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TICS OLYMPICS
seme of Us ruaanni. Canada
las so tar had Otte to cbser
about La the efforus of ite athlete at
fibs eleventh Olympiad. 11 Germany.
"t• • • Beie best ma aad ways have been
IWO. la tact, the *Wear or
whets Empire ima metered in COM-
partscra with those apecIalerts pre-
pared at great inthense of time and
monay for this particular meeting.
The Gaited States, Germany, Italy
sail Tialand tale tbe Olympic games
Saases Borg of apy promise at all
are granted many privilegeo. They
ain practically segregated, "Sten con-
stant mthervisios by the moot compe-
tent esechas, trained and hardened for
gitimate object of winning first Pace
their reopective countries at tbe
Olythplad
Tbe result is that they are just
little better, almost alwaya, tban
are possibly better natural athletes
wies have aot been given the advan-
tage of iny such intensive tiralning.
British countries persist In preach-
, leg the *adept doctrine of "mport for
sPoet's sake," the game being the
Wag, not the winning ot it
This is spiendld, so far as it goes,
bet in competition w1th countries to
*tom to win is everything it just
doesn't work out.
Empire countries, and Canada In
particular, spend large ot money
to seed mac who have no chasm to
the Olympiads.
Unless they are prepared to do as
ether countries do and send properly
enaleed mes to represent them, it
=left be better lio withdraw from tbe
lames eatkely.
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THE SIGNAL °MIMICS, ONT.
inrroalsi. NOTES
Raisseas are cutting off their WW1 -
one of tbe stuck jokes of tha profile
sional humorists.
The Ethiopian& colitis** to buss
'arouse the Italian armies like wasps.
and the invaders may case to the coo -
elusion that their vista of an em-
pire Is only a htad dream.
Mil °slim it Lazy Malin
By HARRY J. BOYLE
I Is This the Rauh
of "Repit4iationr
MAIN Ties
Newspaper nen write la an 'impas-
sioned way of busy hives of laduetry,
where work La carried ea la a cane
tut mid precise way. They laud to
the skies every minute detail of a pro-
duction line, and la many cases suds
'schemes •re quite devoid of the milk ot
burners kindness.
After alL been rams seem to be
. Heir many of them know of the pro-
•""• 1.---"tt ---rd"-k'r Wait OW 'e,nattof, tine on • farm? By that I
sport or exhibition would bring oet, sees the string of cows that comes
year arta year, such • crowd as at- aluitty up the back lane, when the sun
beads the Goderieb race meet? Is first beginning to slant over the
• • • beeches on Mindy Hilt
It's warm these evenings, and so we
milk tbesa down beset. the barn in the
h°1dIng re"1". thia wewir" corner of the east meadow. It really
Which is a reminder that, if God- I, a sight to see Aunt Kate or Bossy
erich is to have Old Home Week stand up aad swish her tall at the Alas
nett year, piefelnitheas cannot be that pendia In annoying her. Nor
e _ '• more graceful way than does this bo-
vine creature.
Tae waiters '1"14411111/314 Praillee• Of more we have our mishaps. Lee
"1 tatt- " wawa gwaidaiala the Gas that the red hotter with the
Coate PRY so that 1107 could retail biasing star domed' the wariNfed
accept tips and so keep their self -re- the milking process Being a sort of
t. mast peopte win aertnpathina deceptive CUM, mbe came op the same as
the rest of them aad stood as if wait.
with them. Tbe world is changing
bag her tura to be milked. As it imp-
end maw practices formerly tabooed Dead, that was Use day Tt. tbe store -
have come to be accepted, but it will keeper had talked 1110 latO buying a
be • Wag time before tipping will be aes pit It glittered aad obese la le
other than • sign of the menial to earnees, end I was vainly proud et ee
most people. lia& handled It 'Welty careful as 1 mt
Bossy stood as cool lad calm as any
Wickham' Stee• d, former editor of of them as the frothy goodneee came
Tbe London Time& and one of the wentsi• up in ow p.m 1 was looking
isig area laving to as
Toronto, Aug. A—Millions of words
were prlatesi by Ontario newspaper* be-
fore, during aod after the cancellation
ot the Quebec power contracts. Tbe
Hepbure Goethalest staggered before
the comblneriniiiiiii-AT use Cosmos... -
tie and even some of the Liberal press.
There la nu ueed to go tato what hap.
paused. Repudiation became the fa-
vorite word of politician" eager to
deal a blow at the Queen's' Pork re -
This article is not an attenpt be &s-
teed the action of the Hepburn Cabinet.
Tbe word repudiation has a nasty
'Quad. The 00TOInnbellf called It can-
cellation. But the Quebec Hydro row
is 10 much water beaeath the bridge
ot time. What has been Gm result? The
ion& is somewhat sceptical. and right-
ly no, a 'Ailments watt
ing figures. There la the old outing
a 'figures don't tie. bet tiara ague."
Wine the Quebec ematracts vanished
under • tee strokes of the pea (prov-
ing onee more than the pee la might-
ier than the sword). Premier Heelers
saving that Wald result from the irip
lag oat of the "nefarious es:attracts"
would mean • lowering of Hydro rates
to the power users ot Ontario.
The "Intelllgeot" dawns of Oetarie
sniffed audibly at this statement. So
far as WU of Ibsen were concerned.
It was so much eye -wale. designed to
sweeten the bitter pill. Bet, strange
as It may seem, substantial reductions
In Hydro rates have become an accom-
plished fact. Maybe Mr. Hepburn
robbed the Provincial till or the party
war chest In order to keep hie promise,
best -informed men in Europe., sale out across the barnyard to wiser*
that he has information to the effect Solomon. our polygamous gander, sad
tbat Germany Intend* to attack France old Toni, the gobbler, were having a
very hot political argument. Taking
advantage of my slackneas, Bossy
that Italy is to attack Greet Britain calm.,
i up and lifted her foot alsd
in the Mediterranean. These attacks set it on the edge of the pail.
are to come Immediately after the con- Mash! I was covered with milk, •nd
elusion of the Olympic gamee--In I proceeded to tell her wbere she a but nevertheless' the lowering of rates
aU her ancestors should be delegated to. has been brought about. There la to
other words, in a matter of ten days
It just didn't bother Beery in the least be a $6,000,000 saving to Hydro users.
Of 110. Whether true or not, such
I bit and she went on chewing her cud the Premier says. That is a lot of
• • • as It nothing bad happened. My
rile went down and I went on milking. money in any country.
So perhaps Mr. Hepburn was right.
rumors show tbe state the world is III.,
The latest political news from Mani- Beaty was not to be subdued in as Even Conservatives are ready to admit
toes la that tha uherat.progrepdea easy a way as that, because she up ant! that a Liberal can be right—oace.
Government La negotiating with the !kicked Pau and miih clean a"°"' sa" After all, promises roll glibly off tbe
I it bit the wall of the stabie. Then smooth tongue ot a politician. It W a Mr. and Mrts. N. Treleeven and
at be walked off. horse of another color to pat tbem Into Ruth. of Toronto, visited on Sunday
Conservatives with t coalition in view.'
The Liberal-Progreseive• 'with a pos- I But you can't le a little mishap like effect. Maybe there win be a power at Mr. Bert Trelearen's.
'Able twenty-five seats are tbe largest that mar the peacefulness of the milk- shortage or some other major disaster Mr. Orville nitrate •nd his niece.
party in the new House, but they are ! leg time, no matter what you feel like. as a result of the Hydro policy of the Mlas Lorraine Dentin, motored to To -
II to feeling • mite emery present Government. Mr. Hepburn route on !Saturday. Mr. Derain har-
t ttl to the
W10 the Illarepean loam amble
Meg Inevitable, but «Web la Inevitable
oak, If greed and ambitious overfed*
Yana geese, tbe pakten of Caw.
ada 'nth regard to international af-
fairs Is recelvtag a certain amount of
attestton. le some QUarters It seems
be tbe opinion that Ottawa should
map out a course of action in the
event of pane. occurrences la the in -
*rational field; or. say some. Canada
skald be prepared for any evestual-
majortty of Canadians are a ton school board. presideet for a term it. That is my advice to all young
opinion that Ottawa hae something of tbe Ontario Educational Amsociatioa inen."—Chartes M. Schwab.
more pressing and wore ttnitortwat, tw and also president et the Ontario True -
A President Te Look Up Ts
de than to follow the erratic courses bees' aad Ratepayers' AmeociatIon. For
or ',crow., politico cintada no many years he Wok an active inter- Judge Kelly of Pennsylvania was
hmattertal washutons„ °swami is est la tbe Cautdian Weekly News- uhane (4...the committee to advise Abra-
m Lininfoalna of kips onfominattion. tuns*
lofts wrglag to allow the attests to PaPeeli l'amiathih' «Web I" I!"
pursue peaceful courses «bile her president for a term. Ile was is all nos had wst escaped Liasewia. as• ma,
kis relatioos forceful awl west be sbook hands «111 the judge he
u and he left • record of much good said, "What la your heIghtr
people devote themselves to the de-
valopmeat of their own country.
SALE OF FLOOR RUGS
Clearing prices on. our large stock of Axminst
Many at less than mill replacement.
BLANKETS AT 11111 PRI
Finest quality, pure wool, large &WA.
bed size. New rainbow borders, finished
and whipped singly. Length 90". $730
Regular value $9.00, per pair... •
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with dainty colored borders. Full 2 yirds
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WHITE WEN TOWELS
Pure Linen Huck White Towels.
about 18 34. Regular 40e. 3 for
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SEPTEMBER SEWING
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value $3.50. Each
9' x 101,4% Axminster unless. $25 00
Regular $30.430, for
Regular $37.50, for
Extra Heavy Barrymoor Axminster for
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W. ACHESON & SO
CREWE
MEWL Aug. L—Iffia Marilyn
Campbell. of Detroit, is holidaying
with her grandparents, Mr. and lire
J. Menary, and other friends.
Mr. 8111 Preach. of Donnybrook.
spent Benda, with friends in Goa
Mr. and Mrs. George Hunter, Kited*
and Willie visited on Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. W. Drennan and lir. and
Mrs. Jack L'urran.
Mrs. (Dr.) Wm. Carr. of lee An-
gela. Mr. tad Mrs. W. H. Campbell
and Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Campbell
and Donald, of Donnybrook. visited on
Wednesday last at Mr. Wm. Crosier's.
Mrs. Gibbs lied daughter Jean, of
Calgary. are eislting with the former's
sister. Was Susie KlIpatrkit.
to a minority es against an aggregate
o Rion of thirty members There at times, and want to kick the old
is no cobesion, however, among the bucket over.
I like to drive the cows down tbe
'aria" °P9Iviti°° Pirtle*. and the C'"" lane to the pasture when tbe
nervatires, the second largest body in la over. The crickets are chirruping
the Hoene, prorobly would rather work tbe accompanimeat of Professor Frog's
k a in tbe pond behind the
and Chairman Stewart 'Lyon laugh tug
at the suggestion. Perhaps tbere is silty.
• deep-latd plot to wreck Hydro and Kr. and Mrs. Jim Kberwood and
hand control over tp the private inter- little dangtiters, Shirley •nd Norma.
ests of St. James and Wall streets. and Mr. Fred Walnwrlebt attended
Maybe. but there la no Aga a 11 yet. tbe Oberwood peak la Goderich re -
"Mr. and Mrs. etashey -*Leyden. of
Holmesville, 'MOO- on Sueday with
Mr. aad Mrs. Roy Raise. Misses Beth
with the Liberal -Progressives than As • matter of absolute fact. Hydro Is
with the Social Creditors and the Ck. barn. A little bird goes miles* across' in just as sound * position today as it
T. A definite announremeat is ex- ever wail. No Government In the 'Os-
trom the hawthorn tree. Bats have tory of the Hydro enterprise hay eier
tbe path after we have disturbed Islin
Seed la a few days. Started their eerie sailing le around itarted out to deliberately wreck Hy-
• • e — the buildings, and I can bear Anna- dro. No matter what stripe tbe nem -
belle cropping grams. Spotty, t pop,
:sakes a pretense of hunting through
the grans along tbe marsh, Glee comes
running back to me with his tail droop-
ing. when somethiag starts up at his
approach. All around me nature is
bedded dews for tbe night. I come
to the old zigzag rail fence and get
out my pipe aod smoke. and enjoy
that undaunted sense of comfort that
conies at the close of a day when your
work is done.
the death of Matelot ilarBeth,
former publisher of Tbe Milverton
Sun, which occurred In tbe hospital at
London on Monde), tag, is the MUM
of sincere and widespread regret.
While be beld the wanton of post-
master of Mtiverton Mr. MaeBeth
edited The Sun until a few years ago
aad his comment on public questions
aad other topics wan interesting and
informative. He was Interested espe-
cially ta educational affair". wes for
"Let me tell you sonething: Don't
go after riches. There is aothing to
work well accomplished. Ills feet, three. What is yours,
war comes oat threaten, the peace Mr. Llocothr
a this country, or lf the !interests of A SIMERIBUt VIADUCT **Mx reel. four."
the Empire are at stake. Canada them
( Brest for& Expositor ) . vania bows to Iltinots. My dear
"Then," said the Jodie. "Petrasli"
*RI taw -IOW to do -and there
The leading women'a yttsthetios of man for yeas my heart has n
sews, ts tre,. little refuse') for ber to
Australia took • strew vote 82 t8 aching for • President that I could
pants of the treasury benches wore,
they were ectuated by a genuine de-
sire to build a mighty edifice for tbe
Bat good intentions alone are not
sufficient. 'There have been some bad
dectslone made by goveramenta in the
pap. Tbe action of the Hepburn
Government la cancelling tbe Quebec
contracts was an effort to correct one
ot these mistakes. Perhaps Um same
result could have bees accomplished
vrithout resorting to tbe drastic deci-
sion to break a solemn agreement.
Who kerma?
worry overmuch about other condo- whether the Dionne quintuplets should took up to, and at last I've found him!"
gesekv. be returned to their parents or left
'The Toronto Globe concludes an in the charge of DT. Defoe. There
--usalsitnesegint =trivet with um mate- .vrere twenty-four thousand &sowers
continuance of state care. Tide ma-
re tbe Dominkm that tatted to dor,- I
ijorIty verdict would probably be ante
with that of the "Medi King"! etantlated le all other civilised lands.
- weed be et serious impertsoce
world again Sad Wed CI SW lie"
torgottea before it la started." Thts
sounds well, but what does It mean?
That Canada should .say "Me, too,"
through all the gyrations of a Govern-
ment at Westminster (bat demi not
know Its mind trom one day to an-
other? Is Canada to support the
to stand by the league of Nations SUNSET ON
Baldwin Government when It promisseo
and also when It abandons the League?
Is her policy to "dovetail" with th•t
of the United Kingdom equally In
opposing the ambitions of a German
er an Italian dictator and in giving
enrouragement to dictatorship for
If Canada Is to devil* • foreign
policy. It must be formed in Record-
ation, with the opinions •nd ebbe* a
Ube Canadian people. and possibly at
tide time the majority of Cenadians
lave no greater degree admiration
for the perforniancen of the Baldwin
Government than the people of Great
evidesti7 ha re
11" Iles «Mk Canadian opinion as a
Weds le Re present 'roarer of keeping
aseddieg say laterference le foreign
011ie tast wove Introduse. rinneces- Orassienr sorb •5 Ton have whitened,
Os, dasioloas asses the easediee Tor the sordid thiegs atm,—
Pears of sal sad wsdrretsodttg
workers on gowelas
seat: "Any foreign policy deviling math striwolvehoosand in fever of the.
—.The fear of Igeorance is one reason
Irby we get an educatloo."—Flarry
Emerson Fosdick.
"The objective of Amertise life
most he to upbund and protert the
family and the home, whether farmer.
worker, or business loan. That Is the
unit of American iife."--Horbert Hoo-
LAILI HURON
Mots of pearl nod fors end ember.
Golden crusted eloudiete dim. •
Regal, tar -flung banners flashing
From the crimson suneet's ries
Wisps of mauve across. sapphire.
Hong there by a Master's band.
Fleecy scrolls of woolly whitenese,
Woven by • magic wand.
Tbe god of day le 'slowly oinking.
NIget demands the royal aesL
Gorgeous in his dying "Vendor
Where tbe sty and water• meet.
Golden path "from the ripples,
Waves are mormatieng soft sled low,
Shimmering. nedulating mirror
Daylight fades twilight (teepees,
Birds' busted ertee along the alters;
Darkness falls. but memories llapir
Such beauty livea forevermore.
"We live in interestieg times, sad
it takes people with different Cases to
and Grace Hayden, who bad 'pent the
past week there, returned Dome wItb
Mr. John McWhinney, from the
"Soo." is visiting with his brotbers.
Messes. Dave and Richard McWhinney.
Mr and Mrs. Jas. Fowler and fam-
ily, of Windsor, vialted on Sunday
with Mrs. H. Fowler and Charles.
The August useetiug of tbe W.M.S.
was held at the borne of Yrs. Bert Tre-
leaven, with • good attendance. This
being the junior members meeting.
Miss Ila Melee was ln charge. The
Size
FOR
and duet& As invite -lead
▪ accepted from Erskine Presbyter -
August 6.
"Instead of praying for tiling". we
E wald pray for wisdom. commute,
cheerfulness and most of all, for the
power et love."—Roger W. Babson
"If tipping were made illegal Led
two tbe thought of tipping would sees
as ridiculous as duelling now seems."
A Suit from
MARTIN
Is A TONI(' FOR WORN-OUT WARDROBES
agoseial Order $19.00 to $35.00
Relining, Repairing. Altering, (leaning and Pressing
Frank H. Martin ,
PHONE 317 TAILOR
MOT Ifit
•
Asitistaat—"No, madam, we haven't
had any for a long time."
Manager (oierheariag) : "Oh. yes.
we have It. madam; 1 will Bort seed
to the warehouse aad have some
brought la for you." (Aside to asstst-
eat): "Never retest asything: amid
out tor It"
Az the lady went out laughing tbe
nlanager demanded: "What did the
say?"
Assistant—"Obe arid we haves% lad
any rain lately."—American Boy.
A Huron Boy Who Made Good
(By Fred Williams In The Mall and Empire)
An entry In my record of Capadian the House of Commons In Vancouver
dates tells me that on July I I. 1801.
"Bill" Sloan returned to Nasalise,
RC.. from the Yukon. brineing with
$55.000 In gold which he had gar
need in the north. Talk of romance
with • capital .R. "11111" was a walk-
ing exampie of it. Born at Winghams
in 11476. the son of Dr. R. J.Sioso •nd
bls wife (Elizabeth McMichael), "Bill"
was educated at the public school and
tbe Collegiate Institute at Iteatorth and
further for just about that
Borrowed from the Greet WIRT
Throws
—Roselle Otflossor.
Perkhill. Oat
In 1900. as an independent Liberal, bet
was licked. Four years later he
went up north mid woo the riding of
Comoz-Atlin, which had Juni beet' cre-
ated, being returned without crpposi-
tion as follower of Wilfred Laurier.
At Ottawa he won wide PoPularitl.
He dld not speak very often. but when
be did he hit out from the shoulder
at the Tories' •nd then "took them up-
atairs for • drink." That was tbe
sort of chap "Bill" was! He was re-
elected in the general elections of WON,
end It looked a• if be was safe foe
time his father was sent to China to
life; bat • year later. elven it eas
Alt • post in tbe BrItish customs see -
flee end the kid was given a job In the nes-sweaty to dad • meat for Mr. Temple --
Aim wiser* he picked up considerable men, Webster a Inland nevem*. who
Chine,* language and • variety of hid been defeated In Victoria, "f1111"
Canton.** PIWPST words 1.01.0 served gave up hie "sure thing" in Como: -
to good purpose in later years le pan-
ties I am net sure whether Mr. Sloan
senior died la Cblna or vrbetber
returned to caned'. Aayway. Bill
Allis sod disappeared from the Rouse
of (Wiisioni. For • number of years
he played his pert Us the ilfe of Van -
(sourer Wend. having "bad enough" of
crossed the Partite asain and 10tHid polities. bot, strive as he would. he
his way to Nanalmo. On his twentieth mold not keep out end in 1I116 he was
birthday he beard remora that gold @Weed to the Provincial legislature
had been discovered ow (be Kleadike,
so without making reagent end with
mighty little beside his own stroug
eremite. be started off The foes et March 2. lane His funeral ge‘e •
for Napalms*. sod arson after bereft*
Cabinet. • portfolio he held to his death
Neaslas saw -4121Pected to see '."C" striking proof of the popular ago -
again: but on July II, 1667, t don in ebreh`lis -else Rodilf1C
stopped at Nasalise frost (be earth sod flathelles joined witb 1Proteetants and
off her stepped "B111" Slam larger and entitles to Ao honor at the err-
strowirer Ww**, wearies is a belt vice In the Presbyterian clewed Visit-
' ors to Sunshine. eves after eight ream,
ow he told stonily. of 150vor good Bill
wow to everybody." Even wiliest (idl-
est functions faced hiss to weer a
Torkshir• end Durban eat withers sad fres* root and • termer be *sorer got
be developed a radios' visor On nik side. R* wss always pis "RIM
questions which derided litss to 40 11,- ghee to everybody and his faulty
to politica. He vise a eandidatis for have every resume to be greed a loft
"rennet him waist gold nuggets w c
were assayed at SNOW odd
"Bill" had 'noel floe Ile spent
life messey treety • be mixed with Ile
•
The TELEPHONE will take you,there
"I mustn't miss
Deals Telephone
Young Jimmy knows it's just
about time lot that osid-week
telephone call from the city.
And be wants to be three — to
hear Datcs cheery greeting. to
ware hiss be bus% been get-
tisiti Wo woe trouble and
is remind him cd the &nip lie
woes brought tip nest week -
esti. Dad, cm the other end of
the line, gets a great kick out
-tit it all, Ls fact lse wouldn't
miss making. tSst tnespensive
call for anything— it's a great
break to • routine week and it
keeps his mind easy.
0. bosh "Anyone" and "Penali-
se -Poison" calk. low Night
rates apply every °venni& after
7, sod ALL DAY SUNDAY.
ANEW