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Home My WebLink AboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1940-03-28, Page 7THE EXETER TIMES-,\DVOCATE THURSDAY, MARCH, gSth, 1040 w En i tit Dlr DI 8 I.JL <•*. L* avocation Most of the great discoveries are the result o£ avocation - plaything during rest time. The father . of photography was an army officer; and of the electric motor, a bookbinder’s clerk. The inventor of the telegraph was a portrait painter; and the jacquard loom, a dressmaker. A farmer in vented the typewriter; a poet, the sewing machine; a cabinet maker, the cotton gin; and a coal miner, the locomotive. The telephone was the after school work of a teacher of the deaf; the disc talking machine, the night work of a clothing salesman; the wax cylinder phonograph, of a lawyer’s clerk; the type-setting, ma chine, a grocery man. A physician made the first pneumatic tire be cause his little son was an invalid. The story of nearly every great invention has been the result of someone’s riding a hobby. Be skilled in youi’ vocation - an expert - or if you like even a spec ialist — but — have an avocation. $ # ❖ Over 25 per cent, of the notables listed in the American “Who’s who” were born on farms — but did not remain there.* * * The average business man has a vocabulary of about 3,000' words but gets along on 1,500 or less if the stenographer is out to lunch.* * * Call it temperament or individ uality or any other’ polite subter fuge — it still remains "pure cussed ness.,* * * To see how far a man has gone on the road to success, look for the friends he has discarded along the path.♦ * ♦ Bill Nye, the last of the American humorists, was once a postmaster at .Laramie, Wyoming. When he could stand it no longer, he wrote a letter of resignation to President Arthur. This letter got into the newspaper, was copied all over the country, and made Nye’s reputation as a jokesmith. In the letter he told the president where everything was to be found, explained that the postal cards he had read were carefully pigeon-hol ed apart from the unread, and con tinued warningly: “If Geacon Hay ford does hot pay up his box rent, you might as well put his letters in the general delivery. When Bob Head gets drunk and insists on a letter from one of his wives, you can salute him through the box de livery window with an old Queen Anne tomohawk that you will find near the Etruscan water pail.”* . * * There’s a terrible pest And none could be bolder; I mean the guy who Reads over my shoulder. * * * Two of the farthest nebulae are so far away — so scientists tell us — that although the light which comes from them; traveling at the rate of 186,2|8I4 miles pe'r second— it takes 13'5,000,000 years to reach the earth. They are visible on the earth now. 'So, if you are. mild ly interested and like to figure things out, you can get a general idea of the age of the universe.* * * What does the Christian charac ter or balanced life mean? It is this: “Faith without credul ity, conviction without bigotry, charity without condescension, cour- arge with pugnacity, self-respect without vanity, humility without obsequiousness, love of humanity without sentimentality and meek ness with power.” * * * New ships for the U.S. Navy are 9 Cruisers, 10 Battleships, 4 Air craft Carriers, 50- Destroyers, 26 Submarines and more than 256 sup plementary or supply craft. A Help To Those Past Middle Age When meh and women get past middle age their energy and activity, in many instances, begin to decline, and their general vitality is on the # wane. LittlS sicknesses and ailments seem harder io shake off than formerly, and, here and there, evidences of a breakdown begin to appear. Now is the time when those who wish to maintain their health and vigor, and retain their ehergy un impaired should take a course of Milburn’s Stealth and Nerve Pills. They brace up and invigorate the system, and help stall oft the decrepi tude of advancing years. The T. Milburn Co., Lid., Toronto, Ont. NOT IN THE RANNS In the course of an official inves tigation made by one of the depart ments at Washington D.C., into the condition of private schools, letters were sent to all such institutions which were known. Among these communications, one was addressed “To private Kindergarten” and naming the city and state where it was a vital power in youthful in struction, ? Gome months later the letter came back to the department, the' envel ope being covered with disclaimers from forts and stations all over the South. A line in copy lead- pencil read: [ “No private or non-commissioned officer of this name can be found.” ♦ <• An embryo columnist sends in the following observations: an exclusive neighborhood, is a place where people pay high prices to live near you. —a Hollywood actress has just re married her ex-husband — In Holly wood, if a girl marries a man three times she gets to keep him. , —a college president admits that college students occasionally get drunk at dances, but how can he pick out the drunken dancers from the others. —speaking of universal languages, Esperanto will never come into such . general use as the wink. * *, * APPRECIATION In his own home, Paderewski, the great patriot and pianist, had . a small green parrot which was a household pet. When Paderewski played the piano, the parrot took its place on one of his feet. When the selection was completed, if flew upon his shoulder and squawked out: “Good boy! Good boy!” Constructive criticism doubtless has its place in the general order or disorder of things, but no one ever did his possilbe best under the devastating fire of criticism. What every man needs is a little green parrot sweetheart, wife, or friend who will pat him on the shoulder and say: “Good boy! / Good boy!” even if he isn’t as good as he should be. If he has a spark of real manhood in him, he will make a desperate effort to live up to the appreciation. * * # Two little coons on the bridge a- sittin’ " ‘ Two" little bones, back and forth a-flittin’, Hole in the plank where a knot was a-missin’ - t -Par-a-dice Lost. * J * Insurance statistics show that out of every 100 women iii the United States who become widows, 3 are left enough wealth to live in com fort1; 15 are only temporarily pro vided for; 47 have to work; and , 3'5 are in absolute want, * * * The man who misses all the fun is he who says: “It can’t be done.”. In solemn pride he stands aloof and greets each venture with re proof. Had he the power, he’d efface the history of the human race. We’d /have no steam or trol ley cars no streets lit by electric stars, no telegraph, no telephone. We’d linger in the age of-stone. Then, when some keen, barbaric brain, of life’s conditions dared com1- plain, and planned a wheel on which to roll the load the load -could not control, sneers would arise from all the crew ’that ever scoff' at what is new. The world would sleep if things were run by men who say: “It can’t be done.” * * * The baby was being displayed to admiring callers. One who was find ing it difficult to think of some thing original to say, finally observ ed: “My, how much he resembles his father.” Whereupon the young man re plied: “Oh, that's only this rainy weather, as a rule, he is really quite cheerful looking.” ♦ # ♦ The worst enemy of progress is ignorance. * * * Ironical Antithesis Europe: A place where eVdry child inherits a grievance and a profound hatred. America: A place where every child inherits a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. * # * Basket full of Easter Eggs Children bless the bunny Mother and Aunt Gue colored them Don’t you think that’s funny? Put for Easter eggs we’ll hunt With all the neighbor’s children For long ago we got the habit From our oWn first Easter rabbit. -—the colonel One of the best beauty treatments we know of is a flve-mile walk in granulous snow. ******** The war and the winter are teaching us that we dp not know what a day may bring forth, ******** BENEVOLENCE?o We hear our American cousins saying over and over again that they are helping Britain and her allies by supplying them with munitions. One would think that these munitions are supplied at the expense of the American pocketbook. But what are the facts? The United States would supply munitions to the Germans were the Germans able to supply the cash for such supplies and to transport these supplies to, the place where they are needed. The United States aids Britain on the strict basis of cash and carry. Their motto in the present war is the old principle of an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. Allies and Germans are free to deal on equal terms with the United States. Where, then the benevolence that Americans talk about? Where the aid ex tended to Canada when American interests have reduced the value of the Canadian dollar from 1 OiO cents to a little over eighty cents? Wherein lies the right of the United States, to negotiate a peace which they openly proclaim is no concern of theirs. ******** JUMPING TO CONCLUSIONS The fall of Finland has caused considerable uneasiness among • a great mauv earnest people. The impression has been given that while Finnish soldiers were being tramped into snow and ice in behalf of freedom their politicians were carrying on a series of negotiations for the ruin of their country. We believe that there is no reason for the receiving of any such impression. Slowly emerging facts will establish beyond all doubt the patriotism of every Finnish leader.. Among Anglo Saxons there has been the belief since the fall of Finland, that the allied statesmen are carry ing on a sort of double-barreled campaign in which there is osten sible effort to prosecute the war, but a very serious effort to come to some conclusion of the strife at the expense of the common people. These uninformed critics say that our statesmen are giving us the impression that they are waging war for freedom and all that it implies while they really are sparing no pains to feather their own nests. All of which is stupid, groundless sup position that our statesmen are hypocrites and self-seekers. Such ° jumping to conclusions is utterly unwarranted and nothing less than the swallowing hook, line and sinker of our enemies’ propaganda. From all such humbug let us pray to be delivered. ******** Did You Know That O—O—O A vicious colt may make a good horse. They must hunger in frost who spring time have lost. Do good to your friend that he may remain your friend. The first black tulip sold in Hol land for Ten Thousand Dollars $10,- 00/0.00. Some fellows take off from the landing field; others simply fly off the handle. The members of the Automobile Club of Michigan are as a group the “Best Drivers in America”. Proof they secure their insurance at the lowest cost in America. You can tell a smart man. He is the one who doesn’t pretend to know as much as he really knows. Aluminum is heavier than con crete. Answer: Aluminum weighs 160 pounds per cubic foot; gravel and cement weighs 150 pounds per cubic foot. Every can of pineapple shipped , from Hawaii is tested by boys who tap the cans with rubber mallets to detect air in the container, and are so expert they can test one hundred cans a minute. S. J. S. CELEBATE 59TH ANNIVERSARY Mr. and Mrs. William Mellin cele brated their 59 th anniversary of their wedding recently at a family reception held at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Bertha Tiedmann, of London, Mr. and Mrs. Mellin were married at Grand Bend. Mr. Mellin was for many years engaged ip general contracting. He is 82 years of age and was born at Galt, while Mrs. Mellin is 77 years old and is a native of Grand Bend. They have four sons, five daughters, 25 grand children and eight great grand-chil dren. HUMBLING The winter of 1940 has done its share in teaching Old Ontario a lesson or two in humility. For one thing we have learned that mankind cannot control the elements. Winter has proven stronger than our hopes and far more uncontrollable than our suppositions that old fashioned winters are a thing of the past. Roads simply have been impassable. Further, our efforts to keep the roads open have resulted in making them very difficult for any use, either by horse vehicle, for walking or for cars. The result has been disastrous for social life, for schools and for churches and for farm business. We ignored winter but he came and beat us to a frazzle. Let us own the corn. Further, we have been taught that the day of the horse in his various ways of serving is not consigned to the period of the auk and the dodo. The horse and sleigh carried on while the truck has stood idle in the garage. The tractor has loafed while Nell and Dobbin have carried on. This is no rage against modern equipment. It is an effort to have all of us see that certain equip ment belongs to the luxury class and to have us see its value when so regarded. We believe in progress but progress is a plant of slow growth. Luxuries are very fine, but they come high. Expensive equipment is a great convenience iii the hands of those who can afford it. ******** OUT OF TURN, THAT WAS ALL Mr. Cromwell, minister of the United States to Canada, has been censured for some remarks he made before the combined Canadian and Empire Clubs of Toronto, not because what he said; was not true nor because what he Said was not timely, but because his remarks did not conform to the niceties of diplomatic speech. Some folk with keen noses for what might be offensive to the Germans saw in this bold man’s utterance something that might offend Hitler and his kindred spirits. Of course such speechmaking tvould never do. Hitler’s government may murder and spread: ruin to strictly unoffending nations but no United States repres entative must say a word about it. German legions may enter a country that is an Eden and leave it a sepulchre full of trampled fields and burning cities and towns, with its population either dead or carried into slavery or to a living death, but no American representative of his government must say so. Such utterance might be offensive to the Hitlers and the Mussolinis and the Stalins and that would never do. All American representatives must be carefully lessoned in the extremes of niceties of expression, and bow and genuflect and smile, and say “After you sir!” whenever the name of Hitler and his bosom cronies and spiritual affinities are mentioned. Men are still judged by what they allow, but might have prevented. The mills of the gods grind slowly. Am erica is still the home of the free — when it is safe to speak one’s convictions. ******** THOSE COMINQ FINLANDERS We confess that we are delighted to learn that there is a reasonable prospect that many Finlanders who suffered during their country's struggle for the best things for which their race stands are coming to Canada. It is eminently fitting that they should do so. Canadian stock is characterized by folk who suffered in be half of freedom. We have, for instance, the U. E. L. stock with all their fine traditions. We have, too, the disbanded Highland regiments who fought with terrific zeal under Wellington. We have further, • the folk who came from the Old Country from the intolerable conditions following upon the invention of machinery and the development of new applications of power. Then We have the brave sons of old Scotia who refused to knuckle to landlordism that sought to turn their scanty holdings into deer runs. The Western Provinces of the Dominion are filled with sturdy folk who refused to bow the knee to any political Ball. The exploits of the Finlanders still stir the blood of all who love freedom and all that it implies to the intellect, to the hand and to the conscience. There is but one real danger about the coming of those ’Fin landers to our shores. Governments may become over paternal and with the best intention in the World make it impossible for the Finlanders to make their best contribution to, Canadian life. Let it not be Overlooked in our welcome to these wonderful people that they already, for centuries, have shown that they know well how to carry on in all the arts of peace, in education, building, in merchandising, in religion and in government and in all that makes for healthy national life. Our suggestion? It is just this. The governments of Canada, provincial and federal, should invite representative Finlanders to Visit Canada and to discover where they can best carry on. Con ferences may well follow after this investigation and arrangements made for settlement. It is a thousand times better to proceed in this Way than to send a deputation to Finland. In any case there is no time to be Io$t. Let Canada strike while the iron’s hot. All meddlesome Mat-ties will do well to keep out of the Situation. •The people with the history of the Finlanders can be trusted and must not be hindered by hampering or onerous conditions Should they seo their way to trying a new life under the clear skies and in the rare air ’of the land of the maple and beaver. I Laugh if you want to, Grin if you must, But keep a straight face If the joke’s dry as dust. Clinton Barrister Hurt When Six Cars in Jam Storm Responsible for Accidents Frank Findland, K.U., of Clinton, barrister and first past president of Clinton Lions Club, is in Clinton Hospital with a broken and crushed right leg, six cars are damaged and a hockey game prevented from tak ing place as a result of a traffic ac cident which occurred at 3 o'clock on 'Saturday afternoon on No. 4 highway, two miles south of Clin ton. Five .of the ears are owned and were driven by the following mem bers of Clinton Lions Club: H. C. Lawson, E. A, Fines, F. Findland, L. Brown and A. Garon. The play ers were with the [Lions-sponsored juvenile hockey team as passengers and had left at 2.30 for St. Thomas for a game in the semi-final series. Two miles out the highway was blocked by three cars in a collis ion. R. A. Crawford, of Exeter, and a motor car company car of London, had first got into difficulty and were stalled on the highway. A third car, owned and driven by Thomas Small had plowed into the two. The three cars thus involved had the highway blocked. The first three Clinton cars stop ped in line on coming to the ob struction, but a blinding drift of snow shut out visibility as the others came on and unable to stop in time to avoid striking another three-car mix-up occurred. Mr. Findland had stepped from his car to signal the fourth and in the crash had his leg crushed be tween the bumpers of the colliding cars. He was rushed to the Clinton Hospital, where ft was found .that amputation of the leg as at first feared, Would not be necessary. A carload of Clinton fans 'which had started out earlier had passed along before the obstruction oc curred, and were at the <St. Thomas rink before they heard of the ac cident. Mr, 'Colquhoun, fathei* of K. Col- quhoun, of the ’Clinton juveniles, was a passenger in the Garon car and was thrown against the wind shield, suffering a forehead lacera tion. The Findland, Brown and Garon cars were considerably dam aged. Your Child A NASTY Relieve the Misery Without Dosing Rob chest, throat and back thor oughly with Vicks VapoRub at bedtime. Right away, VapoRub goes to work.., two ways at once. VapoRub acts on the skin like a warming stimulating,poultice. At the same time it gives’off medi cinal vapours that are breathed direct into irritated air passages. This direct, double action contin ues for hours after restful sleep comes, Often by morning most of the misery is gone. Why risk increased discom- ric%oSng^ %/|CKS “I’d like to be cremated, but I’m sure my wife wouldn’t like jt.” “Why so?” “She’s always complaining about my leaving my ashes around.” -------------.-------------------------- Your Next Visit to TORONTO Try Hotel Waverley Located on Wide Spadlna Ave. at College St. Easy Parking Facilities Convenient to Highway* • M „ Single - - $!.SHo$2JI Rates D°ub|°«• 5ts6i»$5.w Four to Room. S5.H to SI.M • Close to the University. Parliament Buildings, Maple Leaf Gardens, Theatres, Hospitals, Wholesale Houses, and the Fashionable Retail Shopping District. A, M» powell, president LONG DISTANCEr . . . all the way from camp! And he said it didn’t cost so much!” Trust every "Braw Laddie” to find his way home the most economical way — and to leave a cherished memory into the bargain. Especially after 7 p.m. and all day Sunday* you can travel hundreds of miles by Long Distance for so little! GEO. W. LAWSON