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The Signal, 1909-5-13, Page 44 Tsvasimr, MAT 13, 1909 THE SIGNAL : . GODERICH. 'ONTARIO allilF?tEzustrTnrityptsepmsti `ti ttnt gat : .. .` t"'ei1i1 .X, Country vs. City. The City Man's Ambition to Get a Home Outside of the City.- -Conditions that Confront Women Workers in City Employment --How Innocent Girls Are Trapped into White Slavery All Is Not Gold that Glitters—What Can Be Done to Keep the Boys at Home. tuopcluded freta last weeks If a man is married and has • tam •ly proud of its effort. was warmly ily his home profiably consists of from h • three to five rooms in • flat, for whir he pays an exceedingly high rent Generally the rooms are stall and not any too well ventilated. If there is any yard at all it contains about enough space to allow a whirly clothesline to circulate freely without infringingon somebody sire's prop- erty. When the children want to play their only place is in the street, the schools to which they go ate often overcrowded and for some reason the child doesn't receive that individual attention that in given to the child', of the country school. nor is he itis robust, healthy -looking liil that tin latter is, which may be accou ted tot by the tact that he doesn't enj slit wholesome food, pure air and eau surroundings FII nece.saiy to dev u a clear mind, which is the ret essential thing that he ran posse - when it comes his turn to battle with the world for an existence. I think the greatest ambition of the city nun with a family i. to be able to move to the suburbs and secure a home of his own with a tew feet of garden apace attached and probably • dozen or ro of hens, which *linnet every suburbanite ,reuse to possess. It he gets • fairly good salary he can do this by buying on the installment Plan—make a small payment down and the balance in monthly payment'. In such a way he will probably own the place in fifteen or twenty year. if something doesn't happen in the meantime—and when he does own it he his exactly what're gave up years before when he started for the city and which he has been struggling to regain ever since—a home outside of it. e * 5 To a young woman starting for the city there are several things she ought 1* fully acquainted with. If she h t elatives or friends to go to, well and • .od, but if she is depending solely •n herself and is unacquainted with cit life there is only one kind of advice to ive her and th•ttis--eta}• at home. Bo • if she does go the beet thing for Is to do on edtering the city is to pu , herself in the'care of the Salvation 1' or rime one of those similar org -.'rations that will• ingly look after iris and young women coining to th- citybelp them to secure employment, and in puny other ways give them t . t assistance and advice which cannot • elp but be of the greatest benefit to th. u. Very few girls working • stenog- . rapbers, clerks, bookkeepers, wait- resses, etc.. receive wages enot - h to live on decently. Their expense in sonny respects areas great as a mat and their chances for advanremen are so few and far between that they are hardly worth mentioning. Then, again, in establishments where large outfitters of girls rue em- ployed they are seldom treated with that respect and consideration due a woman—the reverse ia.more often the case. They are merely cogs in the wheel that goes to make up the whole machine and the fact hat they belong to the weakt: r sex instead pf -being a protection to them is adetriment, in the sense that they are constantly subjected to the coarse talk and in- sult of men with whom they have to work and which they are physically unable to resent. To complain is generally met with the remark—"If you fire not satisfied. quit." To quit is almost out of the question. They have to work or starve. But th, greatest consideration is this :—In \every large city there are men and women workingindividuate, as indf Id rola and conducting "agncies," for the sole \purpose of bringing about the ruiva- on of gitie and young women who cane from the country to seek em- plo ment. The different influences exec in this nefarious traffic are many, but I will touch on only one or two of em now, 'imply to show the position in which a girl may be placed before she is even aware of the fact that she is not among friends. The head of a department in some concern is a s Oman who has her of girls un`r�nher and naturally has considerable ' tluence for good or evil among 'hens. She makes friends with this one or th one and invites her out to spend t evening. The girl is delighted. She oee, gets into fast company, and !though her better spirit rebels at wh she knows to be wrong she is urged a og on the pretext that she is only ding what people of the city do, until sh11,,• finally reaches that state of life for which her department employer is intent' ally responsible w red to which she has n actually sold as a "white slave" f a email sum of money. Another way is to ar,use the girl n� theft and then give her a choice of facing s prisoh sentence or becoming what is now ',commonly termed a ••white slave." Still another wry to entice girls to the city is by offering big inducements through the advertising columns of newspapers and perindir:ela. Girls are wanted to become actreases and to fill other positions that appeal. especially to the young and romantic mind: but in most cases they are wanted for a far different purpose, and as one who for the sake of information lips an- swered such ads. i can emphatically say that under tin consideration should a girl reply to or answer in person an advertisement of this description. Despite the feet that there is an in• ternational movemt nt on foot to check the white slave traffic, and that in cases where culprits have been brought, to trial the heaviest of p in- iabmenta have been inflicted, there was estimated to be five thousand tins, mostly from the country, en- ticed to Chicago alone during the past year and sold into white .laver , and the effort that our, great religious bodies ate now putting forth to stop this diabolical business is very notice- able. oticeable. • 'etched thea,. In less time than it • .4 kes t� tell nearly seventy lives were st and in most cases the men were p laborers with wives and families de - t ending on them for an existence. The way Chicago came to the relief 1 the stricken families by not'nis- i e finger to help.& single soul made • jles 'lute by that awful disaster is 'nor than enough to wake every Iran 'thin the city hang his head for she • : and to cap the climax the coronet's' ury, after considerable in- vestgating ' • which they found that the crib w.' - erected contrary to the city building •rdinance, that it con- tained large it ntities of dynamite and that it was ubject to no in- spection whatever.' ht in a ver- dict which read : ne is to blame. And still we like to bo t that. all wren have an equal chance ' or justice in America. • praised for its generosity and then forgot all about it. A sew weeks later a waterworks crib, temporarily erected of wood to house the men engaged in building a water tunnel off Jackson Park, caught fire and one of tht• most horrible disaster ever known took place. There was no boat at band to rescue, no life -rafts or life -preserver,. the water was full of floating ice and the shore two miles away. The fire spread so rapidly that most of the sten badit't even time to jump into the water and were burned to a crisp in their beds or wherever they hap• pened to and a number of those ." o did 'umtt p perished before relief ?s4 1 4't2S: i y. t r • • • Another view of city life. Im- mediately following the recent great Italian earthquake of which you all have read, the city of Chicago watt among the very Ant to mind relief to the stricken country. Newspapers, churches, societies and miter ntgan• Ixatiema started suhscriptinns for the relief of the sufferers In the faraway country, and asked for contributions. •Tag days" were I nangurated end in other ways funds were .oliciled and cheerfully donated until a grand total • of over one hundred thousand dollars had base remand. The city telt jute • , • in seeking a solution for t e ques- tion, "Why are our young m n and women leaving the country f the city Sn we mutt hok fur it • in any one Fat'ticuler eircurastauce i t in a numbs of circumstances an conditions wh h. though perhaps in- dividually stns. when put together go to make up t real cause : mush the same as in th case of a d/t•tor prescribing for a pa lent—any one of the ingredients he p scribes in itself would he of little ben t, but when all are put together the prottncs the remedy that gives the c re—maybe, 11 the employer in the country town shortened the hours and lengthened the pay of the employee just a little it would go farther than almost any- thing else to keep the young hopeful at house. When a nun works ten hours a day for six days in the week he is working too much, no matter what his compensation is. He needs recreation just aa- much as A flower needs sunshine. and it's a cinch he can't get much before 7 a. m. or after 0 p. m. He ought to have Saturday Afternoon at least, for what is the use of living if a Man has to devote all • is time to labor in order to exist nother thing the employer his to "on 'der is the ontlow of unionism, whiralthough it hasn't struck all the stu 1 towns yet, is coming just as surely as be sun will rise tomorrow : and unless e wants it to corse the only chine he bas to meet it and brat it is to make the wages and hours of his eutployeed . uch that it will not ioe necessary for t . to to look to any man or organizatio to help them in securing that whit' rightfully be- longs to them, Then. again. if the you men and women would take into ro .idet•ation the fact that in leaving the country for the city they are leaving t most. cases a comtortahle home for a un- certainty. good friends, pure air . d clean sinroundinge to he amo strangers, temptation, dirt and mis- ery. itery. That the farther they are away from r m the so•celleli "citylife" t brighter it looms, That tr here in more suffering, hardship and clime in one square mile of any large city than there it in A thousand square miles of country. That the chances to rise into prominence are not so great and in fact the chalices for bette tnent in any way are not so great in the city as they are outside of At. 1f they are 1 have failed to notice in what respect. If you can succeed in the city you can succeed anywhere. As a last remark, I would say that a good solution to the question *ems to be- better conditions for the \em- ployee and better service by the em- ployee of the rural districts. Chicago, 111. J A. i. SUFFERED t4 YEARS. lachnte, flue„ May lath.-1Mipecisl. i --''About fourteen years ago 1 was laid up with an attack of pleurisy which affected nip kidneys and left ate in a very weak state." writ ro Mr, M. F. McAuliffe, of lachute, thio, "i suffered • great deal of pain. ...peel - ally in my ioack. also with dropsical Swellings,n a and finally. after many at- npta to get rid of my trouble, 1 ?mind myself compelled to give tip and ,confined to my bed with lum- bago. 1 tried mtmer•oua remedies but they filled to do me any good. Then i resolved to take i)odcre Kidney Pills and after tekin one box 1 felt greatly relieved. f'tooe 'eve's! more reit h and 1 am appy to say my hack Is all right, the rlriq*ital swelling,' have dis- appeared. and have now quite re- gained my health. 1 sin sure i owe this entirely to i) 's Kidney Pills." • Steel Rains for Electric Railway. Kincardine Reporter: Mayor Mel- colm had a letter from J. \\', Moyes last week asking the depth of the water in Kincardine harbor, it seems that Mr. Moyes has made a pur- chase of steel rails and desiren to ship them to Kincardine for distribution along the Wftt Shore elet'trle toed be- tween here ars (indericb. The pur- chase of rails la over tete thousand ton.. The present depth of water in the harbor is about 10 feet 0 inehe e. It le not known whether this will allow the boat. to leads The present • mer should see great activity in connection with the con actino of the Ontario West Shore roe . An exchange advocates itt plan whereby young ladies attending church in the evening can register their names In the church vestibule. so that the young men who are in the habit of fingering around the church Om* can see whether or not their feet girl I* present and thus set • troubled brain at rest. The plan would dndouhtedly be • great con. Potence for • certain elan of young men and would work well in many pions. A FINE FRUIT SECTION. The Poor Little Thing, I •_� -- The newly married couple had just Among the Cherry Orchards of the German Settlement. What is known as the old German settlement on the Maitland coueeesion of Colborne township, a few mile* only trout the picturesque village of Benmiller, ie noted as swing the most extensive cherry -raising section iu this pet of the county of Huron. From the earliest date ul stat limy/tit, some seventy ur tome years ago, when old Michael Fisher brought up from the county of Waterloo the first black u it. on the land cherry tree and planted t he had purchased from the Canada Company, to the prweut day. the raising of this delicious fruit has been carried on by the successive owners of the farms. rhe soil proved to be ad• mirsily adapted for the purpose and the early settlers in many instances planted their young trees along the roadside as shade trees, little think- ing at the time to what large propor- tions rologtions the sale of the fruit would event- ually come. Today parsons driving along the concession road will pass tt•twern now after row of tine large trees, probably fifty tears old, pi•esentiug a sight, now that they have commenced to be covered with pretty pink and white blossoms, which it ut much beauty end which proteges a harvest of fruit that finds Wady sale in the Fitt' markets. When the gathering of the fruit is in full swing, stout the first week in July, everybody, old as well as young, turns out to pick and fill the baskets supplied by the merchants for de- livery at the railway atetlata at Gode- rich or Clinton, from which points they are forwarded daily by express. in past yeave the demand has been g.xtt and it is constantly increxsiug, and prices have ruled from Mc to- 50 • per basket ttud ypwatdo. When it is considered that the trees tecrive b (t very little attention, in fact do not re- quire it, for there are few insect petite to contend with, it is Been that the fortunate owners realize a handsome revenue from the forethought of the early settlers. In some instances as much as $150 worth of cherries save' been sold front off one farm during the season. The majority of the settlers here are of German dest:eot, AmoQ the well-known family nettles • 'being Fisher, Baer. Uhler, Srhw•anz, Idabel, \laedel, Kurschineki, Durst, Flick, Snyder and others. Apparently they are • happy and contented people, who work their farms to good ad - vintage with the thrift inherent in e German race. but the language of th 'r forefathers is now almost a phi of the past. for the German tong is little used and will most pr•otab 1* forgotten by ,the next genet•ati• 1. - This c ion is noted not only for its cbe tea, but promises to be- come one o be leading venires for all the fruits sully grown in the county, the applof course being the most promroen On Nathaniel Baer's farm near mesville bridge. aptly named "Fair O. e," may be seen perhaps the finest fr farm in this neightorbtxxl. There e over one hundred trees grafted o twenty varieties of cheerier, one When. ur more varieties of pears, beaid plums. peaches and quinces, the . est of them being large tress now i full beating. This present season he as purchased a portion of the old Jo Roissier estate and with the erten sive pear and apple orchards planted there, numbering some 1.330 to 1,501) Uses, it may safely be stated that he is one of the largest fruit -grower'- in the county, Mr. Baer is an enthuai- aatic orchardist and everything in and around the farm denotes a perfect knowledge of the fruit -raising busi- ness. Could Account for but Two. This story was told at a church banquet at Atchison : A blatder com- plained to the proprietor of a hotel that he had found Bair in the ice cream, hair in the honey, and hair in the apple sauce. .t 'That is queer," he n o 1 t pr pt ut r, "but i think that the hair in the ice- cream roust have come from shaving he ice : the hair in the honey, of tree, came from the comb : but 1 understand how the hair got in- to t apple sauce. 1 pit ktdl the apples yself and they were all Baldwin. ''—Kansa* City Journal. moved into their new house. On the morning after their arrival a taker called to solicit their trade. He found the young wife in the kitchen. After ' S eaplsiniug that his wagon delivered Quire a day, the . pakt•r asked : "And 'may we have your trade, madam :' " "Ven," she replied timidly, "we will give you a trial." "And about how •h bread will I you want each day %" "Well, i don't know exactly: Yon' ' ser, there are only tw.• of or.' "Then, doubtfully : "Would five torten a day be enough, do you think:'" - Judge. Nearalgia I. Rheumatism of the face. Uric Acid left in the blood by disordered kidneys lodges along the nerve which branches from the eye over the forehead, and across the cheek to the Ude of the Doss The ate is the same a in all Rheumatism— disordered li;,dneys. The cure is lite - wise the same -- Dodd'*' Kidney Pills 1t See for Yourself Looking &round we sen many persons in middle life struggling along with poor vision, who might be enjoying normal s;ght today if they had consulted a competent optician and wore glasses when there was yet time to preserve the sight. Be on the safe side, and if you suspect that your eyes are failing, 141 us advise you what is best for them. 1 use THE SHADOW TEST The only correct method of fitting glasses. Do not be taken in by peddlers. W. E. KELLY, JEWELLER. EStI AND GOOD Nothl' - but the highest qualit of Groceries handler t t our store, an(1 our -tock is con-s-ta- tly cllangin GIVE US A C- L. William L. Lindsay Hamilton St. 'Ph.. No. 163 • st • 1111.1 Ulf Some Specialties for this week IN DELAINES. FLANNELLTTES, HOSIERY. WRAPPERETTES, D 6' A CORSETS and DRESS GOODS. DRESS GOODS SHORT ENDS.--tn poplin, dnchrat sat in,-pnpfineftrs, hist lens latoatuao, Iwenatrlothrand vettrli:tits, in black, green, bine, brown and garnet. 7 souls, 1' yenta each:: ends, 1; yards each; 2 ends, t, yards each: 7 ends, 6 and 5" yards each; 21 ends. 2 to :ti yetde each. These ends are to be sold et a big sacrifice. - PRINTS.—Don't forget that tide it the twit place tit buy Prints, 137 pieces to choose trout, every piece 'fast color, prices Ilk: and I't' l'Ats every pieue new this .pring, and cloth better than lest year. HQ IERY. Our 1,2lsl.pair lot of fast black, 'waniles+COMM Mese is going fast. and 50 it ought. Never such hush«, y value shown in this tow it. Two pans for age. Stirs e . (1, 111 and Iu. Absol- utely fast•Itlal'k. FLANNELETTES... 11 piece,. of stripe Flannrlctte, regular Ilk for tic, and .7 pieces 121c fortes!. This it n bargain lot we [tut yet y cheap. DELAINES. -All our 15c Detainee ale is, 1e.• at ISA- for orfs week. This lot is dark and light grounds, slept patterns, full width and fast colors. CQaSETS.—If you want the best value in rursite buy I)Sc A. Noshing in the marker ro good for do. price. about ht pairs of odd sheat, lines we are dropping, :,tic for 3.1c. 75c/or Ink, and ells, And 131.2:I fur (111 1• H. Colborne• •• 11111111111111111110 1 1 THE BEST Is generally t he cheapest in t he end. Hargitiu-day gouda are all right in sour line-, but when you are buying Groceries duality is the ptime eonsideta- ton. A. • 'n{tt gait[" in Grtrru- ien is 11u bargain at all wares yah sue sure the gu.tleo urs just right, We have no rprt•i d bargain Jaya• of we are pelt- ing good 1ir"cei ire ALL THE TIME \r the right prices. Eve thing in our store is fteeh/hlul right, - oiml _wr__ ytttt ikAte• tin quality every time. Give us a t t hal order. Sturdy & Co. 'Phone 9r. -- On the Square. P. S.-11ave von tried John- ston', Military Dread's The last )'et. We sten it. Olen mom tiemmene I 1 • ens anis sonommelnallialowe 1 amosi Whims THERM. IS A WORLD OF COMFORT io as easy rliairthat suite you. (hit' furniture it ita+etle on liner that take you just right. Our New and Increased Stock is now lin t•xhibitieiu. Um. ardor suit, And .eparate Ivrea ate shown in maty. les. Bedroom sets Anal ret 11resses at low pri'•ev. Finest Mattresses Made L_ fora little moor th:nl tt.t priers, the kind t hat 11.11,,8 a night of nnttul vtnyfe�t, fe" r+rw�t)felp$ TF �'Rr C''1*i3t ^5*#7v d ' Itia��`�a .. tit., a t�xl x� Geo. Johnston, '1=rt:. FURNITURE and UNDER TAKING. WEST SIDE • SQUARE. Pbsoes :Store Residence 17e. 1 1 �mame 1 1 1 1 $L50 Round Trip 111111•11111111111114111111111111111111•111111 0 Cameron & Moore's Goderich Acton t Last week we gave you a talk on the cash system of doing business. This week we are going to prove the power of cash to at least several hundred people. - We want to start Saturday's selling in such a way that it will be wise for you to set the alarm clock so as to here at the tick of 8 o'clock, when the store opens. Here are only a few of the inducements ffered, which are for ' ' SATURDAY AND MONDAY ONLY ,' But we advise getting here first, as some of these tunes may not last the time. We will mention the uantity, so don't be disaptpointed, if you come tate, to find the quantity diminished. ON WAY 61.00 Children Halt Fare` Baggage Free. GODERICH \ DETROIT Saturday, June I9th 9:30 s. m. Canada Ti ITINERARY OF THE Eleventh Annual Excursion GODERICH—DETROIT JUNE 1909 Steamer Greyhound WHITE STAR UNE � pf ', --- - - - - � LEAVE DETROIT FOR GODERICH Friday, Ju.. 16th, a a••��m. Central Time. Arrive tiodetich 6:m p. m. epsd& Trane Isar.s ilal.rlch Inc Clinton sal Way Swamis to Stratford 1110p. m., on arrival of steamer from Mooaliaht Trip. RAVE CI 14 FOR DETROIT Ralwaay. has 19th, 5.1) a. m.,� Caoeda Time, stopping at Part Massa Arrive at t8Lrnit SeSODp. m. (llaNay in Detroit, Toledo, Put-Is-flayu or Cleveke.) a 1psrlal Itzc'rMm Wig Teras frothe moraine of Ante f ' stop Mss at Witches Dubuce, leapt , CNston nit Ndme., area arrive. 1■ Oode It .. m. nos wlssttam. ]toipr•ve, e.4• . tab so morn Rtrain. Jun. 19th, uses* at Clinton KVa. m , with Special Troia for tlodarkti. Alm• Sparta Escorsle. Tran• from Oeetph. ►1mIn, etc., v1a C. P. L • The first on our list is LSE pails of Corsets. These are in all the latest styles and colon•. This n t lot arils regul e .1 r 1 rl at t:pc 1. i 1 8 I ..than l I. J Al R � $ the tick of 11,' : oak, Saturday morning, they start moving, at your piek Mk per pair. Sere the window I•'tiday for thin display. TWO BIG SPECIALS IN THE Millinery Dep't Will be of the greatest interest to the ladies as well as the wee folk. Right in the middle art the, season anti at a time you would least expect it, you can buy your summer hat and save some real cash. Here is what to look for .starting Maturllay morning at K o'clock--":) Dress flats and ready -to - wears at f $3. 96. i iv, ai-e a W ttetiB441Al0u:t. 255. A Image hand -made (tress Hat of Per- onytintHrnirE Fared in soft finish silk: t'rown ie covered cn mat.e with snow iatlls, American braid y rosins fotinge And sea most, 4 FROM DETROIT RETURNING T GOO JCH. - belie Wren Roittray..iiii l roar. 1 m p m islet . ee slop. m. 'awfie .a.. - at titdollen 14 M p m. rp'elal Trellis leave ()odarieh 11 lq p. m. for Chats., Wat0am Suslferdr Ot.Mph, Elmira, Mr , on arrival of swum fromDetroit. F10M GODERICH RETURNING TO DNTROM re Oedm41 es Wt tri1 p Inc Detroit Nader, Jaw sand, at LAO L m. (Mete the TWIG .:lea.m.,( s4 Tim.) Hebb wM be seined le Me beauiRed 41st., ream ler this E..msls. M lama es ohs Leech Garr. Gderkh Rand Meswifght Eaettnniea at Gaderish, U Lem Deck a:le ••d.ek VMday maim. Jae lath. ;,.. aawrl•?rile m usual rum /lrwmea.I wapmcwes, tfllUfi STAR 14111. 5. Ilk am—r— ri ► • i 1 \u..7o. A very stunning, one -fitting tmldh- r.om Turban, 1i/inductile of silk maid, facing of 1, rr krr 1 silk and silk riMon, ball t le. Thio shows ttnly 2 out of the 2.1 pot t sale,' -and the nice thing about it it that they are It t'tettrt- ite style., only tine of each in the li \Vert'.• worth regularly rep to 1117.50. All on tab start. ung et the tick of %1 tial Imlay morning, choice :1.1.1. • BABY BONNETS Those who like putty children should see that I ; bt'. i111del little fare a n1itohhtram el 1 n a th timing 11at or Bonnet. Here we hese a trait i 111a+•anrren••nt in .Minty little straw bonnets, in several sh tlos and nicely tt iuuu.11, Milk It ',incl. • liandn onely embroidered and with even acid grad listed 1:1ce rnohingn tr' eil with ribbon. Style ui JG•xican, Sailors add 1ialatea, in all colo... unlined with ribbon. At 8 o'clock Saturday morning these start off at exactly half-price. "My what savings! howl can they do it?" The man with the cash at the right time, that's all. Oh, yes! they're all the newest and latest styles, you can depend on that, It's wonderful but it's true nevertheless - GROCERY DEPARTMENT (basement) .i teases of ebelce canned Tomato,.., verde; 0 k 15 cane* only, of nice, clears new, large ralsina, I the last, of s :I -ton marches., to clear SaturdayIlliil 'b Gins 1e.'. morning at 8 o'clock, .. 5 lite 2,5c. i "sae" only, Corn Flake's apre'al 3 for Z'' Comfort Soap, specie' T bars 2iic.11 IS alt. Dutch 8e1. -...,.._ .__ .. 6c pet Ib. :150 Pine Apples. epecityl Isle each. This is the store where you can get money back if not satisfactory. We are out for business on honorable principles and we are going to get it. - Wo will not be downed in prices or quantities. Deal at home with the store you know to be right. We can save you money. CAMERON St MOORE "..'t rx+.:,trn.rAtemrm.- THE DEPARTMENT STORES. atawarasw=s.e 0r111111111.09----01110.0