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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1939-11-30, Page 7THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE THURSDAY, NOTOWH 30, SUSPENDERS TREE RIAL (Remember your first long-pants suit? How the salesman reveled in your glory, and threw In the pair of suspender that clinched the sale of your next five suits? It wasn’t that you got something for nothing’ but that the other man seemed more interested in making you happy than he did in getting ypur money. Intense concentration on getting the order spoils many a sale. A sincere interest in what the customer is trying to do, what sat­ isfaction he is trying to get, will build permanent business for any salesman. ' ' We are not arguing for free goods hut we stick to the suspenders prin­ ciple. Free suspenders - in the form ■of suggestions, alertness, sincere at­ tention to the customers interest, Will help hold up volume and pro­ fits just as suspenders hold up pants. * * * Strive to be a race horse rather than a truckhorse — race horses are thoroughbreds. * * * Don’t tell your young hopeful but few great men ever were prize win­ ners at school. * * * A test of character: Gan you read a list of casualties and not be dis­ appointed if you don’t see the name •of someone you know?* •♦ •* Mrs. Nutt (handing her husband a saucer of white powder); “John taste this and tell me what you think it is.” Mr. Nutt: ‘"It tastes like soda.” Mrs. N.: “That’s what I told Bridget but she declares it is rat poison.”* * * WHEN WHEN you aim for- success and maintain it — WHEN you attack failure and defeat it — WHEN you can recognize wrong and combat it — WHEN you believe in right and can shout it — WHEN you can meet opportunity and know it — WHEN you can make an admission and forget it — WHEN you can strive for an ideal and can live it and aim for what is right and pray for 'it— WHEN you can sense competition and not knock it — WHEN you can fight competition and still boost it — THEN your future is safe. * * * ROADS Oh, you may take the smooth paved road The highways, if you will; But I will take the country road That straggles up the liill. What fun is there in wandering If you must always know Where every road will take you to And where you want to go? Give me the road where every turn Will bring a fresh surprise Of cozy farms and apple trees And shade to rest the eyes. The dusty road, the country road Where friendly birds fly low, Where lazy carters rumble past, And scented breezes blow; Where ruts are grown with tufts of grass And daisies spring between; On either side long fields of grain That billow gold and green. So take the highway if you will From town to smoky town, And rest you in a stuffy inn When velvet night comes down; But think of me beneath the stars; All pillowed in the hay, With songs of birds to waken me And send me on my way. ***Abigal Cresson Be great enough to be modest. * * * •Every time you get discouraged, remember how long they train a race horse or a prize fighter or a tennis champion before a big test — if you do as well as you are able today, possibly tomorrow you will find it an easy matter to do a little more and do it still better. * • ♦ The burglar’s wife was in the wit­ ness box and the prosecuting coun­ sel was conducting a vigorous cross- examination: “Madam, you are the wife of this man?” z “Yes.” “You knew he was a burglar when you married him?” “Yes.” “How did you come to contract a matrimonal alliance with such a man?" “Well,” answered the witness sarcastically, “I was getting old and had to choose between a lawyer and a burglar.” (Note: The cross - examination ended right there.)♦ ♦ * Only those who can practice self­ control are worthy to command.♦ * * One of the first rules of a success­ ful salesman is to know when to stop talking.* * * “Lawyers,” comments a commen­ tator, “are more successful in cities, where the population is dense.” And it often helps if the judge is a little dense as well.♦ # * PRANKISH PROBLEM If a bear can eat a cow in one mln- uate, and a lion can eat a cow in half a minute, how long will it take the bear and the lion - both eating togethei- - to devour one halt a cow? (Correct solution will be found elsewhere in this column.) V * * “How can I drive a pail without hitting my finger?” “Let your wife hold it.”* * * In Your Own Coin • The universe pays every man in -his own coin; if you smile, it smiles upon you in return; if you sing, you will be invited into gay company; if you think, you will be entertain­ ed by thinkers; if you respect others you will re respected; if you are af­ fectionate and kind, you will get | love and happiness in return.” She: “When does a book become a classic?” He: “When people who haven’t read it, begin to say they have.”♦ * * “ AIRPLANE SOUNDS If sound waves of a speeding air­ plane were visible, they would be seen as conical in shape with the point moving forward with the ship and the sides expanding outward be­ hind the plane at about 1,100 feet per second, the velocity of sound. The change in tone heard when a plane passes overhead, or dives and flattens out near by, is explained by a bit of physics known as Doppler’s principle. In simple words - when a plane move away from you, the pitch of the sound is lowered, while the pitch is raised if it is moving toward you. The beating effect heard and of: ten felt results from the ship’s rapid motion, being caused by a reinforc­ ing of sound waves already given, out new' waves, produced as the plane moves along,( joining other waves emitted at a point farther back. The result is a very intense noise, while at Other points the sound is reduced because of the can­ cellation of waves. The noise often appears to come from a point consid­ erably behind the machine because the plane has moved ahead of the point where the noise was produced by the time the sound waves reach the ears. ,♦ * * Answer to Prankish Problems: 10 We have had a fine Indian Summer, ***.•***$ Got all those little last things done before the winter storms begin? * ******* HOW COME? How did it come about that so many of oui’ young men who volunteered their services as soldiers and were “passed” by the doctors have been found unfit for military service? Who was asleep at the switch? How much of this sort of thing is going on in the conduct of the war? We confess that we are curious, Why should not a whole lot of those young fellows who have been discharged as physically unfit for military service be retain­ ed under the colors and put to work in other capacities than actual soldiering? When undex* such control these young men might be disciplined in a manner that would restore them or build them np to vigorous manhood. While under such discipline they could render good service to themselves, to their families and to their country, Turned “loose” they may prove a problem. * * * * * * * * A MAD ACT Germany's sowing the channels of trade with mines is an act of madness and wickedness without parallel in histpry. Her doing so is but another of the many proofs that that country is the out­ law of civilization. Neutral nations may now see why Britain is at war. There is nothing that opens the eyes of some nations like a severe jolt to the pocketbook. They whom the gods destroy, they first make blind. Germany is not the only nation to learn this terrible fact, ******** Stop that Tickling In the Throat That tickling in the throat is most distressing, and is caused by a cold settling in the throat. Tile dry, hard cough not only keeps you in misery all day long, but also prevents yon getting a good night’s sleept What you need to relieve this tickling cough is Dr, Wood’s Norway Pine Syrup. This valuable prepara­ tion is composed Of the most sooth­ ing and healing expectorant barks and herbs with Which is combined the virtues of the world-famous Norway pine tree. When you ask for “Dr. Wood’s*’ see that you get it. The T. Milbum Co., Ltd., Toronto, Ont. seconds. * * * Albert: “No more time-clock punching for me.’* Arthur; “Oh, so your new job makes you independent?” Albert: “Absolutely, I get there any time I want before eight and leave just when I please after five.” * * * Laziness, inefficiency and intem­ perance are the chief causes of the crime waves, * * * When you hear a boy say: “I won’t play if I can’t hat” -— you can bet his wife will lead an un­ happy life. * * * Oolumning is a fascinating game - You Write a few pages of copy, then, 'Sign your name. —the COlohel MORE INITIATIVE, PLEASE In the brave days long gone by, but which still live in the hearts of the students of history, when Carthage and Rome were in death grips for the supremacy of the world, it was not till the Romans decided to carry the war into Africa, the Darthagenian stronghold, that victory rested on their banners. This principle holds true in the present world situation, tit is Hitler that launch­ es the surprises, for the most part. He has been the aggressor all along. What we’d like to see is a few surprises handed to this man so keen for fight and so swift to hand out some new and deadly weapon. A few sharp lessons would do him and his dupes a deal of good, meanwhile saving a deal of good French and British blood. Sailors and soldiers and airmen are eager to venture. ******** STOP THJEF Last Saturday evening when the Anderson big store in St. Thomas was in the full stride of the evening business, two women entered the fur department and stole two coats, one valued at $350 and the other at $375. Such is the peril of merchandising these difficult days. It is earnestly to be hoped that the miscre­ ants will be captured and adequately dealt with. Far too many thieves are abroad and far too many of them are lightj.y dealt with when taken into custody. If some of the folk who plead for mercy for such rascals knew a little of the difficulty of merchandising in times like these we believe that fewer thieves would be abroad. It is every man’s business these times to stand for old fashioned honesty, . * * * * * * * * A FINE DEED WELL DONE Praise and only praise is due that daring flyer who raided the Siegfried Line by dropping a whole load of bombs on the strong­ est portion thereof, and who returned to his airbase with his plane riddled with bullets. This raid reminds us of the best deeds and the finest spirit of Drake who “singed the Spanish king’s beard.” This daring airman is on a pax- with the trawlers in the North Seas who in heaving seas and raging winds pursue their perilous task of sweeping the seas .of mines, a work simply terrific for its labor­ iousness and dreadful perils. All the world wonders at the amaz­ ing deeds of these souls of heroic mould. Not while red blood is found in the veins of men ’will they forget the deed of this great airman. It was magnificant and it was war. $ * * * * * * * WHY NOT? This talk of suspension of the European hostilities for the Christinas season makes a fine appeal to our finer sensibilities. The one thing that stands in the way of such a move is the utter faithlessness of Germany in the hands of Hitler. In view of events of the last year or so, who is willing to take Hitler’s say so for anything? How could such a man such as he resist the bombing of London in the full glow of Christmas joy? But if hostilities may be suspended for the Christmas season, why not for all time? It is up to Germany, entirely up to Germany. For the ending of the war all that is needed is for Germany to lay down her arms and for the allies to receive compensation for the damage Germany has wrought and have substantial guarantees against the recurrance of German aggression. ****** ** NOT QUITE We’ve just been listening to some United States Thanksgiving orators. One characteristic feature of those addresses was grati­ tude expressed for peace. We are not sure at all that we'd have joined in those felicitations, that is, under the world circumstances. We are not at all sure tha^t we’d have been happy to stand on the sidelines eating .turkey and cranberry sauce while Poland was be­ ing ravished and those youths in Prague lined up and shot for no Other offence than their recalling with gratitude that twenty years previous they had attained the rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Still less could Canadians have been happy had they continued in the awful suspense that Germany might at any hour break out into acts of uncalled for aggression that sooner or later would rush civilization into the maelstrom of anarchy. Canadians love peace, but it is not the peace of the slave men nor of a grave­ yard of human spirits. Rather, like St. Paul, they glory in tribul­ ations in what the greatest of Americans called “a just and last­ ing peace.” . * * * * * * * *I “CUT TO ESSENTIALS” We cull this heading from a description of the drill being given the Canadian forces. Said the man responsible for this drill, “It is cut to essentials.” These (soldiers in the making) are be­ ing prepared for some stern work, when that work comes, unless they are ready therefore things will go badly With them. For the unprepared soldier there will be a little cross over there on which a brief notice “stripped to essentials” will be carved. In Canada there will be a household mourning, all because someone has not the essentials. .So much for the soldiers. What about officialdom up there at Ottawa? Is it “stripped to essentials?” The Dominion wonders.. Are there crowds and crowds of officials who are not down to “essentials?” Curious eyes are being turned that Way. Anger Will follow those glances if trusted men are not “stripped to essentials” and stepping lively. We look about us and see a good deal of luxury being indulged in, and note that a good deal of the non-essential is occuping the at­ tention of men and women who should be acting better, in fact Canada is scarcely aware that war is on, a war that threatens all dear to the hearts of decent men. It is high time that Canadians were “stripped to the essentials.” Exeter-Hensall W. C. T. U. The Hensall-Exeter W.C.T.U. met in the United Church school rooms Hensail, on Thursday, November 16. There was a good attendance with a goodly number from Exeter pres­ ent. Mrs, Jinks conducted the devo­ tional exercises assisted by Mrs. McQueen and Mrs. Spencer and a number leading in prayer and Mrs. Hedden contributing a solo. Prom­ inent among the hymns sung was “Spirit of the Living God.” The president Mrs. Geo. Hess took the chair for the remainder of the meet­ ing. The secretary, Miss Douglas, read the minutes of the last meet­ ing and called the roll, The treas­ urer, Mrs. McQueen in a concise manner presented a very gratifying report. The clip sheet entitled “What the W.C.T.U, is and what it does” was taken up. The following are some of the gleanings on’ the subject: The W. C. T, U. was born in pray­ er, and is an organization of Chris­ tian woman banded together for protection of home, the abolition of the Liquor Traffic and the triumph of the Golden Rule laid down by Christ in both law and social usage. Members wore the wliite ribbon bow as a badge, and prayer for social progress, especially at the noontide as a bond of fellowship. The most permanent evidence that we have that the W.C.T.U. serves a necessary and beneficial purpose is in persons helped in character build­ ing and educational attainment. This is not all or as one of the means to that end they have 'built Willard Hall in Toronto where hundreds of girls, away from home in the city, giving them the pleasures and coma­ forts of home with class-rooms for lectures and study courses as well as recreation rooms for social gather­ ings and a well-equipped gymnasium and swimming pool with instructors. London and St. Catharines also own buildings. Kingston and Brook­ ville’ have just this year presented their communities with marble drinking-fountains as memorials of the .Francis Willard Centenary and these are by no means the full list of W.C.T.U. achievements. It has been asked if a separate organization for temperance work is necessary when most Women’s Mis­ sionary Societies have at least one temperance program each year, The answer is that while the W. M. S. study temperance they have no per­ sons especially trained to give full time to temperance work. Their funds are trust funds given for mis­ sionary work alone within their own denominational fields of service and cannot be spent on temperance work however great the need may be. All W. C. T. U. women belong to the W. M. S., all W. M. .S. women might well belong to the W.C.T.U. At least two full time secretaries are at work regularly in Ontario do­ ing temperance work. Toronto dis­ trict had a field secretary at work last year who in seven months visit­ ed a different ’Sunclay iSchool every Sunday to teach Temperance from a scientific standpoint. Ontario W. C. T. U. has a full time field secretary who specializes in work in day schools. Eighteen counties have had her within a single year address many of their school children in the classroom. Her work has won high approval from school principals. When visiting a town she is often invited to talk to church organizations- She also organizes new union Y’s and L.T.S.’s. During school vacations the Field Secretary helps in Summer Schoo'l work. Two Y Camps have been carried on in Ontario for the' last few years, one on Lake Oonseson, near Pembroke, where for eleven days or two weeks is ministered in enjoymeent with knowledge, to ovei’ a score of girls in each. It has been asked what work is done by the organized unions. It world take a whole report book to give all the temperance work carried, on in two dozen different depart­ ments, carried on by unions but the following is a report given at the annual convention of one department in one union. Kitchener union distributed 3600 leaflets, 1500 blot­ ters and 42 books in schools. The Superintendent of Narcotics sent let­ ters to the members of the boards of educating enclosing samples of literature and gained consent for distribution by teachers. Unions also sponsor Medal Con­ tests. They believe that the hope of the future is in the education of the children and youth of today. There were 110 medals provided in Ontario by the unions and 429 con­ testants took part. These lead up to a grand Gold Medal Contest at the Provincial Convention and the Diamond Medal Contest at the Na­ tional Convention in Ottawa. There are also Essay and Poster Contests in Schools. The following is a brief summary of the W.C.T.U. in prisons. In eight counties the W.C.T.U. have prison visitors. There were 162 services held during the year when a number took the pledge of total abstinance. 117 Bibles and 1600 papers were given away. Definite conversions are an encouraging feature of this work. The following is a sample of hos­ pital work/Toronto District Unions’ send cheer parcels to soldiers in hos­ pitals in Toronto once a week. The superintendent of this department j in Toronto made 134 visits in five hospitals and 215 to soldiers homes.- Hers is a real ministry-of sympathy | and helpfulness. i The annual report book records | the work done year by year. Every: officer in a Union should have one. They are a quarter each. I The Canadian White Ribbon Tid­ ings should be carefully read. It reports work done and gives a know­ ledge of the affects pf alcoholic beverages, upon the individual and upon society. j The yearly subscri ption is only; fifty cents and if ordered for a Xmas gift a Special Christmas sticker with the paper carries the (Season's Greet­ ings of the sender. It is an interest­ ing all the year round Christmas present for shut-in friends. It is uni­ que in that it is our only National temperance journal in that it is written by women for women. Because the W. C. T. U. is a truly patriotic society aiming at making Canada a land of happy homes by taking away the Liquor Traffic that shadows so many of our happy homes, church workers especially should lend a hand in W. C. T U. efforts because nothing destroys the image of God in the human heart so rapidly or so completely as the drink habit unless it is the use of other narcotics. A reception of new members was held in which the president read the welcoming address, stating that by signing the pledge and paying the membership dues a member belongs to the largest organization of wo­ men in the world, and her influence and effectiveness in temperance work increased a thousand fold. Let us wear our white ribbon bow. I seek it, the white ribbon In parlor, street and car; I watch for its flashing message As those who watch for the stars, For thought it be frayer and dingy And worn on a shabby dress, It lends to its faithful wearer A charm you can never guess. So wear it with pride dear women Morning and noon and night, Glad to show wherever you go You’re standing for God and right. Mrs. Johns assisted Mrs. Hess in pining on the bow. The members sang “Blest be the Tie that Binds” and closing with “The Lord Bless thee and keep thee; the Lord make His face to shine upon thee and be gracious unto thee, the Lord lift up His coutenance upon thee and give thee peace.” Unique Tombstone Antiquarians and others interest­ ed in unusual details of Canada’s history would be repaid for a visit to Union cemetery, a short distance northwest of the village of Welles­ ley, in Waterloo County, Ontario. A cryptographic tombstone stands there, the letters and figures appar­ ently a hopeless jumble, but convey­ ing a message to anyone patient enough to decode the involved ciph­ er. The tombstone was erected by Dr. S. Bean in memory of his two wives Henrietta and Susanna, who died while the district was still UP- pei’ Canada. Among the few people who have decoded the ciphei’ is Mrs. Anderson Dewar, of Wellesley, and this is what she obtained: “In memoriam, Henrietta, 1st wife of S. Bean M.D., who died 27th Sep. 1865, aged 23 years, 2 months and 17 days & Susaana, his 2nd wife, who died 27th April 1867, aged 26 years 10 months & 15 days. 2 bet­ ter wives I man never had. They were gifts from God but are now in Heaven. May God help me to meet them there.”—J. G. Fletcher, Wa­ terloo, Ont., in MacLea’n's Magazine. —Milverton Sun. Before You Insure Consult Confederation Life Association Orte of the World’s Great Life Insurance institutions. Renowned for Strength, Service and Security Since 1871. F. J, DELBRIDGE, Representative, EXETER FREIGHTS CRASH IN •STRATHROY O. N. R. YARD Lumber, brick and silica sand were scattered about the Canadian National right-of-way foi" a large distance and traffic was disrupted on the main line in Strathroy about 11 o’clock on Saturday night last, when the engine of a fast freight crashed into another freight train as it pulled from the westbound to the eastbound track, just east of the station, An eastbound freight had crossed over to the westbound track to allow a through freight also east- bound, to pass, As the freight cross­ ed over its own track, the fast west­ bound freight crashed into it about half a dozen car lengths ahead of the caboose, demolishing the three cars and scattered the varied contents over a wide area. One of the smashed cars carried lumber and brick, a second brick and the third, silica sand, used in the manufacture of glass. When the fireman and the head-end brakeman on the through freight saw that the crash was inevitable, they jumped. The brakeman escap­ ed unscathed, but Fireman McKay, of Sarnia, suffered a gash in the hip which required a stitch to close. Engineer Patterson, also of Sarnia, stayed with the engine,’ and escaped uninjured. The engine of the westbound freight was badly smashed up, and a part of the track torn up. Traf­ fic on the main line was tied up for a short time, but the wreckage was cleared away with dispatch, so that it was possible for traffic to use the yard sidings to pass the scene of the crash. Within a short time af­ ter the accident the wrecker from London was on the scene, and main­ tenance of way men in the district had been summoned to aid in clear­ ing away the wreckage. However, it was not until late on Sunday af­ ternoon that the mess was finally cleared up. ....................................... . ........... Won’t You Help In the War On Tuberculosis? 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