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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1921-6-9, Page 7• SCORE SUCCESS IN MANY FIELDS. Not Less Wifely or Motherly Because of War Experiences and New Occupations. When the first condUetorette ap- peared on the rear platform We, Lan- don omnibus, the complacent persons, 1271iO every day won' the war from the orinison depths of club chairs or the straightbackecl sofas of Victorian drawing rooms, held up their hands In righteous horror and prophesied the downfall of British womanhood, says a London despatch. ' Well, they saw a great 'hal more than that before it finished. They saw the weaker sex pushing loads of lug- gage down the platforms of railway stations; saw them conducting under- ground trains, driving lorries, deliver- ing mail, policing the streets, gathering harvests, felling forests to make rail; road ties over there where most of the men folks were. ,"What's to become of the homes?" the'icsilma,ginative crowd cried, "These girl's aro not fit to be future mothers of the race.". And a great many more such stupid and quasi -sentimental things. Meanwhile, the girls carried on.. The country inns saw quite, a new type of guest. The woman frafalling salesman. It has always s,eemed • rather absurd that men should choose as their life's work the peddling of ribbons and laces, of silk underwear and feminine frills.. Whets the war took these men away from their -work, their employers substittited women,: The woman commercial traveller is one of the most notable outcomes of the war. When the mail came back they didnot seem any too keen to re- sume their olft time occupations. The war hall taught thorn what is man's work. So they quite readily accepted positiona in 1.4,a,v fields of :endeavor. .And the women remained. Shopkeepers say the new drummers sneak the' language -cd 'tne trade as none at ,t11.eir predecessors did. Why "ehouldn't a woman be more eloquent on the subject of crepe de chine under- wear ,and Irish crochet* than a man? Revolution in Garments. The driving et ambulances indsrance and Flanders has sent women into an industry quite, new to women in any country. It is not an uncommon sight en tduring in England to driveem to garage and be met by a woman in - businesslike manner, who asks what she can do for you. Of course .the uniform is skirtless. The breech- es habit has come to stay. , The,se new •garage keepers are ef- ficient too. T.he farm girl has come to stay. This shows endurance, for the -English farms are not as well equipped with labor-saving devices as similar farms in this country. The houses are badly • heatell an,d very often the: fare is of •the crude,st. In spite of thisthere were thous- • ands of girls who left the large cities because the Government of their coun- • try said that the sail must produce more food, and went out to do their share in making it produce more. Now these girls find city life suf- focating. They say they never felt so well in their, lives. They certainly look it, • Many have special kinds of farm work as their life's occupation. One Of the most important is market gar- dening. Usually there are two girls as ,partners in this industry. One looks after the business. part of the game. The other is overseer 'of the garden. Market gardening is one of the moat • lucrative trades in England.. • Chauffeurs and Artists. The woman chauffeur is quite a re- cogniee•ft institution now. When there were rumors of women taxi drive-rs in London, thetaxi men threatened to go out on strike. The picture papers made quite a raise of the first woman taxi driver. She was interviewed and ph otagraphed' and generally s•enea- tionalized. She was an artist,: and sortie out of a little studio in Yeoman's , Row to substitute the wheel , for the palette. There was no strike, To -clay' th.ewoman taxi-driver dodges in and , out of the traffic as if she had always been fledging. Sneaking of artists, there were three girls who were engaged in some, kind of war work which took them in- to country places. They were °beers vent of everything and noticed par- ticularly that the :country Owns were especially lacking in geed literature, . artistic chintzes, and cretonnes, china, pictures .and all the things which mean • real life to the artist. This is what they did: Took the old- est house in town ---it was a fifteenth century thve,lliug---cleaned iteup and tuned it into an up-to-d•ate art shop, They nosed around the second-hand • ehops in London and found trbaSures, a,nd the- restilt was a very attractive shop where customers might roam at ease, inspect everything without be- ing 1.)resseci to buy, have Lea, if they happeneil in at the, tea hour—in short 'have a kind of comfortable club. To -day the- girlshave more work than they can de. Their place is one • of the sho-ls places of the country, and tor the first time lu their lives, the girls are beComing proSperous through • thole con•neetion'with art! Vale the weelia.S algal', roughly, is, procluecA iu IL:nee:ars from ,sugar beet'. • Dad Keew. Old Robinson was inspecting isle son's "pensonal account" for last col- lege term, - "What do you mean by $40 for ten- • nis ?" .."Oh, that's for a couple of rackets I had to,tave," replied the eon. "Yes, I underetand, but 1 think we used to .ca,li them bats." Taking Precaotions. The composer appeared in the'affice of his publisher one morning, -anti with oalin assurance returned a cheque tor $200. "Yon can destroy that," he told ,the publisher, 'and make out one to my credit for $500. ,,"Nonsea•se," came the reply, "Thet's your royalty to date for your last song," "Oh, no, 11 isn't," e•aid the composer. "Do you mean to insinuate that the firm Is —" "1 insieuate nothing, I make the simple-sLatentont, that -I want $500 in royalties. • For the first time in my Life I caa be positive as to the amount. I married your bookkeeper yesterday." '- He Who Laughs Last. "Pennyworth of cobbler's wax, please, sirPS said a tiny boy, as lie 'stretched his hand to a level with the counter, "Wouldn't 'shoemaker's wax do as well?" asked the fac,etious shopman. "Don't know," replied the small boy; "but I'll ask pa." ' -Five Anisettes -later he was back again, with the announcement that, shoemaker's wax would do all right. The nhopinan grinned. "And did ybur pa tell you what the difference was?" he asked. • "Yes, sir,"' said the little boy. "He said there's the same difference as be: tween you and a donkey!" Though entail, the Child was intelli- gent, and he made a record. sprint for the- door. Only a Detail, Little Jackie was spending a holi- day in the country, and was highly entertained by everything lie saw an the barn and farmyard. The old red hen's, cackle to announ- ce that she had lais. an egg .was never -failing source oa delight. He alwaye wanted someone to get the egg immediately. One day he was allowed the privi- lege of going all by himself to, fetch the treasure, In a fp* minute e he came running, back excitedly, but his eagerness was too great. He tripped and fell. In a Minute his hands and blouse were smeared with yellow as he• clutch- ecl bits of broken shell, ... But he came up ensiling to his mother. mummie," he cried, as he held up the fragments, "I had a fall, but it's all right, 'cause I didn't lose anything, only the juiee!" The Newest Thing in • Famiries. In order to provide the paper for only one issue of a big daily ,news- paper fifty acres of forest must be cleared of its trees. Great Britain alone uses something like five million tons -of paper every year. This sounds—and is—a lot; but it is small in comparison with the United tates, whose average consump- tion is nearly forty million tone per annum. Canada and ,Nearfoundlancl supply much of the timber cc:instil-fled in the paper mills. England used to get large quantities from Russia, but this. source of supply is now cut off. Hence the paper famine -from which the 0121 Land is suffering. This shortage hae opened the eyes of the Canadian Government to the value of its forests, which, vast though they are in extent, are being rapidly depleted, Laws have therefore been passed compelling the lumbermen to plant as they cut clown. "Once a spruce forest, always a spruce forest," is the order that has now gone forth. —es An holies industry will do more -to produce cheerfulness, suppress evil hurifors, and retrieve your affairs, than a month's moaning, REIN OF R. ElibiA The Trouble '1Vitist he Treated Through the 13,!ood, E'very rheumatic sufferer' should realize that rheumatism Is rooted in the blood and that to get rid of it it must be treated through the blood. The olil belief that rheumatism was caus,eci fy cold, damp weather, is now exploded Such weather conditions may start the pains, but it is not tne cause. Liniments and outward appli- callous may give temporary relief, but that is all they can do because they do net reach its sources la the bloelh Tite sufferer from rheurnatians who experiments ia only waeling time and money in depending upon such treatment; the trouble still renrains and it is all the time becoming more firmly rooted. Treat this disease through the blood and you will soon find relief. Dr, Williams' Pink Pills act directly on impure, weak blood; they purify and strengthen it, and so act on the cause of the rheumatism. Mr. P. J. muophersou, rta. No. 5, Car- digan, P.E.I., says: "About three years ago I was attacked with rheumatism. I began taking Dr. Williams' Pink Pills and soon the trouble disappeared and I am in better bealth than before. I also know of an old lady acquaint- ance who was (badly. crippled with rheumatism in her arms And legs, and who suffered very much. 'She, too, took Dr. Williams' Pink Pills and is now able to do her housework, I tell you this in the hope it may be of bene- fit to some other sufferer." You can procure Dr. Williams' Pink Pills through any dealer in medicine or they will be sent you by mail at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50 by writing direct to The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. Who's to lame? My friend, if you are disSatiified with what you have so far done in lite, who's to blame? Do you think you have been cheated because you haven't achieved the suocess you thought You would? Do you not know that you have gotten what you have paid for, and, that there would have been a much 'larger euccess for you it you had paid the larger price? For every effort you have made the law of cause and effect h.as paid you ac- cordingly. If you are dissatisfied with your bargain, you can blame no one but yourself. You /cannot ha.ve achievement with- out paying the price. You cannot get anything withont paying the price. Perhaps once ia a million times, luck may strike you—just as lightning sometimes strikes an individual. But what are the chances of your ever be- ing struck by lightning? An insur- ance company would regard the chance as practically infinitesimal. A similar thing is true- of luck. Luck is such a neglgible quantity that- men do not regard it. Cau you imagine Charles M. Schwab or Thomas A. Edisfon waiting around for luck to give them a push or a pull? No, they never waited one minute for luck to help them, If you are dissatisfied wiht what has oome to you. in life, don't cm/I:Plain. The very energy you are- now expend- ing in grumbling and finding fault would help you to make your life 'a success. Just think how much Yon might have achieved, haw much better off you might have, been if you had used used energetically and efficiently all the time that you have wasted wait- ing around for someone to help you, for some outside influence to give you assistance! " Think of the tinieaed energy you -have wasted in grumbling a,ncl finding fault! My frien.de what you call your un- lucky fate has paid you exactly for all that you have done. If your pay seems small, inadequate, your work has been small and inadequate. Do your best and largest and fate will give you her best and largos,t rewards. -0. S. Mar- den. While Bibles are smuggled into many "loiblelden" counties, Russia is absolutely 'closed to .the Scriptures. Maretag,e has in it lees of beauty, but more of safety, tha,n the single life; it hath net more ease, .,but less danger; it is mare merry,. a.nd, more sad; it is fuller of sorrows and, fuller of joys; it lies under more burdens,, but is supported by all the strength of love, and charity; and these burdens are delightful. ---Jeremy Taylor. Wit Nig ts re Si e less —the trouble is often due ,w the effects of caffeine on n rves and muscles from the use of coffee or tea. usands have turned to , and found Complete isatisfac- tion,with freedom from irri- tation to nerves or digestiqn 4; ereS cogs /2 Sold by all grociers t 7.4:01,411.7111Wei*I4i ea.seete:ae 0.) Or. 'fr.1 ta Nia YaX t'M 111 are tal trA People ef low or der•ective Mental- work they arc! -engaged, how efficient lartfiatare i e \aypPoli.i°11)Levene)-' r ne ft; a riff' rile:1'11..2201111 otb.reY005 N rn er 4111 ige*U.°ttalbli'ttsi'lesiruiC11:•us t*itelL$e' school this ty•,pe of 'child is a contra:tat particular worts they are doing. A{.,,e1: worry to the teacher, espemally le the dents often happen through dull -wit - majority echools, wheec there is ted or careless people not realizing little or no provision nuade for grad- the danger of certain 1sincI of Met- ing the childrea according to their chinory, efnti getting caught in belting, general intelligence oe the pr0gre4s gears, etc. I have often seen people they make in their studiee. Happily of low mentality who have lost fingers our puma Health ,and Education ab a punching machine, wheat one authorities, in conjunction with the glance or word Would teach any oh - Canadian National Committee for server that such a workman should Mental Hygiene, are baling active never have been put to such danger - meas -tires at present to deal with ous werk, mental defectives at, every stage of Industrial statistics show that life. Through the medium of physi- many of these mental defectives are ,ejaa,s and trained nurses, surveys of employed at 'biscuit makhig, chocolate the mental co./Italian of school chil- dipping, etc., and here the chief danger dren are being made all through Cm- lies in their not understanding or .ap- tario in co-operation evith the Depart- preciating the value of personal ment of E•clueation, and the Public cleanliness, especially the need for I-Iealth Ntirses stationed throughout washing the hands regularly and thor- the Provirme arc, aleo reporting id oughly when they have to touch cases of mental defectives c,f pre- articles that may he afterwards used, school age, with notes as to the men- for food. tal condition of the parents, home in- Vocational and Extension Edam - fluences and surroundings, etc. Ili, tion is one of the most needed re - Toronto, important work along these forms. In an up-to-clate scheme for lines is being carrie,d on by Such any education of this kind that the agencies as the psychiatric clinic at Government may undertake, there are f our measures that should be given special attention. 'The first is that of the rehabilitation of industrial cripples' the second. is to care for 'boys ad girls between 14 and 18 years of age, who are compelled to go to 'work but are entitled to a great- er amount of education; the third is the training of special teachers to take 'charge of part-time and other vocational schools; the fourth meas.- ure is to train foreinem in industrial plants, and this can be done through evening sehools if properly qualified teachers can be obtained. VA VP, Val %Pli 'cl••• US, 41........11.0•0 MM.*. By DR, J, IVIIDDLETON ,provIndial 13oard of Health, Ontario , Middleton wilt be latad 10 anSwer questions on Public•Ilealth mato toss, taraeol, this column. Address him at the Parliament Diego. Toroete. the Toronto General Hospital, medi- cal inspection of Schools and slide workers, while mental hygiene com- mittees are actively engaged in Ot- tawa, St. Catharines, London, Wood- stock, Windsor, St. Thothas, Guelph and Kingston. 'Ile main purpose at present is to get an approximate esti- mate of -the number of mentally de- fective children and adults in the province, and from this a general idea of the organization that is necessary to effectively grapple with the situa- tion. It has already been definitely found out that thousands af mentally defective people are at large through- 13y such a comprehensive scheme, out this Province, many of whom are tat least a. beginning -witlit be made in earning their own living. These peo- cleating with a social problem that ple cannot be kept -in institutions, nor needs the earnest attention of all good do they come under the jurisdiction citizens, and which' will require the of Homes for the Feeble-minded suCh iunited efforts of both Government and as 0/sillies' but nevertheless they people if the race standardis to be are in great need of supervision and improved. education. The- great question is to The record ef crime at the present know just where these mental defee- time is same indication of evilia.t has tives are employed, at what kind of to be done in mental: hygiene. WELL SATISFIED WIT What the BoydScouts Are Doing. BABY'S OWN TABLETS — • Once -a mother hafs'used93ab3r's Own Tablets for her little Ones she will use nothing else. Her use of them leads her to believe there is no other medi- cine to equal them far any of the nrany minor ailments of childhood. Concerning them Mrs. Eugene Bois - vert, East Aldfield, Que. ; writes: "MY baby was terribly constipated, but af- ter the use of Baby's Own Tablets he is entirely well again. I am so well satisfied with the Tablets that I lose no opportunity in recommending them to other mothers." The Tablets are sold by medicine dealers or by 'nail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. Lullabies From Other Lands. The following are some translations of lullabies sung to little children in other lands: Danish. Sleep, s•leep, little mouse! - The field your father ploughs; Your mother feeds pigs in the sty, She'll come and slap you when you cry. Spanish. The moon shines bright, And the snake darts ewift and light; I see five baby bullocks, And a calf young and white. Swedish. Hush, hush, baby mine; Pussy climbs the big green pine; Mother turns the millstone; Father to kill the pig has, gene. Minard's Liniment Relieves Neuralgia ------':g.—mirror is due to Ships Destroyed by Glass. The production of fire by means of a lens or re-flectin the feet that the rays of the sun are concentrated Upo1 a comparatively small area, producing a degree of heat limited Only by the size ofthe gIasa and the perfection of its re.,flecting surfa.ce. The most tiutous burning -glass in history is the one used b3r Archipiedes to destroy the Roman ships which were besieging Syracuse. But a Mr. Parker, of Loaden, perfected a glass far more powerful than that used by the ancient scientist. He constructed a lens of flint -glass, three feet In diameter and with double convex sides, each of which was an aro of a circle with a radiuS of elgh- teea feett "This glase in•ereased the heat ot the rays of the situ 105,626 times, or, taking an. averago tein era - tune of seventy degreeas Wat4 able to produce a heat equivalent to 73,938 degrees over the entire Surface of the eocus. An application of a Second 18erneees. increased this neat to 166,362 de - A ten -grain diamoad, expoeeft to the heat OS this, lens for thirty minutes, was reduced to six grains, -ke Buy Canadian producte Scout officers of the counties of Hastings, Northumberland, Lennox and. Addiaigton. „held a conference MI • Trenten recently. Dr. James, W. Rob- ertson and. other Dominion and Pro- vincial Scout officers were present. *- * Five hundred Hamilton Boy Scouts and Wolf Cubs took part in the largest Seout parade Hamilton has ever had last Saturday. After passing in re- view order before district and provin- cial officers they marched to a park where the rest of the afternom was spent in. games dad field day sports, * * If the Town Foreman of Cochrane has- his way the Town, Council will call one of the puhlic squares of the town "Scout Park." He says the boys cleaned the place up and, for the first • time made it look like something real, and that they have dans enough other goad things around Cochran.eto war- rant such recognition. The local Troop and Wolf Cub Pack charters are to hang in the TGWU Hall, as up there Scouting and Cubbing are of- ficially sponsored by the municipal or- ganization. * * * In competition with Cadets, junior rills corps from schools and colleges, Girl Guides and other organizations, Boy Scouts carried off first prizes in the Wallace Nesbitt junior First Aid Competitions of the St. Sohn Ambul- ance/ Association in five provinces, The Ontario winners were the 2nd Ottawa Troop of Bay Scouts. The 1921 competition announcements are now out and Scouts are expected to again make a big showing. * * A very systematic, but nevertheless quickly plann.ed, search conducted by Scoutmaster W. N. Istorrie of the 23rd Toronto Troop and eleven_ of his Scouts resulted in the finding of a little four-year-old girl veryasoon af- ter her disappearance had been re- ported. This Is the third lost child hunt this troop has been Called upon. to take part in' chtring the past two years and each time they have re- stored the little folks to their worried parents, Wolf Cubs Donald Robertson and Herman McInnes of the bit Fort Wil- liam Pack of Wolf Cabs have been re- commended for special life-saving awards in recognition of their sefeeess- ful offortS to save Lllow Cub—older than either of them—from drowning when he fell through the leo on the McIntyre River, Instead of running for help when they saw their com- panion in. danger they tore a log out a an old bridge, pushed it out over' the ice, and One of the boys, Robert- son, crept ottt on it and managed to bring the clrewning boy to safety. MONEY 'ORDER'S. Pay your out-of-town. acooanta by Don -ninon Ifixpress Molloy Order. Vire I)ollars coets three cont5, T. J. PARKER 4246 Juneau Street, Seattle, Wash., U.S.A. "I used to think all the Tanlac tes- timonials were exaggerated, but I have felt thankful a thousand times I ever believed in it strong enough to give the mediciue a trial," said T. J. Parker, well-lmown salesman far Gately's Clothing Store, • residing at 4246 Saimaa St., Seattle, Wash., I.T.S,A, "Several years ago I commen•ced. having periodic spells of sickness and a few mouths ago I had an attack that I thought would finish me. When I did finally get up, I was scarcely able to go. I had no appetite and what lit- tle I forced myself to eat caused so mink gas On my stomach. I could hard- ly get my breath. "At night I was often so bloated I oouldn't breathe while lying down and just had to sit up and struggle for air. At times I had cramps so bad I could, hardly endure it. "My liver.. was sluggish and some- times I got so dizzy I would rearly fall. I felt tired and miserable all the Mine, couldn't even sleep and for days at a time I wasn't able to go to work. "Well, a friend of mine finally got me to try Tanlac, and it certainly has done a good job for me. My appe- tite is fine now and although I ant eating just a.nything I want and as much as I please, my stomach never gives me the least trouble. I have picked up in weight, my strength has come back to me, and I am aow en- joying the best of health, "All the men. at the store know Tanlac put me back on my feet, and I am gl4 to give this statement for what it may be worth to others." Tanlac is sold by 'leading druggists evea'ywthere,--AtIvt. A Building Slogan. Own Your Own, Home Be a wise bird Ere Yolk coin is spent; Even a sparrow Doesn't pay rent. The crying evil of the young man who enters the business world to -day is 'the lack ef arpplication, preparation, theraughnese, with ambition but with- -out the willingness to struggle to gain his desired es;d.--Theedore N. -Vail. Ask for Minard's and take no other. The first pair of silk stockings ever woven in( Englia.nel) vial =aide at ateam, Surrey, and presented to Queen Elizabeth - Canada has an in -lips -Thant whaling industry along the Pacific coast, a thousand being, the' catch in 1920 off Britisih Columbia, anti Alaska. The eucalypt -us tree often grows te a height of four hundred feet. It is a, native of Australia,, and is genierally spoken a as a gum tree. Ca.ruada pays the following yearly pension.s to her soldiers: toothily dis- abled men, $900; wife, $300; -first child, $180; second child, $144; third, $120, or $1,644 for a family of this size. Great Britain pays $879, Aus- tralia $854, Nerw Zealand $1,138, South Africa. $769, France $660, Italy $372. Total disability pensions, to March 31, 1920, 69,583; of pensions of all classes, 87,000. ASPIRIN • Only "Bayer" is Genuine ng—Dn.icee van see tho name "slayer" OR pack -age or on tablets you are not getting Aspiria at all. Take Aspirin only as told in the Bayer pack- age tor Colds, Headache, Neuralgia, Rheumatism, Earache, Toothache, Lumbago and for Palo. Then you will be Poliewing the direetione and (los. age worked out by p.vsioiatiss (luring Levenhjr-one years told ProVed s-a.fe by millions, Handy tin boxes of twelve Bayer l'ablets of_ Aspirin cost few emits. Druggists alse pell larger packager,. Made in °fleecier Aspirin is the trade merit (registered in Cana- da) of- Bayer Iffaattfacaure of Meneate. ticacidester of Salicylicacid. A Meal of Cut Worms. C. A. Nash, of Toronto, reoords an experiment witlu the robin as a cut- worm deeltroYer. • One, young, tobth; kept hi confinement, ate 165 cutworms in- a day. Had he been compelled to fliffi his own food he would probably have varied •11 somewnat, as he w.ould not likely 'lad so many cutworms. What he could do- when he had tha apPortimity was clearly demonstrated. Krupps are now employing 12,000 people Intone than in Jugy, 1914. • We belie.ve in a man in proportion to his immovableness from principle, the fixity of his faith in 1116 mission. Try Bottle To -day DR. MINARD, Inventor of the Celebrated MINARD'S LINIMENT Ineserican; Pioneer Dog Remedies Book on DOG DISEASES and How to Feed Mailed Free to any Ad- dress by the Author. Ft...1011y Glover Co., 3:ue., 115 West 31st Street New York, U.S.A. ITCHING RASH ALL OVER BODY Burned Dreadfully, Lost Rest. Cuticura Heals. "I had an itching rash on my back and shoulders which was very irri- tating and tiresome. It kepaspread- ing all over my body and broke out Into sore eruptions. They, caused itchaeg, and when Z wetild rub Or Irls.:.:.:'sci taiern lue3i: berme areatneny and I could not enjoy e. nig,ht'erestk • "I had given up hope when X tried Cuticula Soap and Ointment, and It was ebout four to six wee40 . before I was healed, a.ftereteirig eigbt calteE1 of Soap atid three, boats ot Ointment." •• (Signed) Mise, Vierie, Bennett, Valley; Vttasl-line-,Liti. Cuticura Soap, Ointinerit and Tel- . . tufa promote ta4d-Maintaln el:inees Illy, eltin comfert aa 4 shin Isterltb-' ciftsti,when all elee fails. .',.,„ Snap25c. Ointment 25 anniSOm Taceast. Sold ihrettshou.ttbeDetninloh.eanarifenDueot: faufme, lisettel,-3414 St, f.aaa Ste 'W., ffatere.e. aeLfre-Cutleera Soap fshas•es wialex.O.nang. .1.1.3.,..V.75M11.14.17.41.11414.11110,111.51,14,411.T.eliaruNi.e ISSU F.: No 1I3---'9•1.