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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1926-8-26, Page 6Other 'lea X000 We ask you t® test this yourself. PRINCE PRAISES EMPIRE WOODS The Prince of Wales seized an .op- portunity the other day to speak some words of . commendation- of Canadian enterprise and Canadian products: He was called upon to deliver au address upon forestry in. the British Empire to -a gathering in London. He noted that large timber resources oomprieing many varieties of weed were to be found within the British Empire and that the countries of the Empire were ;giving attention to forestry problems. He spoke of the reforestration pro- gram lasing tarried out by the British Government through its Forestry Cpm- mission. Already considerable tracts of Iand that were formerly forests have been replanted with trees and other land, not in. recent times tim- bered, has been planted. South Africa and the States of Australia, too, were carrying out tree -planting schemes. As for Canada, His Royal •Highness said the Dominion had "buckled to the task" of surveying its "vast resources and protecting them from fire and ecklese exploitation," He added, "Canada produces the finest soft -wood lumber in the 'world, as we saw at "1embley.". The Prince directed. at- tention to the opportunity for trade in lumber within the' Empire. "Consider- ing what excellent timber of every kind the Empire produces," he said, "it appears rather unfortunate that the United Kingdom should expend so imiele as its does: on. foreign supplies.' He pointed out that last year the peo- ple of the United Ii ingdom paid more than $230,000,000 for imported timber of which .only' thirteen per Gent. came from klmpire sources, ""I would an - peal," he said, "to large users of tim- ber, such as railway coanpanies and builders, to bear this in mind. when placing orders." In that connection, it may be noted that newspaper des- patches from Great Britain reported some months ago the Intention of some British interests to look for certain forest products in Canada, Those des-` patches spoke of orders' to be placed. in this country for railway ties and other timber. It was said that Can- ada's display of woods and articles made from wood at the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley had' helped to secure orders for Canadian firms. The Prince of Wales suggests that if British buyers of timber can secure their supplies on satisfactory terms from sources within the Empire they might well do so instead of going for those supplies to sources outside the Empire. With that doctrine the people of the Dominions will agree. They will also be gratified to observe that the Prince is anxious to promote Great Britain's purchases as well as Great Britain's tales within the Empire and so,foster a trade that will be beneficial to all parts of the Empire. Finding the Picture. I squeezed a bit more blue into the pool of color and found only hard, metallic gray when I would have made moonlight silver. My' purple 'resemb- led the sunburned jacket of an' Italian street vendor instead of the royal hue that I wished to make. I had tried to tone my background into old, dull gold' and I had only cold yellow. My blue-2- but lue- but what was the use: The picture was a spectrum of. the, thing I hoped to make. 12 --gree and longed w-"Ith the random of self-pity, for some new tool with which to work. I was bound - by age-old colors that people had looked upon since time began. No wonder my picture was an unkindied thing. My purpose was an. exalted one --I longed with all the ardor of an artist to give the world a truly beauti- ful thing, but I was bound—bound by the over-worked. colors of the ages. If only I could make some new shade, dis- cover some new channel through which to give my inner vision to the world! I could stand the narrow limits of my, room no longer. • I passed through my moon gate into the hutting beyond. An winter's day was closing in about me. All around there hovered a drab mist. .The high, gray stones of the walled alley seemed to go endlessly on like the centuries they represented. Each• stone wedged itself fantastically into the soft, gray light. The sky gave no' color, but fell over `the world like a silver benedic- tion I closed my eyes a moment to feel Z�X LaZlilt�QYel� finqerie L?asts Conqer Care in the method of wash. ing your dainty lingerie will repay you in much longer service. Mild, pure, . bubbling LUX suds will not harm a single delicate thread—will not dull the most delicate colour, Substitutes are expensive any • way you look t it + Lever Brethcrs Limited i1r:532 Tofo Ito geteeseseseeeseseasseeeessesasee more the peace about me. I opened them and there against the dull, gray wall' stood a tiny lad looking at me, with his black, almond eyes alight with the joy of possession. In his hands he held a wealth of gold—there, hugged against the dull blue of his padded school jacket, were two lusci- ous golden persimmons. Dulled gray, dingy blue and brilliant orange—yet I see the picture to -day- as vividly as I did a year ago. Dull blue; Ar, y and. Oran .,..�iaF--Tapalette subdued and gratitude Yi�lled my heart, Illuminating Remarks. He—"Let's go out on the porch and talk, if you_don't dislike the darlc." She—"Not at x11, and, besides, your remarks are always%illuminating; Mr. Sparks." MI -nerd's Liniment for Insect bites. August. The cows stood in a thunder cloud of files As lagging through the field with trailing feet I kicked up seores of skipper butter- flies That hopped a little way, lazy with heat. The wood I sought was' in deep shelter sunk, Though clematis leaves shone with a glossy sweat And creeping over ground and up tree - trunk . The ivy in the sun gleamed bright and wet. Songs brief as Chinese poems the birds sung And insects of all sheens, blue, brown and yellow, Darted and twisted in their flight and hung On air that groaned like hoarse sweet violoncello. From that small sun , .patching the wood with light - 0 strange to think—hung all things that have breath, Trees, insects, Cows, even moths that fly by night And man, and life In every form— and. death. ' ---A. J, Young. Strength •. The rnountains rest in strong tran- quility; In covenant, with stars sold whirling clouds Void upon fold, their ledges rim the sky. Winds `sigh upon. thefr breasts like phantom rivers, Lithe tumbling waters cut the narrow valleys. —Marie Emile Gilchrist,• ra.rs,' o..il ,tin4 yNka+ !C FtYiC nt"C ,kiln l ,C. THE WAX ,LADY PART I. I dislike humor, it agitates their mind, tYpon the north side of Hyde Park; Intaerferes with its smooth working:. against the railings, stand a few ; ""Where are :you faking it?" benches . on which, when it is fine, l "Once before," •said the :little man, elderly people take the air. Upon my calmly, "I say Acton, It's stitl.;Actom. wanderings I sometimes . investigate And if you want to know froln what. this spot, of for le,, who await happy home I t• k this young p, poop w w t the oo Y ng 'la�; of at laborer, IIe'd leve wanted to keew more; he'd havfi.warited to'l,rnovir 'why a. Man • with machine all over his lingers pays taxi slrrl,Ilntrs fox, #> la fii ure?" Y, "Well, I'd have told' him I fancied it," s "Re wouldn't have =believed. you. :And 1:;' don't believe; you. - -"nen you, can do the other thing,,' ",Alin right," I saidamiably, sud- denly 'clasping his left shoulder in a grip that surprised" him, "If you feed so comfortable about it, coarse with me to Ladbroke Grove policestation, and if "I've judged you unfairly I'll i Yen five pounds." A g ve; '"I don.''t want your money„" ' ""I thought as much NOW, tell MO the truth: if you don't• I'i�t have to take• you. to the station,., and then ou. won't get the five pounds an y yw�y,,,. (Tobe continued'). dawn in such places , are sometimes P11 tell. you' that. 1 bought ' ler th s s.. . interesting. Thus; one night,.as .1 afternoon ate Jll niey's Sale Rooms, L was loafing about myhunting price ten ship+'lir a sale price, -shoo - :• �-+ I' perceived coming toward ground, soiled but not asgyou'd�notice . n A r g ar me a , , fr A d •, air Tt ./2.11'r strap 1 ain't the i c,►.. formed shape, 'xI orth aver ti of r �:, strangel7 h Pe, . sontetlrin , " rather low upon. its - cgs, the uppe ' it?" w Y • Pen y ail one I",„I Y art of which was buil Asl What are •bu goingto do it I? y.it came at y with to � r r� �i r c;oser, 1 saw that it was a small'!`mann a,t? asked the policeman, discomfited 1 carrying a bundle; I went toward .by the 'tone that -only the gutters of him, so aa to benefit by the lights of great cities can lay upon the tongue. f Victoria 'Gate, and saw that the "I told you 1 was going to marry bundle was a sack which the man with er, said the little man; injuredly, difficulty bore upon his right shawl'- "But I don't want to deceive ar, in- dex. Now people carrying sacks at nocent child. I'mgoing to put 'er in night are usually engaged upon un- my winder when I get' to Acton. Fact interesting removals, notably fleeing le, I'm a 'air -dresser, ' I'm going to from the landleed, but the police are put air on 'er, curls.. Shell look perpetually interested in them, be- that love,'! eause burglars are given to carrying "MI right,” said the, policeman, sul.. the fruits of their trade, Thus, just lenly, "you can go on. as the little man reached the gate, "Like to give -'er a kiss?" asked the policeman on duty stepped for- the little maxi; as he pulled up the ward and stopped hire.. sack, The policeman did not reply, "Hullo, mate," said the policeman, but walked, or rather loomed, away, in a friendly tone, "what'e that you've as is the habit -of -his profession. got? Is it heavy?", That Thei little' maze ., gave me a wink: "Weighs about a ton," said the "ebut 'is'mug for ' m, didn't it, little man. a guv'nor? - °These .copsyou 'know, , , po"Where are you going to on shanks they're that official" "Acton." "Yes, they Elie a bit officious,'•' 1 ' "That's a long way. What have said, "Still ; it's -their trade." you got in that sack, mate?" . "And a dirty trade it is, too," .;said "What's it got to do with you?" the little man, as he fastened the sack snarled the little man. He burst into - over the uncanny burden. "Now 1 got shrill denunciations: ` Was this a free to hoist this on my back again." His country? Couldn't a man go his own short arms struggled helplessly with way without being interfered with by his •.burden. So, seizing the bundle, a lot of cops? Then he seemed . to which was not heavy, but rather LEANING TOWARD THE POLICEMAN, HE WHISPERED: "I"i41 GOING ' TO MARRY HER." ' realize that he was making himself suspect. His tone changed, sudden- ly grew honeyed. He brought the sack down to. the ground and remark- ed to the policeman: "After all, I don't mind your seeing what I've got, nosey Parker." He untied the cord: the sack fell down in folds. I took a: step back, filled with horror; from the sack emerged the head and shoul- ders of a beautiful girl. The police- man, too, stepped back. What in- creased my horror and puzzled me was that the beautifies] head was hairless. The Iitt:e man must have perceived our feeings, for in a Soothing tone he added: "It ain't a corpse." The policemanin g erly touched the rosy cheek.' "It's wax," he. went on, pull- ing down the sack so that we might see that under the "dazzling neck and shoulders, which shone ghastly under the moon, the body was represented by a low wooden frame, over which canvas was tightly stretched.' "Oh," said the .policeman, after a while, "barber's block? that's what it is, eh?" Then his professional sus- picion returned to him: "What are you doing with it in the middle of the night, anyway?" The little man looked about him with affected care. Leaning toward the policeman, he whispered: "I'm going to marry her." "Now then," said the policeman, "none' of your nonsense." Po-aicemen IVStUE No, 34-e-16, clumsey, I 4- -'26. c':umseY,'I managed to get it on to his i shoulder again. " "Thank you, guv-nor," he said look • ing at me with interest,. obviously not accustomed to the assistance of men , in tai:e and white waistcoats. "Ex-. pect me an' 'im'd be talking now if -you'adn't 'appeased,along.- Those cop- y pers, they don't mind what they do to !a pore man; 'e'd 'ave wanted to know Pthis.'ere,- and that 'ere, wasting 'aalf ithe might:" Somehow we were walking along to- gether toward the west; I had my !reason for this already; the little man talked abundantly, but from time to time he looked up to me, puzz°ed, and perhaps annoyed. Probably he would have told me to let him alone, if it I had not been for my size. He was la small man, and I happen to be one l of those people who cannot get into Ian omnibus with their hat on. And I am bread in proportion. I culmin- ated over the little man like a moun- tain; no doubt this embarrassed him. Still, after a while, we crossed the road; at the corner of a street heat tempted to get rid Of me, remarking: "So ]brig, guv'nor," and paused. "That's where I turn off," he re- marked. -- "Indeed?" I said. "You're going out of your way. That goes north. Acton lies west." IIe flung me a malevolent glance: "Well, now you mention it, that's a funny thing. I got it into my 'ead that 'I 'ad to turn off 'ere. Thank you for mentioning it, guv'nor. So long." He went on -westward, but I followed him. His ;now became a sulky mood; he refused to talk, and so we went for several hundred yards. At last, however, I determined to play my card. So I said: "You're a hair- dresser, airdresser, aren't you?" - eyes, "Is yours a good business?" "So, so." "What do you do?" "Shaving, Fair - dressing, ladies mos-" "Intlydeed? Hour is it thatthe ladies don't mind the state your hands are in?" "What's the matter with my 'ands?" askedthe i-ittne man, stopping pug- naciously. "Now, don't try and make a fool of me. You haven't got the hands of i a. hairdresser. My good man nearly all your pains are broken and yotz've got machine oil' into the skin of every finger," ' We;'l, I never! One nosey parker --- after the other! And -what's it got to do with you, I'd lute -to know?" "`Nothing. That's why I'm interfer- ing with it. Look bene, l don't want to do you a bad turn,. If I'd wanted to, I had my chance ten minutes ago, I only had to point out to the police- man that you said you were a hair- dr•es, se and • the , the 3au, had t e ix azads FLARING SILHOUETTE:. • RETAINS ' PRESTIGE Gay and delightful is this charming, rods for semi formal wear, developed in pastel -'toned crepis ek ohne: —The. simple bodice is joined to a circular skirt under a wide - sash of ribbon which ties smartly in a big bow. The long flaring sleeves are of special in- terest, and may be omitted from :the frock, giving an *if -to -the -Party air. No. 1254 is for the miss and small woman, and is in sizes 16, 18 and 20 years,. or 34, 36 and 38 inches bust only. Size 18 years (36 bust) requires 4a, nerds 36 -inch material. Thesash requires 23'4 yards. ribbon 5 inches wide. Price 20 cents. 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There is no form of theft so mean" as to take from the common good of the world for pleasure without putting back something in the way of public service.—The Bishopof Aberdeen. e T UNTE S.R`ISK POkSP'cTMENS A teaspooirfu! of Gillett's Lye-sprin%2ed in 'the Garbage Can prevents flies,breeding Use Cillett's 944ye for all Cleaning and Dlainfeating Coats little but always oa t ;;{ effective A Window. I like to Iook from a window Down' ;on, the wren on the street; The very tall :nen are very small:•men, And some of them have no feet. I; like to stand neara window . • And talk to the twittering bird And whenever they 'near me I know that they hear me Whispering words and words, I like to be near a window— The far -away world seems :odd; And when I peep up at flue Overturned Cup, I know I am peeping at God. If only I had a window! • A little one, two by three— Oh, whenever I went; wherever. I went I'd 'take it along with mei —Robin Christopher. e► Minard's Liniment for Dandruff. Hardly Worth Living,, The major, not feeling very well, paid a visit to the doctor to be exam- ined.. "Toe• doctor could tell there was nothing much the matter with him, un- less it was that he was a little depress- ed. "Do you ever go to theatres?" he "No!" said the major. • "Do you smoke?,,• - "Do you drink?" "No!" was the reply again:: "Are you married?" "Most decidedly, no!" "Tell me," said the doctor, "what have you been living.for ail these years?" Wrdng Country. "From what land do ye coon?" was the Scotsman's first question after the introduction. "The greatest In the world," was the reply. "Pair mon!" was the Scotsman's pitying comment. "Puir mon! ye've lost yer accent!" a Resembles Sea Water. Human 'blood contains salts .in me 'ture .and proportion almost "identical with "tire seats of the sea. AGENTS WANTED For an exclusive line of goods. Real money maker. State territory when replying. Roller Casters, ---218' Close Ave., Toronto, ,. or Exhibitlon,� under ,, Grand Stand, Booth 61B. SALESLADY WANTED To secure orders direct from the homes for Men's; Ladies' and Child- ren's Hosiery. No capital required. Year round work. We pay highest commissions. Send for catalogue. Porter-Hoslery, One Bloor St. East, Tbronto. "XS G .'REF OFFERS UNUSUAL OPPORTUNITIES Many O.C.A. students are successfully employed'creating Advertising Designs and Illustrations, Interior Decorating, Sculpture, Metal Work -Stained Glass, Jewelery, and other highly -paid work. ONTARIO COLLEGE of ART " GRANGE PARK. TORONTO 'DAY AND EVENING CLASSES REOPEN OCT. 4 WRITE FOR PROSPECTUS OR PARTICULARS • ix k4a ` iM,S t , Ob ar .aS •4 f.. S as will wearn T'S so strong you could stand on it without doing it any harm. The rubbing surface is heavy SUP Pearl Enamel, positively smooth as. glass, but unlike glass, it cannot break/ And it won't wear out, like zinc. The back is heavily re-inforced with wood. - It's a washboard that will Iasi for many years, and remember, it is SLAP made. de The Sheet etal Products Col.'s finite i,nitited Montreal ' TORONTO Winnipeg Edmonton Vancouver CMii;arw s HEIFo WASH vroarctuswirlik NEW PLANTS ARE;, DS» COVERED IN UNBEATEN TRAILS. Beautiful. Blue •Poppy is Latest Find of :.Fonio us English• Botanist Few negpie, admiring beautiful new lflowere,- panel) to think of the risks tliat•ivay,have been taken in dis•Cover- r ing• them. The_ rinks incurred by tho plant explorer are some times as great as those attending the big game hunt- er or Az'otio' 'explorer, though, only a tiny ;mauve blossom be his quarry, writer a botanist .'in • "The London Mail!' Some gorgeous rhododendron blooms recently exhibited at the Royal Hortl cultdral''• Hall cost the ,Life : of: Farrar, who died of diphtheria :in'theremote iYntez;ior of China while collecting them, .-Frank Meyer, to -whom we'owe many; delicious fruits and vegetables hitherto unknown to the .Western world, managed to survive innumer able hazards in out-of-the-way regions of Asia, 'but was eventually drowned in China, • Orchid ,Costs. Many Lives. The orchid has taken -terrible toll of those who have -sought it out in its lair. Orchid's• generally 'cling to the steamy, fever -haunted jungles where disease is always a serious menace. The more dangerous a patch of country is re- puted theigreater its lure .to the plant eupiorer,.for unbeaten trails reveal un known- plants. You will find it very difficult to do business with -'a life insurance com- pany if you. announce that you intend -- to adopt 'the Career -of orchid hunter in Madagascar, that great,mysterious is- land oft southeast Africa; snakes, wild ' beaste, hostile natives and disease have accounted for too many of your predecessors in that calling. The blacks soaked a German collector an oil and set fire to him. Eight collectors who happened to have arrived at the town. of Tananarive at about the same time dined together there one night and ar- ranged to hold a .reunion dinner the following year. When the time came for the event only one man remained alive—and he was in a, hospital. • Women as Explorers. Some bf the most courageous, enter- prising nterprising and successful of plant explor- ers have been gently raised women. Miss Lilian Gibbs, for instance,c.went out from the tranquil gardens of Swan- ley Horticultural College to the dan- gerous wilds of Papua: and• Borneo -and made valuable oollections there. In Captain. P. Kingdon Wird, R. . G S., England has one of the leading plant explorers, in the world.' He has made expeditioniafter expedition the wilds of . the- border country be • - tween Tibet, Indian and Burma, map- ping the blank spaces as he journeyed through the mountains.. Beautiful blue poppies were one of his latest finds,. sent home to ICew Gardens, where they are being cultivated. Orchids sometimes give a sinister warning, aswitness the rare 'Denrobia which flourish - in mouldering skulls where hill -tribes place their dead. Others, droop from niangrove branches overhanging creeks . full with croco- diles. t Three of the American plant ex- p•1ore s latest finds, which will' reach us before long, are a giant carrot as big as a human leg; radishes as big as pineapples; from a village in the re- mote Chinese interior which 'has: been specializing in radishes for centuries; and also from. China, Ming cabbages, as big as an umbrella! Jades, Precious to. Touch. Using the term jade in its broadest sense, thereis a great variety of col. oring. Black jade; clear white jade; jades with red and brown veins; yel- low jades in which the yellow is tinged with green, and gray 'jades with white or brown interlacings. The most common variety 1s green jade,' in which color many shades , may be China, beyond .all' countries values,...) es jade at its true worth. Among the large pieces carved M jade there are ' all kinds of ornamental vases :and re- ceptacles for flowers, large round dish es for' fruit, and wide-mouthed bowls. Far the banquet table there are sups, bowls azul ewers; while among the smaller objects are pendants for the girdle, hairpins, rings, medallions and 'oblong talismans, with iiiscriptions, seulpturod flowers of jade and jewels in jade pots,arranged in pairs, dis- playing fio" ers appropriate to the cur- rent season, the year; -•combs of jade to dress the black tresses of beauty; pillows of jade; rests Cos the writer's wrist; powder boxes; brush pots and inkwells, and linked chains which are the token of everlasting friendship. An interesting example of ancien jade is -a large scepter which was the symbol of imperial sovereignty. It Was carried by the Jibuperom in his girdle, where it.was attached by cords passing through circular holes In the scepter. When he granted , formal audiences he held it in his right hand, upright to the shoulder. lie a 'Woodsman! deo that your campfire, is useful aesil. Put it lead Out.