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7IOTUT AGAINST
ROSPITAL REGULATIONS
'geoid Put Flom Tema Nsapttalx Out
.1 Busboy
lime of the twiny things that emote
before the Jamieson Commlasion sit-
ting in Toronto receenliy was a pro-
ses' against the regulatluur respect-
Iing hospitals with require that hos-
pitals in order to trail' nurses must
gntptoy a superintentieut of aurora. en
.twtstant supt•rlutendeut and s night
miser. The hours of labor were
fled as not more than flfty-tight
per terk. Hon.
io D11 Jamieson ai.
dares t t the 'mall country h,s.pltala
Simply ,e, d nut meet these regula-
tions.
Hon. 1►r. Jamieson, al'esking as a
touutry practittoh r, id that he
gully recognized t mad
of the
trained nurse, but that be bad. sever-
thtlese, engaged in rued l work for
twalty-five years without lag ung
and that bus patients bad suf.
terrd. -Three regulations' • said,
"are placing nurses almost on ' he
plane of the learned profession.
do not Is -grudge them that 'standard:
eie recognize that they are eery val-
uable. Nut we do not want •nytititmg
done that may react to the drtrtmout
of the •euetry hoephal." Ile rt. -
!erred to the se,'tlon of tete reit-
ulattone which prescribed the vvrrl-
culum for Duras. in training and
avt•rred that a person etmmpleting It
W. Price
Grocer — Elgin Ave.
Good Iliags for Christmas
(4*e111e4a Balains .... 2 IDs Mc
New hates , tbs.
Poetry- Flour ..:>'( M. bee t'r.tkl
Magic Baking Powder
1 ib. tins 3:s•
Snakier Oranges
Me and 4:s• doatn
.;rape Fruit 't for Me
icing :+agar 2 lbs. 2flc
Chocolate Raga ... 6 for 15r
Goode delivered freta
Your orders militated
W. Price
Phone 3:n6 Godc•rich
ittould be praetically qualified to
pre thee medklue.
pr. (tunes of Fergus presented tete
l ease for the country hospitals. Point-
' out the greut work which they
did throughout the 1'rot-iu(•e in mak-
ing it uunetisssary for canted') to be
brought at great expense to the city
hospitals. he declared that It would
)n.• abodilut.ly hoists -title for them to
'ups grearetet. trader the !'rovisiuus of the
t.guhutou.. The cost would !se teal
1 He referral to the represeotatiuna
whkh had term anode to Icon. Mr.
Nixon, the former Prot Nadal Secre-
tary, at the time ..f the approving
or Nle regulation.. who had tetid: "i
can see that 1 .lav misunlleratoe<t
Strong Objections
this leg'sI,i bit,. a114 tat it is all
a•rtnuf. Yon can 011 id, home and be-
lieve that nothing Is gutut to happ•u
to your iatepitlllx limbs be law."IHstattelug the itupua tjljlty Of re -
gluing it snls•rlUtend.a,t, .., 'sealataatl
superintendent and a night snls•rvis-
or, 1)r. tiruv.•s iustan'•ed nue huspltal
whleli, while it suuiotime, hail as
high as eleven patient., the preeioms
Week bud only one patient.
"That Is exactly the kind of htispi-
I wide,' should not. lie allowed to
nuncio," lir. (hobble 1„Irrjeet,41.
I is the Flneardirn• hospital,
and tr graduating nurses second to
none 44.111 a Item Toronto thstpitats;
I(r. (:roves " oied.
Touching al the fifty-eight hour
week. Ise dec•lan that trade tlbl0•
princ
les
ortugip(-lasies,gbut isl
not ur profright essf.ntat
cirrus.. Ile also pdn 011, the
impossibility of the •ua ht+pitnt
nW111tatnhnt n •t•yar,tr resit .tr for
nurses. a. the regulation, non td.
Summing up his isssition, _he er-
r.41 that t)t.• erfeet of the regutrrt
was arental ion of control of tis•
. ountry hn<p!tai. by the !mows in
every .h•ta11 except that `Of finaleea.
The iatteroir Mees they . are Bement
to haler ll' the hands of the hoard of
governors. ••if we arc to be auto-
•rntieally ruled." tie dcetared, "we
must at least cboos• our raters. Any
•ether condirio,, is unthinkable."
tioapend Rtgu1atlens
H. .. 1'..1111,•r. Sf f' 1'. for ljrince
rdoar1 .unlnty. and E. it. WI
1'. 1'., t'.•tirre Huron, both
agalna the rent',,lnrio,r. the tat
mantling their tuspen,ion a
Inc small ho piruly. 'Ike C'ol'
erintendent of the Kinen rd
tai, claimed. wield other
glee. M.
spoke
ter de-
affect -
nit, sup-
e bospi-
that the new robs would OpIttenite,put thew
h<epihrle out of bh
u.uest.
1)r. Jamieson suggested p,attwne-
mt•nt of the op.•rntiou of the roles so
that the Government might get furth-
er information and also hinted at the
r vanstru•tion of the ,•ounell of nurs-
111C •itts•atlou to Include uur.ing re-
prew-ntarhes of ramie hospitals. Al-
though the refute tbee- art. n•rot In
effort and have the formal sanction
of 'ibe "3451l1tet Or atm. -the- 44.141
-
111111'00 wi11 recommend their aboli-
tion to the Government. aemrdtng to
indie•nt(ung,
Pert t'elberneos WiMer Fleet
1 Poet l'olts,ree Citizen. 444».. 11)
.t rt.tal of twelve lake• and caual
veatele were in Port - Colborne herbnr
` T t -
&GNAT
this morning loading storage' grain
or making preparations to la up in
the harbor for the whaler, w ile tour
more are en route here to go into
winter quarters. The mug weather
of the .past Werk tan ser ousiy re-
tardedd" oavlgatfdn and nla ed haves•
with shipping eompanter' webal,Uew,
and It is nut antielpat.d that any
Inure vessels beyond tide timber will
ley up here.
The Mathews Rommel' p Co. 1%111 By BERENICE JACKMAN
hnahcls of
rtfire of
�ry )tete•. ten•
hold nearly it million
storage grain let Ibis
their big rt•sls luyin)
Royalton, Berryton. tVrenou rind
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CODERLCI, ONT.
4
. M....•. •1 ataR'"
MilMencl of
Dayton already being ht port, anti
tete Iaketop now in f ke Hump oft
the way down. The 7tol,tnd & Cor:
netius steamer, Wm. (', Ague*, doeked
at the dfaple Leaf elevator yester-
day and will ole up as semi as her
cargo Is Ilghtensl. Two more cf
this tompamy's iron s. the I'. M. Clem -
tot and Theodore WIekwire, Jr., are
el' route to !hie port; it is improb-
able that any o the Kasten) Fit.stu-
-Jtlp t',,s, flirt will spend the win-
ier here.
The Reitman, arrived fro, Mnn-
treel title sorer iing and will lay up ht
the eo'sr",• of a week, while the Pah-
June of the Mapes-ierdon line is
doektd with a ter cargo down the
total and he'',$t4fIrcilibir has gone
Into winf r gtutrters at Welland.
\one of e trk't'_boat,n will. My up
here.
The C nada litcamship sesta will
lay tip lee and pine:lhly .ix t'analer.
here. t n•Ir upper takers tieing tie.(
up at other ports this year. The
Maid ob. il.mverton, 3faplehili,
Mail booth and 1;1'',s•iiah are now in
port while the Kendra Is expt•eted
to 1 •rih' here Sunday or Monday.
alonesty rays.
The man who aspires to the aoeow-
bmeat of things worth while to
the •realm of pedigreed live attack,
must 'realise that hie integrity as a
breeder`eill be one of his greatest
assets, an he must goad it, as lir
would his s its, from loul sauna
tures. As his erds and flocks in
crease and his b loess copinda, he
must stake Certain at, at the men,
(line, there grows up a rputatlun tu,
absolute heuest> and it dealing
'Only by the help of these aUa.s
Can ht rzprct has business t endure
and ) leld to hue eatt.facuu amu
profits.
A Song , Goer} . reed. e.
A bapdtul of g a while on pasture
May seem like a terrible waste,
But the cow will return it all late:
If given of gad a slight, trate.
The stomach of a young calf is veal
delicate, and changes tu,feeding must
be made slowly. The calf wail heght
to eat grain and hay when it 1* about
four weeks of age. 1lhenled earn Is
about the best grain feed, as It takes
-the ptare bit eetaln In the milk.
Poorly -fitting coltare are sure to
cause sore shoulders. It Is a good
practice to bathe the shoulders n..00
and night with cold water. 'This
avoids the chance of blond congestion
and 1* at one* soothing and pieaeant
to the autmal..
A ousand Stories in Lake District of
anitoba Says Canadian Authoress
Martha; Ostenso Cave Beat First Novel of Year that Setting
Mla. Martha Otenets who wa
awooled the $11,f,uee prize and
royalties on the book for :he best firs
novel submitted during the peat year
In a contest organized ndntiy b
Dodd, Stead & t'utnpany, Pictorial
Review and Famous Players -leaky
Corporation, is a twenty -four-year-
old school teacher h deo Manitoba.
Miss Ostenao's note) tt,l1 Ise serial-
ised, filmed and published in book
loran in 1925. 'The story, which is
called "The Pa)sinnate 111 Mt," deals
with the farmers of the Weide:it
Prairies and portrays the romasee
of one whose ambition to soar be-
yond the black loam led to dramatic
consequences.
More than 1,500 manuscripts were
submitted. . The Judges state that
Miss Ostenso's was so far superior
that no other story seriously rivalled
n
s the field and prairie a11, redolent Of
the soil front which they had sprung
t and eloquent of that strur.gle 1.101/-
M011 to the farmer the world over,
a struggle but transferred from the
Ostensos and ifaukelands of the Old
World to the richer loam of the new.
They should have a story written
about theta --.boo• seven mean. yet
glorious little towns of my child-
hood ! 1n one of them, on the dun
prairies of South Dakota, I learned
(o speak ame41sh. What a lovely
• brief sketch of her 11f, and the
circumstances which Inspired her
novel, as related by Solas Ostenso,
follows
"Where the long arm of tbe Har-
dentrerfjiord penetrates farthest Into
the rugged mountains of the coast
of Norway. the Ostenso family has
lived In the township that bean Its
name since the days of the Vikings.
Tbe name means '1 aste•n Sea,' and
was assumed centuries ago by an
adventurous forbear who dreamed of
extending his holding, over the
mountains and through the lowlands
of Sweden eastward to the very
'sbores of the Batik. Although his
dreams never came true, the family
name recalls It and the family tra.
di.fon of land -bolding has persisted
unbroken; the part of the land that
borders the Iovety fjord Is still In Its
pomesslon, haadea down from eldest
eon to eldest son
"My father. a young son was tree
to indulge his roving dlasas(Uop. A
few years after his merrier* so my
mother he decided to emigrate to
A gristles.
"My mother's parents lived high
up to the mountains, remote from
the loftening Influence of the coast
teems. At their home it was, near
the little village of Hankeland, that
i was born. This, the first of matt3'
small towns in 'which t have lived. Is
known to me only through hoarmy,
for when 1 was two yeare old we
carne to America.
'The story of by childhood Is a
tali et seven little towns In Mtane-
w its aid South Dakota. Tows. ef
Martha Osrenso
language 1 found it to be, with words
in it like pall and funeral and alone,
and ugly 'words, too, like laughter
and cake and scratch' What strange
sounds tbe new words made to me.
"Later. In another of the little
towns, I learned that it was fun to
make things with words. it was while
living In a little town 1n Minnesota
that 1 became a regular contributor
to the Junior Page of the Slinne-
*Polls Journal. and wee rewarded for
oe literary trial -balloons at the rate
Irbil emits a column. In the
public tebeel of these little town there
sti11 hang.. Perhaps, a liar a print of
a rural scene hi a r fram
with * neat name -pyo e,
at hot.,
oe,
tom M It Thai alms Plane from the
Journal, In recognition of as -.say
which, 111 my eleven -year -try area.
Ms, placed m. abreast of i:mei4ah,
"Whoa 1 was fltteee years oto
I bade good-bye to the Sevin Little
Towns. My lather's restless spin
drove him north to the newer coma
try. The family settled in Mani-
toba.
"1t was during a summer vaca-
tion from my university work that I
went into the lake dlatrtrt of Mani-
toba, well towards the frontiers of
that northera civilization. The story
that I Dave written lay there, wafting
to be put into words. Here was the
raw material out of which little
Towns *eye made. Here was human
nature stark, unattlred in the con-
vention of a smoother, softer lite.
A thousand stories are there still, to
he written.
"My novel lay back of my mind
for several years before I began to
write 1. 1n the intervals of those
years, apent as a social worker In
a great city. L often compared the
creaking machinery of skyscraper
civilization with the cruder, direct
society of the frontier. Slowly, as
my work among the needy brought
me nearer and nearer to the heart
of the city, the border life began to
be limned clearly against the murk-
ier background of my work -a -day
scene.
"A year ago last summer I re-
turned to Manitoba. The approach
to remembered scenes renewed my
Interest in my story. the character
stood out clear-cut at last, and I
glade the first draft of the novel.
"I was not satlefled with the result
and laid the manuscript aside, with
no definite purpose regarding It. It
was not unttl<ayring .bat I returned
to the cltgt d learned of the Curtis
Brown contest. It was with diffi-
dence and reluctance that i yr}(It per-
auaded by friends, who thonghwell
of the early draft and its poasib(li-
tles, to rewrite it in time to submit
It for consideration, At best, I telt,
If It`were as good as any friends said,
It might not be wholly ignored
"I leave It to the ecientlats and
pseudo-selentista who argue inter-
minably about the relative influence
on men of heredity end environment
to deride the responsibility f '
ever merit my story mai have. The
blond of the Norsemen ! The Seven
Little Towns ? Perhaps -1 do not
know. No -but !have my nen very
unscientific opinion. it won't bear
stating, but this much may bp said
el it: It hae something to in ix
�1nisi sMb.tad Ilsltles and all tbe of
te� blalitifut thing* that' f
Olt weeks and
weeks before
Christmas Tom-
my Ire had bet•o
talking about
wbat he expected
to feud in his
stocking, be had
written a letter
to Santa ('tats
and glteu It to
bin mother to
post. and then be
Notts: ued his
fret )Icd nose
against the shop
n tudow•s choua-
Ing the presents
he wanted.
"Anti a pal' of
roper skates," he said one day fu Ben
Walker. Tommy was only set cu, wbile
Ben was seventeen Sean owl.
"Hub!" anecreal lien. "Saute Clans
don't conte to poor kids." And he
went away.
"Mother," mid Tommy, with a tants
er is his voice, 'Be,, says Santa Claus
dea't come to poor folks' houses."
Idea. 1a swilled sorrowfully. "1 w
EVERY one b familiar with the
elands that go to make up the
Chrtatnnas dinner of the Bug
11sb speaking races -the tur-
key.
urkey, goose. plum pudding and mince
pia festivals -but bow many of to
know wbat tbey eat at Christmastide
ll' foreign countries?
The Freenchmanit Christmas bill of
tare. For Instance, le extensive and
varied and In many respects quite
different from our own. The great
Gallic national dishes are (ruined tar
key and black pudding*, of which
erery Frenchman wbu eau afford mach
luxuries makes a rery hearty meal 111
Yuletide.
1l' Russia (be Christman meal consists
largely of two dishes -one of wheat
porridge served with honey and the
other it curious compound of stewed
Iwurs• apples, oranges, grapes and cher-
ries.
herries. sweetened with homy and served
cold.
Italians, too, are fond of rather
sweet and lndlgeetible dishes. espy
.daily ut Christmas. One of their
favorite e<'mbinatlops 1s that of cels
periwinkles and vermicelli, while tbe
inevitable tnacaronl and spagbetti form,
Of course. the prtacipel articles of food
at all times.
Tbe German Christmas dinner offers
as Its principal attraction the goose,
wltbout wbbcb your true German
would feel that be bad not had a real
bullday tees. Germans. like Aon
trials sod Italians, bare a vary •wast
taste. as ***metal by their numerous
varieties of cake.
Notwithstanding the tendency in all
countries to offer huge dimmers at
Cbrtatmaa. It woad seem that every
nemiwall" ALIO TOW= siaaLT______
•a tea ton Waft VL*1A r
ere be will put something in my hoy's
stocking," abe said.
"i suppose he wouldn't brigg a pair
of roller skates," remarked Tommy,
"or some nice warm gloves *ad shoes
for you, me ther7"
"I am afraid net, dear. You nee,
there are so many to remember.-
Tommy said notbing for a time. it
Ms father had been alive- He choked
beck a sob and slipped Into tbe dark'
little bedroom. In the bottom drawer
of the bureau be found a pair of his
father's bit woolen socks.
"I'll be back soon, mother!" called
Tommy, anti be 'scooted out.
Five minutes afterward Tommy lee
was trudging up the broad avenue.
A sleigh glided up in front of a beau-
tiful white marble mansion, and out of
It bobbled an old man In a fur coat.
He wore a furry cap pulled over his
white curly hair, and his whisker*
were white and fluffy, and Tommy was
sure that he bad found Santa Claus.
Tommy Lee hopped after the furry
coated old man, and when a tall foot-
man opened the door Tommy went In-
side, and no oats mw him until the lite
tie old teattemad snapped on the eleo-
Rte lights in big library.
"Please," said Tommy breathlp's11y,
"are you Santa Claus?"
"Riess me! What a gneetion!
ler-
TommyI am. But how did you come a?"
Tommy Lee told him, and be even
explained why be had broagbt his fa-
ther's big woolen storks.
"Ono la for mother, and the other be
for me, pipette, Mr. Santa Claus. I did
wtah for roller skates at first, but
mother needs shoes and gloves and a
little rest. no you have any rest la
your pack. slr7'
Banta Claus nodded his head. "Heaps
of It," he promised. "Where is your
father, my lad*'
"Ile is dead." said Tommy tearfully.
"Ae was shot by a burglar wbo was
stealing from a rich man's hoose. My
father wan • breve policeman."
"Sbot-by a burglar." Santa -CLAM
looked very thoughtful. jest as though
T'nnmy'a tether bad been killed in his
beautiful house, which happened to be
the ease. "Weil, young man, rappers
we MU for my sleigh and we will go to
the shops."
Tommy I.ee never forgot that woo-
deHel ride. After the sletgb was felt
of beawtifel bundles they deified eg
to To'. y's home and startled Mrs.
Tae by bringing 1n dooms of pew
parttime Oa* of them bead a IOW
pair of roller skates.
And while the friend of Banta Claus
talked to elm Lee and promised her
work in his sown house Tommy fell
fast sorer with hie echen upon his
tether's wiot a seeks. And whoa he
rink* 111 woo Ctblbsfans oksodoo
tlnanflia4e a gas macaw re MANN
Tttva.
mitten's holiday bill M fare Is Omes•
tog simpler with the course of thank
An Interesting coniParlson may be
made of the Christmas dinners former
fy served in E*gland and In this coup-
try
ouo-try wetb those of today, albeit the tat.
ter are by no meson scanty.
The forbears of moderu Bngl1ebmen
meat have possessed magnificent ap-
petites. Their hospitality was roar
darted nn a scale that would,ptake the
housekeeper of today shudder. The
meal with whirl: they minineared
their Christmas day. a men appetteer
to tbem, was ample eoougb to rob the
modern gourmet of all seat foe food
for several days. The sideboard of the
old Eneliah mansion groaned under tea
levlatban round of beef. Its corpulent
sort ple, the Yorkshire hem, the hewn
and chine, while on the table itself
deviled turkeys' legs, homemade mu -
•ages, millets and kidneys pent up a
mingled and grateful Intensta from ea
environment of piles of hot buttered
toast, new lend etas, hooey and fro.
mens.
Rut this repast. snhetantlio as It was.
was trifling as enmpared with the .11e-
oer•-the real dinner -that followed net,
many bona after. The feast was bet/
tided by the hoar'. bead, preceded by
servitors who blew resounding floor-
tshea on tbelr trumpet* 'tine boar''
head Itself was Parried, aetpetisb.s ea
a dish of gold or silver, into tbbe~ban
-meting ball at the bead of stately
promotion of guests.
Then eamt the ttescoek, bleb was
carved .e.1, more o'mptnOnlly than the
.War's head, with Its garnishing of nay
maty end hays and its trek. ,tem -
mental with large apple*. This Is how
'hey 'teed to prepaae the post'ock for
ice feast: When It had been masted and
leeward with a stuffing of sweet herbs
old spices and heated with the yolk*
if egg. It was sewed Into Its relabera•
t* beak was gilded. and It wits borne
to the dining hall by dames of blgb de-
gree secem(.nnled by the strains of
Ito natrelsy
other features of the old time Cbriet-
nag dinner tnetnd.d ae/we., turkeys.
soon*. phe .ants. sirloins of beef and
oatinrhee of venison. That theme trete
wearied dews with teflon of ale end
wine goes without saying. indeed, aa -
Aber story tadght be written of the
tigald daunted et the sad lkgtlatb dMa
ost7 _
Santa In the City.
Santa Claus touched the buttes
which aommoned his foreman.
"YM, sir," said the foreman, tomlag
la from tie shop.
"ghat are you workbag uor
"Doll Osta. air."
Banta Claus turned ll' is* chair and
aegsrded tete foreman doubtfully.
"Doh natal- do exclaimed- "You
meat' doll toruses"
"No ser." the foremast answered.
'Them ars for city distribution, *bare
the children. don't know anything about
homeaa"--tet, Urfa Post -Dispatch.
11 !� Qy
Before the btKh of Christ
!be ancient Romans indulged
at the midwinter season to a
festival from which It is sup-
posed that many of the pros-
iest
reFeat day traditions sprung.
Proseuta were given and re -
mired. An expression of mu-
tual
ateal brotherhood was shown
In the custom of the masters
and their slaves exchanging
places and the former waiting
upon the tatter.
Primitive t.aa Works. •
Dosiphan lake in the State of
Rens* and sunt, of Its tributary
streams are said to h, full of natural
ga. On the froarn surfaces 1t is psos-
alble to have a fine bonnie by simply
breallag the k. --and applying s
numb to the.open4a. 4o, several
slaters 1t has been tooth*by this
ei.)M process to not a the Same.
'hoot up as high as a man and burn
brightly for a few minutes. Tbs. furl
for these uncanny area bubbles
through the water all the year round;
but It 1. only during the very cold
wiater nights that It 11) thus temppor-
arily alerted ander the Ice to bubbles
er prelims, sometimes 10 or 20 yards
M Meat 1iy seemly bteaktng the
lee with the polio of his skate, and
applying a match. the skater has In
a few seconds a roaring anus fur'
tight aaad heat.
TUursdOy. L„ eluls•r 1�, J*-, I 11
Gift Suggestions
I (1111 ttgroom ,mite, litslr.san *uitpr
('hr.lbrfield. 1 h,.lerfiel,i fahlew
1.1t int;r,otnw "fahir. .tt iawl.or 'Chaise
thole. Floor Loops Itridgr La
'l'ahle Lamp. 1'"dor ('iw.f. 1 1
l':nrri,agt. l and fable. Kite r-
*artel wet. Velure. 'il
'e.ticsta) Olookra.c, Krrd FL
torr 'fable Ktuutrr. 'snooker t -s
Pedestals Verniers armor tca-
rr. F;ie.lric Washers Every t
in Fun,ilure that make. a most useful
gift. -
J. R. WHEELER
Furniture Funeral D4,rctor
Hsm,lton Street
IF you have a good busi-
ness, advertise and keep
it ; if you want a good
business, advertise a
get it.
GASOLINE ENGINES
We have a number of tt..d tineotine 44144104* to be deepened of At once, in-
chiding 1 4-2 h.p., 2 1-2h.p, 31.2h.pp.. 4 1-2'h.�o. wh.p. •Is$ s ?vit.Come and WPOthem'ars( we 41111 milk*. prang and terms suit.
Alao a nice lined Stoves and Ranges new and to d.
• ROBERT WILSON
Hamilton Street Masser Hams Agent Phone 165, GODERICH
Order Your
Christmas G oce ries
at Sparis
A fresh and wholesome stock to choose from, of
excellent quality.
Our prices are right. Courteous service.
Sparrs' Grocery
Hamilton Street
Phone 146 Delivery Service
this Christmas
brin you a caro
of blessings and
the New Year
carry- you safely
on Your way
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