole. Knit 8 rows for shoulder.
Then increase 1 stitch on 6th stitch
from neck end every 4th row twelve
times, and
armhole at
1 stitch at
row three
peat for
stitches all on one needle and cast
on 3 stitches at each end of needle
(80 stitches again on needle). Knit
in stocking stitch but keep centre
10 stitches knit plain on every purl
row for 5 times to finish V neck.
Continue to knit until same length
as back finishing with knit 2, purl 2
ribbed knitting 4 inches. Cast off.
Sew up side seams neatly.
N. B.—To join wool, splice, do not
knot.
Knee caps—2 No. 9 needles, 4
Scotch fingering yarn.
Wristlets—4 No. 11 needles, 1
Scotch fingering yarn.
oz. Wool,
a heavier
wool.
7 needles
needles by
border around
to knit in
knit 2 stitches
stitches of bor-
when last decrease on
back is reached increase
armhole edge every 4th
times. Break off. Re-
other front. Then put
HELLO!
oz.
oz.
WOODHAM
A splendid Hallowe’en} social
was staged here Friday evening last, cently when. Mrs. Earl Thiel enter*
by the band, under the leadership of taiped a number of relatives and
Mrs. Wm. Mills and her assistant I friends in honor of her friend Misa
Mrs. W. Switzer, A considerable num’ Beatrice Gascho, bride-elect. The
her were dressed in comic hallowe’en home was beautifully decorated in
masqueraded around and white, Misg Vera
of Exeter, read the address when, (little Carole Thiel and Marilyn Ha-
iberer so cheerfully* pulled the load
ed little wagon containing a. miscel
laneous shower and presented it to
Beatrice. Miss Gascho thanked the
guests very ably for their kindness
attire. They i
several times keeping time to. the.
music with Miss Audrey Johnson at
the piano. Prizes were given to the
best dressed and the best comic cos
tume for grown ups and the children
This amused the large audience very
much. Afterwards a delightful pro
gram was put on by the children con* | . .....................
sisting of choruses, dialogues, piano (shown to her, with those lovely and
solos, readings and a piano duet. At j useful gifts. The other part pf the
the close small baskets of candy and evening was spent in contests, so*
popcorn together with numerous1
small articles from the bazaar were
sold, The proceeds amountd to
$28.00. Much credit is due those who
trained the children.
•The Perth Teachers’ Training
School will be held at Woodham
United Church bn Wednesday even
ing, November 8 th.
The Young Peoples’ Union held a
social evening on .Monday of this
week.Several from here attended Zion !
Anniversary services at Zion Sunday
morning last. A splendid address was
delivered by their pastor Rev, A.
Laing.
Mrs. G. Dykeman and children are
spending a few days at the home of .
Mrs. Dykeman’s parents, Mr, and Mrs. Frank McNaughton. |
Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Hanna, of , _______
London, were last Sunday visitors at .his sister Mrs. Freeman Horne?
the home of Mr. and Mrs. William '
Thompson, Usborne.
Miss Roda Thompspn is holiday
ing with friends in'London.
cial chats and community singing.
A delicious buffet luncheon was
served.—-Zurich Herald.
WINCHELSEA
Chas. -Stewart and Mrs. Re
becca Btewart and Audrey Merner,
of Exeter, visited on Thursday with
Mr. and Mrs. Walker Kerslake,
! Mr. and Mrs, Freeman Horne and 'Kathleen visited on Sunday evening
with Mr. and Mrs, Wilbui* Batten,
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Elford and fam*
ily, of Elimville, visited on Sunday
wth Mrs. W. J, Veal.
Mr. W. J. Davs, of Denfield, spent
the week-end with Mr. and Mrs.
'Clarence Fletcher.
j Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Fletcher of St.
Thomas, called .Sunday afternoon on
Mr.
CENSU.S OF DOMINION
WILL BE RECORED
Mrs. Walker Kerslake and Gene
vieve visited Tuesday with Mr. and
Mrs. .Bill 'Denham of Kirkton.
I Sunday visitors of Mr. and Mrs. G.
'Davis were as follows: Mr. and Mrs.
iWilliam Hagen, of Kitchener; Miss
I'Cylene Younge, Mr. Crosson, Galt;
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Pym and family
■of Elimville; Mr. and Mrs. James
'Kirkland and Malcolm, of Thames
Road.
Preparatory work for the Domin
ion census is going ahead in spite of
the war, officials at Ottawa have I Mr> and lMrs> Harold button, of
reported and it is expected that once London; Mr. and Mrs. James Ogden
Don’t
siibility.
Don’t
stepping
Face facts - don’t run away from
difficulties.
Don’t drift and dream - neurotics
usually call ’time out’.
Enjoy life - seek pleasure and
happiness.* * *
first and last word ‘
Three jovial travelers were dining
together at a hotel one day, when it
was agreed
whichever of them
oldest name should
paying the cost of
one was enjoying.
The first traveler said, “My name
is Richard Eve, and that is rather
old, you must admit.”
The next man replied, “My name
is Adam Brown — I go further back
than you.”
The third traveler, with a merry
twinkle in his eyes, took his business
card from his pocket and showed it
to the other two, who read on it
these words: “Mr. B. Ginning.”* * *
.Shakespeare said: “How quickly
nature falls into revolt when gold
becomes her object!”
* * *
QUIDNUNC
Russia has a mixture of more than
■200 different nationalities - speaking
as many as 150 languages and dia
lects.
At present, there are an estimated
ten million people' either in prison
■or in exile in the desolate sections
of the Russian Union.
A vast majority of the Russian
people are not members of the Com
munist party and are opposed to
legalized terrorism.
'Stalin decreed that by May, 19'37,
churches in the U.S.B.R. should be
between them
possessed
be exempt
the dinner
that
the
from
each
Stop that Tickling
In the Throat
That tickling in the throat is most'
distressing, and is caused by a Cold
settling in the throat.
The dry, hard cough not only keeps
you in misery all day long, but also
prevents yon getting a good night s
.sleep.
What you need to relieve this
tickling cough is Dr. Wood’s Norway
Pine Syrup. This valuable prepara
tion is composed o£ the most sooth
ing and healing expectorant barks
and herbs with which is combined
the virtues of the world-famous
Norway pitfe tree.
When yod ask for uDr, Wood’s’*
ae§ that you get it.
The T. Milburn Co,, Ltd., Toronto, Ont.
* * *
It won’t do to tell little Roger
but few great men evei* went thru
grade school without being punished
several times for infraction of the
rules.
TRAGEDY IN IT
*•* *
And some cynic has said there are
just two kinds of people; those who
expect the
ply it.
worst and those who sup-
** * *
the orator who has noth-
makes the most noise.
* * &
The principle difference between
a democracy and a dictatorship is
that the crowds have to be cajoled in
the former and clubbed in the latter.
* * *
Blessed are those of our readers
who sends us greeting cards un
marked by writing — so we can use
them over again — but, Oh, very
well then, go ahead and write on
them
They
Usually,
ing to say
and don’t forget to send them,
are always welcome.
¥ V «
American was touring Wales,An
and upon entering a hotel, noticed
the words ‘tarn htab" printed on the
mat. “Ah, he exclaimed. ‘.I suppose
that is Welsh for ‘Welcome’.’
sir,” replied the doorman,
the bath mat, upside down.”
*
William Henry Maule, one
wittiest jurists who ever sat
Common Pleas bench in
once gave sentence that caused a
lot of snickering on both sides of
the Atlantic. The prisoner was be
yond doubt innocent but the jury
was determined to do something
about it, and returned him guilty.
In passing sentence, Maule said:
“Prisoner at the bar, your coun
sel thinks you innocent; the counsel
for the prosecution thinks your in
nocent; I think you innocent. But a
jury of your countrymen, in the ex
ercise of such common sense as they
possess, which does not seem' to be
much, have found you guilty and
it remains for me to pass on you the
sentence of the law. That sentence
is that you be kept in imprisonment
for one day, and as that day was
yesterday, you may go about your
business.”
*
Virtue in the
portunity — in
temptation.
*
When a person says ‘I do not like
that fellow*, what he really means
is
” “No,
“that's
* *
of the
on the
London,
* *
male is lack of op-
the female, lack of
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I do not know that fellow’.* * *
There is many a slip
’Twizt the cup and the lip
But a column is made up
Of a quirk and a quip.
—the colonel
We have referred in the foregoing paragraph to stockings
made from coal. We gasp a bit and then think of what this means
to tens of thousands of workers. Thirty years ago our sympathy
would have gone to sheep growers and wool workers as rayon ap
peared on the commercial horizon. This is not the case just now.
The shepherds and the wool workers had their bitter dose and their
heavy losses when rayon came into fashion. Merchants will tell
you that the stocking industry gives them the jitters just to think
what may take place over night. 'Shapes and materials in the stock
ing trade are as variable and as whimsical as the weather in October
or April.
compete, (So far the new stockings are to be sold only in Delaware.
The next place, no doubt, where these wonderful affairs will be on
sale, will be Exeter, for this town is nothing if not up to date, down
to the last stocking.
Yet with all this sort of thing the poor merchant must
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BRAVE FINLAND?
Russia is attempting to place her filthy hand on the throat of
Finland. Finland, by the way, is one of the most democratic coun
tries the sun shines on. ^She has been strangled for centuries
by the oppressor. In 1919 she gained a large degree of freedom
and evei* since has shown what the free spirit will do when allowed
to work out its own destiny. Lately conscienceless Russia has made
up her mind that freedom shall no longer lift her fair head in Fin
land. Allied with the forces of darkness in their most appalling
form Russia has resolved to ruin this people of 3,000,00:0' and to
throw them upon the scrap heap. What the immediate outcome
will be no one can foretell. Germany may see the fatality of her
union' with Russia and may come to the aid of the oppressed land.
Stranger things may take place within a year than Germany allying
herself with her present foes, Britain and France. If she is wise
this is the very thing she’ll do - if she can.
STICKING TO THE LAST
We cannot 'but think that the 75 ministers of the United Church
of Canada have made a serious blunder, to put it as mildly as pos
sible, in getting in wrong on the war situation. Had these men
stuck to the purpose for which they were ordained they would have
had their hands a good deal more than full. When they commenc
ed to advise government, or to do anything that may ibe construed as
being opposed to the work of the Canadian government in the issue
now before the world, they were distinctly off side and very much
like being in the nuisance class.
The findings of the committee that looked into their case was
one of those innocuous affairs that do nobody any harm and work
no special good to anybody or in any cause. In our opinion the
whole matter has been given a prominence far beyond its impor
tance. We may leave the matter where it belongs, in the hands of'
the Attorney-General
which those ministers*
and in the hands of the Presbyteries under
serve.* * *****
First and
There is the
AS TO OVERHEAD
foremost as to overhead, we have far too much of it.
matter of railways for instance. We are the laughing
stock of the world in this respect. Why have railway facilities for
one hundred millions- population while we have scarcely twelve mil
lions Of population? Why have in addition aerial and cement high
ways paralleling this railway accommodation? Why milling and
manufacturing facilities for one hundred million when fifty per
cent, of the facilities would be sufficient. These are but illustra
tions of our business folly.
'Equally egregious is the folly of overhead when it comes to
domestic affairs. A quiet walk down almost any of ohr residential
Streets makes this condition apparent. Mansions house a family of
four Or, more often, of two or three. In this particular the farther
We have departed from the great simplicities of living, the greater
is the folly.
The remedy? First and foremost is better, saner thinking. More
biography Should be read. A closer study should be given to the
ideals and conduct of those who have built 'Canada.
Courage is needed for those who think clearly to act decisively
tn this matter. 'Canada and but few of her citizens are hindered
through lack of ability or want of opportunity but the great major
ity of them are handicapped by self-imposed and unprofitable over
head.
A little boy laughs over all sorts of
things -
Puppy dogs, engines and spiders-
on-strings,
But there’s probably nothing that
pleases him more
Than seeing his daddy come in at
the door!
* * *
A politician is a man who stands*
for what he thinks the people will'
fall for. .. (
again in 1941 the population of!
Canada will be counted.
New questions will be asked in
the next census. To be dropped are
the questions “can you read” and
“can you write.” In their place will
be the record of the years’ schooling
of each individual. There will be
new questions to determine occupa
tional trends and one regarding re
ceipt of relief.
Provincial listings of brthplaces
will give way to listing by city, town
or township,
determine
population
For the
a separate
and truck
are also to be counted for the first
time.
The census will require 17,000
enumerators. At Ottawa a 'Clerical
'staff of 1,100 will be needed to
'classify the information given the
enumerators. i
Purpose of this is to
trends on the shifts of
to urban and vice versa,
first time there will be
census schedule for fruit
farming. Goats and hares
and Jean, of London visited Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. Horace Delbridge.
Miss Ethel Pollen is spending this
week with her cousin Miss Grace'
Hocking of Munro.
Mrs. Kyle, Mrs. Maud Heywood,
Mrs. Fred Delbridge, of Exeter, vis
ited on Tuesday with Mr. W. F. Bat
ten.
Mr. and Mrs. Archer, of London,
visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
R .W. Batten.
Mrs. W. F. Batten visited Thurs
day with Mrs. Gorvett, of Woodham.
Mr. Harry March, Mr. Geo. Davis
attended the creamery meeting held
at Zurich creamery on Wednesday of
last week.
Mr. and Mrs. George Davis and
Jean visited Wednesday with Mr.
and Mrs. Ed. Alexander of Lumley.
•a
“Aren’t the stars numerous to
night?”
“Yeah, and aren’t there a lot of
them?”
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