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DEMI siGNATATAR
Glatiritil **nal,
OOMBINING Tau a4iDERI011 'SIGNAL AND WEI GOO
Published by Signal -Star Pres*, Limited,
* Vied iltreet, Goderich, Queue()
WIIIIRSDAN;--
COSTS MONEY *QI
At Ottawa on Taesday Rinaace
Minlater Raley: brotight down budget
PrePoaala that will make every Can-
rtdiart taxpayer aware that anodern war.
la expensbre, In the opaee it our ells-
Posal we eaatret give,even.a strnriais,rY
the new Imposts, bu as 'they are
'exPected to produce an , additional
'004,000,000 ihr i year taxpayees will
tearrt about theta in dim time,
atter how Were they may •he, howe
iever, they.. must be ea -wined la, the
.rmitit of sacritlee for.eke cause of•
'empire, and Of humanity. Wen with
*he newataxatlon extenSive borrowing
.WW, be raquireolo to meet the' demands
*pea the fGoveramerit in the: peosecution
Never' per:haps, Were theeop1e Iii
-better'spirit to aceept.Such a burden,
for they rratorr t hot unleseflitlerista. Is
.,--destroyled,tbkir_anoney•would give them
eornforne So -.long as the, neir
re' ;taxation.proposals work out fairly as
'between man and,,man; we b'elleve ther
wi1,be atecepted .with soraetiting a-p-
proaehing Cheerfulness •
WILY THE SURPLUS?'
Tlie discussion on, 'Hydro affairs at
the last meeting of the %awn, Council -
may do some good if it helps the Hydro
powers that be to realize that there is
general diesatistactiofl in this town
-overotheematteraethAt„wer "under disa
cisirr -
There is no justification for the ex-
- totem-Nr..14 the legal 1ommission'4. Our-
nvtto is r',Power -at --cost," violates its
474/1 laws in taaint,ining such, a sur-
e ..preeer-araje ouch ptovislon„is re.„...quired for
plant replacementsr-rfethe
any reasonable excuse for the •surplus,
the public, naturally looks for the real
aneason,and oue guess is that , the
Hydro people have in mind the erection
• of a fine Hydro building ill Graclefiehr
to be „built some day with , occult.?
elated •funds. 't hey could put through
eacli a' project Without even a 'y,
your leave" to the people, although
the 'Town poundil could not. spend the
. ratepayer& moneyfor suck a purpose
. without submitting the project to a vote
a the ratepayers: Df • Hydro has no
suC4, plan, why oot let the people knew
the real eeason for piling up such a
surplus?
The Council was informed that the
local , Commission could) do nothing
about the fixing of •rates -these aka'
dictated from Toronto. The public has
a right to enquire if the local Com-
mission has made any effort to obtain
a reductfon of rates or a return Of the
surplus, or any portion of rt, to the,
• customers. So 'far as is known, the
COMMIS.SIG11 has made no request to the
Provincial Commissien on either of
these- lines. If it has made any such
request, It should let the people know.
MOH EITAli
of glide eomMents. Imitation is tile
eincerest, formotrflatterY, and it was
not far 'nothing, 'that The Poet, Was
described byrtheaton. 0. D. Howe as the
NO.Iroaboteureof 'Canada's war effert.
But perhaPS The Post Wants to keep
Its," peculiar deld all to „Itself and
reaents any. eomPetition.
• *
• •Iihe people of Godericiand o eve'.y
other communitY k thiei.eamPaiglis
for war funds „have teen conducted,
,owe a 4efit:-.cpr gratitude to " the
ganvaseeoe, Who go trona heuse to ase.%
to secure 'contributions'. Asking for
money is a. long way from the nicest
job in the -World, and "ealaveSsers some-
times collie up against unpleasant ex:
priens,frtberce aye those who,
imtv4fLgi,,,6:4-1*-Ng,ithem for giving
their time to patriotic Toirc(SeliiiIr
t• em As icthey were asking something
for henteelves. Canvassers in web, a
cause mad at. 4.east he greeted. witk
pleasoat rd. .
4 •
With .the new Federal tax. of, three
penIS *a gallon OR gat$Qane, cont: aFt()
motorist* will pay a total tax of eleven
cents a gallon -unless the Provincial
Government anakes a reduction in
eight -cents tax. This paper stated its
opinion,. whew Mr. Hepburn estimated
a surplus of $It2,000,00 for the current
yar, that lie should. reduce, the Pro-
vincial , tax, and now that the new,
Federal impost sends the price of
ga.soline three tents higher there -vrill
be $trong=deinand-thrOughoul-
EIVTORIAL NOTES
!Britain wants 5,400,000 dozen. eggs
• from danada during May. • Biddy will
• laave tO get buey. . • " -
a * * * •
Was there' ever a finer April.? That
is, says ,the ,grouch, if you're thinking
only of, the weather. * '
• * •
„
•- Anybody who comelained-there was
not enough “war conscionStegs" in
when the riew budget. levies were an-
nouneed..yesterdaY•
• • „•• •
Phil Osiforat Lazy Meadows
Dr Harry at thole
CALENDAR Ain
'We hear a let, about art riowadays.
City folks are becoming Interested
the country eolith, aftd Ismnoaning the
fact that We 'haven't on appreciation
of good art ono 8UCh thins. We have
an opPreciatiOn for Art, and that In -
'althea= towards brightening up our
homes with pictures is never more- ap-
parent ,than after that time known �n
the .farm as rhouSecreaning."
Ilouseeleaning time'', Comes 'between
the last of the suovr . and the evneral
trend towards. seeding. Windows -vire
opened and as you driye Aloriathe road
It's quite common to See a l'ady with
•a towel- wrapped around her head aa,a
dust protector k.neekieg the dust out r;of
'a mop frem. an upetaira window.' On
the elothes lines of the Ninth. Come*.
sion rag carpets and mats are' flapping
in the breeee, walthag for one of the
then -folks to •be conseripted into- -neat-
bag them,
Water Is a -boiling on kitclien, stiries
all over tile township. •,You eau tell
It'e noueeeleaning time, because it tabes
so ]ng for the &carers to click on the
reraajaererrasuallearfolkseratereintay
serubbing- the floor and it takes tittle
to dry hands • . , *or else come from
upstairs. • .'
But the confusion will son be over
and the furniture back lace, and
the front parlor elosed 'again to wait
for. the first visitors. Je plat* Is
shining with new-found glory. The
aust has all -been removed And, the men
'folks 'breathe a -sigh of relief . -
g 'Which all leads up to our topic.
When the housecleaning is over, it's
time to .think about pictures. From an
upstairs trunk, last year's calendars are
carefully removed and unrolled. Tre
lady of the hottsehold' then. ibegins her
selection of the 'calendar pictures to be
framed. •
For years we have been brightening
up our nomee with calendar pictures.
Lush English garden -acenes have been
Ida•hrit4_11,Ot
Current Views on the War
THE NEW iiII(DER IN EUROrt ticlage10. The conquered col:4014es will
lire• have teem aware:1g reoeo oeao be looted Scientifically, by =cans Of a
1A174Se4,1YdaebsoetrIP.°Utolli: °or tr :xrilsintin17,1-°s"ituPea*uttPatattia:1141inefilurEttrilVgurtlan°3)wizall:41.17116rbeht,6ePtbroalpilmirirleyuueltutbia°711.,
tion, the Phrase Is slightly naedst_rote anew: els f4r " laL000wiarp bout for
In two"TeigPeeto: first,'"the new oraer breaking down resistaaee and InereaS-
. isn't new, second, it Isn't au orderlag production, Population will be re-
•Perhapa it would glarify the sitria.tion distributed, and labor, like other raw
a- little to eall it the old disorder in materials, OPPilird',"witere iPis needed.
Europe. •The original modest demandor living
'Mier's new order Isnotreally new 'space is thus replaced by intentions
'Bohm of the Wear§ as tlacy are Wed more explidt-the frank Veelaration
toedescribe it are new: totalitarian or expteseed in the •Germen poem that
monolltiaie State, aleaderr. Prnetaganda, the- new. order 'means ,the poUtIeaL
regimentation„ and the 4te. But the domination of. Eitiriape by the superior
things describedby these words aro German draw, to the end that the eou-
not new. Political absolutism, censor- quered countries, may be exploited for
141-4 of opinlon, to -tare -these Are not the • bendita Of the superIor German
new. Political :absolutism does not race. r'
change its eltarader merely because These ate' the three chief e1aroeter-
th4 despot is called ,a leader. (Censor, s
'tetras of the r;o-called "new; order in
SWIM of opinion and of teaching does voespee tee. ear ,,erere tieing ewe
notobecOme something e1$0 beeause It as a remora to ;something old,: te. peliti-
Is exereised by a ministry of Pr°Pa* 'cal absolutism-re:authority imposed from
angailltY44.! IToilistretuatIre' ()dfohYes anottiletkal°*se 4t1e;f:1; aell"etavire' ".,,,arthbylx)eltiettiftel* ion 110
'torture because it serves pol1tIea1 regi ' dissenting 'opinion; to milibarYIm
mentation rather than religious .ortho- ,peolalleuserrhe overtimes and exploSea.
doxy i nor Is 'It anyless tufaraqu's ;Pr tion 'of countries too weak to defend
degrading ,because it takee ranee in' Oa their r%bts, by -a country. strong
concentration camp .instead of.,.a -dimenough to enforce its will. • .
WC -4:511/Y-the'-iwcfrittsrare'jlem-4rIle -Inrciii'ViirtretTerirfirireVitiortleVrt
thing itself is old, so old that its sue- ,
celss eleven& upon n resurgence of the „alit ekszt onnolit inantloerds
eore
n
se
r ; tb, If submit beoneiien
tarot Primitive Instincts of Men, and a ',frreSponsible authority exacted' by
ViSrreaPPeilmanee-in OW t*l.ea, naked force IS •an Order. Slavery may
about a pasty, fonl odor ren4a nu be called, an order, "no. doubt ; but a
of midnight cults axxa bestiaf, etieeki political and , international order In
commonly assodated only with bygone Europe, ite have any value for the npseal,
:aeges•-TheogfatecgntrAlleere.inalEdursuope7sn.tis-tal°' n'f9. tnt "ttalLstt -4'?ber fufoturunerled*--einofatre.o.araeslaTr";dpnudol"
of government,'is no ;more • than a re- on freedom.. The so-called "new 'Oder'
vival of absolute monarchy under the tin aao
new name . of totalitarian state Asneg.pearsitiostn emantdef;ftlitte,
all e authoritytiag,at alattoPrafilly. -eislYn 0 weeneterecint;u_la . reversalcreate'Ioef: aP:l'olnit'bfehlerd and' international.
order !with establikked and . observed
In the Ftiehrer or the Duee or in the ewes of private and public law, and
eecretary . of the communist party: In .an offeetiee ,eonsen.tsus or oitroonini the
the new order as in the oid, the power •Icommunity thatehe rules are practical
-
•of the leader r.ests upon • the supportly expedient road morally defensible.
of ipidelleged classes or ..
Taxes, and tune- _ . in the nineteeeth century . there
tions in their 'interest by exploiting existed br aperope flueh a .political and
the -9e- the -unprivileged. In -the -new order ,
international -order. It was -far fro. m
aaIromaclittle.:'-frrZeal7:-P-, _two- nrlanditirellitwav-iir-t1iICg :riCai:Pralee-' aN-Creeell-da;s-trit-t6d-rmind6uf.litthoue_eihaellibc417. betng a perfect "order, but en the whole
palm trees has found its why to Our The only, novelty it- that in the new. rit was a better one than any that bad
l'rovince that the Provincial tar be
exited before, at least since the Greco-
-ertL,dowle.XA0' ''Fel.f-IllerPOY:rn..02-4-t wallasts: 'ese,..-.......-- ;--- S '- -..•.... _order •the moral • basie of autajoritY ' Ls' ratoroan raviliaottion of -the eaetondacenr
needs the money for---.Wit-=-PurPthsettri_-_,Ituther-used---alwayz---to-"::-favoi•-111- lesseepeuree--ThieLm• lieThil" 'bury A3ro * "
•thereis no such. urgency for the Ontario. patesseeeres of children and togs. • The not elaim to be a god or to be ruling
l
' . family was instructed late in December as the vicegerent of a god, the best lie 'Since 1914 this *relatively eivilized
order
'has family weaknesses, evy. • •
to remind Father on every trip to toWst ean do is to call upon some pale replica
* • • and Is' now in a. state ef icorld, e. ' The
- o a air -got erria-iareareelendars-heecould.-* a a gdd, ouch altbe -agtillrY orth ettruses of -trip present aituation are
One of. theeconsiderations advancedellsteveaseana.dC of the hotel, grist mitt superior race or nation, the "dialectic many; Nit are. not nowoin• question.
1 111111111 4,1
.• Commenting upon. •the •decisiat• i of
the ;County Coattail, to pass .up the
* proposed e'ounty centennial 'celebration,
on the ground of wartime economy,
The •Seaferth. Tilxpositor spggests that,
in the game...cause, the membersofthe
• Council forego ail sessional indenanities
all committee pay for the, duration
of the War. That's putting q up to the
boys in. straight fashion.•
* • •
As was expeeted; and, in fact, in-
• evitable, Mr. Irrackeurr coalition Gov-
ernment has been. -returned to office in
Manitoba, `oulY half -a -dozen •members
, having been elected in opposition.
Whether this will. make foi better
government than 12 o fairly 'strong op-
positIO'n had been returned is doubtful.
Zvidently there is no vital issue In
Irlanitiaba!s Proyineial politics to ereate
party divisions. •
ear-
,
The GIobe and Mall want, Mr. King• ,
to go to England, stating that
• Areisence there would give "cemfort,
• • encouragement nd inspiration to the
• Whole British -nation." -.1aut as The
G. and M. day in azur,day out bewails
Mr. I.Cing'e failure to inspire, the people
of Canada We dOn't just oee to*, on
the 'G. And M.'s estimate, he could
inspire the people of tritalu. "Canada's
national ,newspaper," of eourre, is, as
usual!, talking witit its tongue in Ito Wonderful Age.
cheek.
in connection with the deep waterway :grocery stores ,and so on. The man of history," or, palest of all, "the wave
who hedged on giving out a calendar
av btism'
for a year. Of the future,'
Project is that it wouldrgive our battle-
ships a was practically blacklisted forbusiness place of safety away from' the - • A second -bharatteristic of the new
ocean. But , would not the deeper How scandalized Mother was that order Is regilmentation of cenduct and
channel at the sine tithe Open the elty first year When 'Father brought home a, opinion. tOtalitarian
In all essential's
regimentation ISa return to the:As-
•pieture given out by the village billiard fomer13r em -
for attack by enemy war vessels,'Which
e emporium. It showed a sautY damsel ptions and praeticeg ,r
e. with a neat portion of frilly pployed to ensure religious orthodoxy,
could come ttP the St. Lawrence •and etticoat
b. e plc re was to be barns'', Authority,- is differently named but
bring invading troop g with them? showing Th • tit vu similarly conceived. Iniplaee Of God,
Furthermore,. as the St. Lawrence by and the calendar Pttd saved for 'notes.
Somehow or other it found its way out there .is the mntical. cO.nceVt, of the_
reasOn. Of legIgniivigible netantOre than '
ta the milk house where „it lasted for state. In place of the king represent
eight months in the year, what would - ' sing God there is the leader voicing
two weeks tintilstinally Mother made a '
will .ofthe state
happen if our battleships should be raid on w•spring clean-up 'day and the the „ . In place of the
_ordained sttelesthood enforcing To -lig -
forced to seek , shelter when •the river calendar Was9no &ore. kiih
What would happen today if -Mother — faith, there is the authorized.
was froiedoiver? Or is it the idea that •
could see the scanty .costumes worn pa. rty ent.Orein.g political doctrine. In
, . by the ladies displated en the automo- .fplace of one.enosen people fulfilling the
oar ships shoufd be withdrawn from
service every fall and Placed. in winter bile accessory calendars? %Sill of God, there is the superior race
storage somewhere in the Great Lakes The 'binder twine aed farm imple- or nation realizing its histoeic mission.
until spring releases the Channel? The individual, the private citizen', is
latent calendars heually Went to the
,
shed. Father made weird-senawLs on than, in the old. Ile is promieed sal -
A newspaper dispatch . f ram. Sarnia the ,pad which „nobody could tran,slate va:tion (economic tecurity) If he sub-
_ .
reports thattwe clergynten in that city mits to °established atithority and ac -
but 'himself. The right month. was, very.
. Seldom, if ever, -shoWn . . . Out woe eepts as good and true fwhatever it
on. Sunday last spoke •strangly-• from betide Anyone who attempted to keep declares to be so. Dlistsent is as ob-
Weil- • pulpits regarding the apathy the pad tarn off hp to date. • . noxious te, the' modern leader as to
manifested by -citizens In relation to Our calendar art .may not be as the ancient monarch. Unbelievers and
bhe war. We do not know anything tw,orthy as that cif 'the great art exJaibi- the 'recalcitrant anutst be terrerized
s. but we hafve always appreciated into eonformity-impoverishecl, exiled,
la conditians in Sarnia, •bat • we are'\ 'Icbli '
113 -See that •these two,- ministers s surprising bow attractive a calendar tortured if •advisablee liqUirlattad" if
the good *sense and the courage to
attack war apathy where it exists, in-
stead of_ placing the blitme elsewhere.
When we hear or read of ,someoneerpswich has discovered, a new use for;
complaining about .lack of War inspir-
stabl• e, the milk house and the driving no less negligible in the new order
it. Each yeer we -hada change, and Or: eonfined. in concentration. camps,
scene can look behind glass. • . necessary. In, the' new order as in
• •VICTORIOUS VITAMIN
ha
the old, books are censored and burnt,
teaching and teseareh are supervised
V'The Medical Officer of Health for by• the minister of propaganda, and
science is subordinated to politiee in•
order to serve Volitical end.s. The nes
inquisition is not different. in kind
-from stbie old, except that, being in
Spired -by more eynivaI motives and
practised •with better 'knowledge, it is
-more efficient and debasing. -s
The, third Charactertstic of the new
_order is. what its creators would like
us to 'think of as the only available.
meats • of obtaining riving. space.
Whether the only means. available or
not. the method eactually employed is
'a very cid conquest
-of• -neiebboringepeopieseewhaseerreedeof
living space seems' to theon as. pressing
as that of, the conquerors. The old
'name fibr this familiar phenomenon is
anilitaffinineriaTisap. . . We are now
• Wiltnenttiing `one more effort to accoutp-
lish What 'Charles Lonis XIV, and
Napoleon failed to accompIlsh-the 'ef-
fort Of a ,powerfulestatesand an anis
bitioue ruler to ereate_a: EnroPean, ,aro-
pire 'by military farce. Tstrt the Ger-
man plan did not originate with Hit-
ler. it is a revival orliTell'an-Qerman
scheme of the late nineteenth and
early twentieth centuries. . In 1916.
there was publiShed in •Getanans a mai)
whieh ineluel•ed- Filance, the Nether. -
Iambs end tRuSelan Poland ag parts
of the German .emniret and some of the
Balkan states as ,paste of the Aniero-
.-1-Iungarkin"' monarchy. ...:T114..
Isles were faibeiled "German 'Colony."
'Hitler 'is trying Ito Make the ran -(Ger-
man dream come tree. Victory, Hit-
ler deciarest Is Virtually won, and since
the -Get-Mane plait aeiterything, in ad-
vatete, the empire already ext'tsou
paper.
a tioe and -leattershipeon -the part 'of
The -Government, We are always inelined
-to ulink that the persOn so complainin.g
•is indicting himself. Nobody who reads
and •listens and -thinks can fail to be,
keenly conscious that terrible war 4441
being waged, sole to realize that his or
her efforts should be directed in every
• poeeible way towards the success 'O'f
-ottt-Etapireeandel-tssaliies-inethegeeatest
struggle they have ever had to face,
'People who don't read Or listen are
• beyond any influence front; outside, and
• the clatTY arousing such 'people. to a
sense of what is goin.g on devolves upon
those near to thein -community lead-
ers, men of influence in locil affairs,
such men as the two 'Sarnia clergymen
who. spoke to their •congregatitms *.in
such vigorous fashion on Sunday hist.
We cannot imagine' that Go.derich
people, wit ti hundreds of airmen con-
Stantly• coming and going among theni,
can fail to realize. there is a war on.
If there is any war apathy, our local
comnauttity leaderS-nre the persons who'
-gerillesuts to correct it, -rest-
Government hundreds of miles away.
whoseamembers are engaged) day and
nigitt with the 'business of war...
FILL THEM UP-FLOM THEM OUT
(Collintrwood Enterprise -Bulletin)
_
vitamit'S and proteins ;•they are good
for weak .arithmetic and poor spelling
in cert 'tt cases of youeg .patients." -
"Daily TelegraPh."3.
speling was formerly quite incOn-
• cieva.ble, •
" Gayly I flopped into every old trap.
Folte and m issta kes eh a t were' gross and?
• most •greivable
Erne& me reproch as a dnnce and a
• sap.
Nor was arithmetic much to rite home
about;
-----Simpleentkil Hon- -would: 4loteemeeltt-
-times.
1, • •
And in the matfer of fractions I'd -roam
about •, • • ,
• Hoaplessly • lost in ertay manifold
• • crimes. •
The Penetaeg. Council Iflunked on its
proposed by••leev eloeing beverage rooms
at 4020 pan, by acceptiog a proposal of.
the hotel men that they continue eloss
ing at 11 pan. oxt -Saturday nights:. In
approaching the suggested compromise,
representative of the barn; men. la
reported os "promising the co-oper.aticin
Of the hotel plea, in getting the people
out as orderly and seherly as possible!'
Think ofrthat os an admission. To get
people out "as orderly and soberly as
possible." „Th other worda, let them
apend their -money, fill up to the limit,
and then Put them out on the street.
What a product -does the beverage
rooms prodttee!
A
,(GiiinsbY Independent)
set.
,, This is malty a 'wonderful age w
LItie
,e 1Pinaneial Post Of TorOnto are living in, A paper reportI• that it
,eixides a 'United States magazine for I "understonde that •the new organ at the
its 4bdittuagt eothoa,604.1 „about alanaoars Parlsh elilfielt hag eleetrical action and
war effort:" ,Tho poet shoot be alv, that the organist, by touching a button,
• •can' change his e onthinations without
preciative, rather than coudemnatOrit k4ving las
the Impact of bolLeit term and' of pre-
son-tinig their common, lite -•frons moral
bankruptcy and anurehy.
In their relations to each ether and
to their own people these'who profera
to be pleating „a new order frankly
accept and ruthlessly apvlY kb*. doe'
'trine 010 Justiee is the right of the
• stronger. They subordinate Oaeon to
wiUludentify , With force and
triCkery) as. iniatrumwars will,. 'and
lirecOrd value Or ate aludividual and ao
:the disinterested search fOr tiatia only
SO liar aS they May be teapelearily
ese4tul. for the tattaiumeAt of /yam'
diatepolltioal end. For them, lave has,
no origin, but 'the will of the leakier,
and Ito sanetiOn. but the force required
grive it effect. . For :them, there are
• tigihis, big only favore temporarily
:eonlierred for getelees tendered ein
blind obedience,- Treaties are not con -
creating obligations, but, in-
struments of deeeptio% PTon4sq's rea-
lly . made to obtain an inameaate ad-
vantage with the deliberate intention
a breaking theta as Soon as eonvenient
War • IS riot, A last resort for settling
disputes that eittnot'be settled by dip -
lemony, but an lategral part of 'areal"
policy; and Mil:Wore an end in Itself.
'Shine •thee are no rules t,hat the lead -
is boned to reapeet, Wag, 1.417 be
begun, without warning, and Waged'
lerithout- restraint. 'sraeo AllistinetAon 15
made between- and (seldlers;
Itrafisoftentrotherrenomyeevillages_M
wined out, open 'cities containing hos-
pitals, crowded tenements, and historic
.monuments are In so far as dearranle
razed to the ground; Neutrality ie net
(recognized; to strike more Wecti*elY
against the enemy, unoffeeding coun-
•triets are invaded Ndthout. notice, re-
duced to subjeetion, and Jooted for the
benefit of- the Invader...As a part of
iolleY, war is a means of ini-
pletnenting threats, o.f enforcing 007
missibn to any demondls that may be
made; and since rtflght makes tight,
(military vietory proves the orighml de-
mands to have been Just, and itself
suifleIent juStilleation for the eonauctst
and enslavement, of . all defeated nit-
. -The Yale Review (New Haven).
•The defeats; of our . deinocratic order
• stre:ndmittel; as also the 'need for a
new and better one. The question Is
whether the defeetis of the old order
ea 4,010 led' by renounding its WT.-
• tues, 'Whether a new ond better order
can be created, by • renouneing the
European tradition and destroying all
that hat beeregained by adhering. to it
for two thousand yearse-that is to say,
tby renouncing all the ethical values
and legal pmcedure•s which have been
• the sold raea,ns of delivering men from
What was the -reason of this abnormal-
ity,
Low as the level okKaffirs or Ktirds?
Was I, then, dogged by some' dismal
fatality
S'preding• confusion-, in •riggers, and
worde?
Was the grey matter of feeble caPacity,
Was my congenital helping ill c;arved?
No -I was lacking in Mental vivacity
Simply because I was vitamin :,,tarved.
Look at miw,;since the vitamins got
at me-
- pellingetind figures areetrotir-coinine-
• II faut
No ope will ever dgaIn have a pot a t na.e;
'Branding' my stkie as unpolished and
low. •
Spelling PeeS I can surmount.. with
Maths I can manage twith infinite
These are the triumphs 1 gain. with
• Since I got wise to the vitamin
""witeeze, •
-Lucio„in The manchester Guardian.
ADVIOB ON SEND/NG GIFTS
. TO OANAMAN .SAILORS
OTTAWA, April 22. - datiadians'
sending gifts to Canadian sailors were
advired by (naval hodquarters tonight
address them to individualo rather
than ter men frein a specified town, dis-
trict er province. 'The, practice of ad,
dressing gifts On a geographkal basis
bad oecasioned difficulty in distribution,
the . sta tement said.
Mr. Crowe was n devout churott,goer.
The young 111,111114tT of his church was
also devout, hitt easily einharraxsed,
'imagine the eonsteruation of Mr. Crowe
and •the delight of the congregation
when the young divine solemnly gaid at
alprayer meeting,.."‘And now,Avill Pro-
ther Pray please crow for us2"
• The empire will share' the benefits
of the new artier in Germany. Titia-
meena that the -conquered etituatrieS
will be exploited. lett, not in the old',
eta phaSza rd way. The ;Germ fills undor-
Ntntul that (under modern conditiOns
wealth does, not. to env notable ex-
tebt, as in retelent tinfeo take the fort
of loot that Call be carried off in
t,.
'1111)1031Y,VV, MAX. 1st, PO
aven;agthoeu:sat:einaoveititill.:70 an deser:
Vale col/apse Cannot be 'retrlevW typ
The British, Mijt be wile() to eltortee
their Supply lino by withdrawing to
oaengeaei; alley could take their stud'
!etitrat;hefalf„tbaheeklireasstiBaordlgaplaiwoolthocbtlyt losaineigb
Mediterranean vietorias or the centrol- •
lin•g positiOn they now oceetPy. n Mee,
• Froin nowon they will light only
Genitalia 'or mutinous Dollops, Whippeo
on by Germans, and even -We Reiebrs.„
twwebicre der pOlwheerfL111111 as they are, eamatilt:t
Win everywhere at once. They cannot
0:41eirecohini: thaantotiolieher Bralorttobenrrr listantg,
allieo as the !Owls, are 1oS4ng them.
It Might be oreued, indeed, 'that the
tatItatittanelaerarlypltoec'icumaftnryel)l'ettosbeaerviarp eatsr11.1e':9tutit
of courage, lack Of eaUlloment, lack
of generalship, (Nen can Italian‘ de-
(fects be Wholly explained by the super-
ior strength and Skill Of lbe Ittnitish
navy or the fierce berOLsm of
Greeks dermalg thelat native •land,
Forced agailantost thit hes ic4nfIgmleetnagt oftheainst, tateaorne:
eral, 'Rae, agalust the feeling of the
,peoPle, the Italian armleSs1ujp1ybned
the ',heart and the ificentivd to
Sight, The people realized 'before their
Miens did that OW eould not beat
.,Britain, unless Germany won, and le
Germany wrortiartlisenrselvtersareses7
.bevedziet:niaagO•naitehehometibatron
it
fwast btehebtyer ote.0
lose to the fOritiAh titan -to -the Ger- -
niwns, and against this cOnvietion
neither IlaScist prcapaganda no Nazi
Police power could build up a 'fight-
ing force. The unwillingness of the
'Italians to fight, is as significant in its
way as the uprising of the Serb's. Both
pbenomena, the first Signs of the see --
end spring, look pretty °mimeos for
•de -The New York Times.
,. NO COMEBACK FORITALY •
•'There caw be no comebaCk for nab.
in Ms 'War; and this means that as a
military wettplort the Axis in bpoken.
The -threat ofetheedouble-edgedlsord-
works no !Tenger. Wen emontChs after
thVkbleck week when BritaIn'Ivati left
to carry 0W -the eotabat without allies
Gertnia* his carnet° the" point where
'ishe too 'must flht'aroile. Not one
of (the pacts (Hitler has schemed to
achieve; from the .deal with the &Siete
to the boomerang treaty with the• Yugo-
slav% has gvien bits another,
ally.
Now, deprived of the aid'df Italy, even
•as a decoy to hold the Britl.sibsgeet in
the lliediterraneafi, Germany nintst re-
ly entirely on her own ermed forces.
This is a fact of capital' importance;
comparable only to the fall •of France.
In the ttrt4t spring of the war, feW
twOstl.d •have dated prediet that the sec-
ond, sprling Would' open on a' turning
of the tables no sudden and Moment, -
, . •
READ THE -CLASSIFIED ADS.
• Painful Boil;
• Bid Blood the cause
Winn -boils starteto brealcoutoa
differeiet parts of the body' it is an
• evidence that' the blood is !mow] wp
with impurities.
•
, Teat when-you-tkink-you arearid-re__ r
of one, another crops up t.o -tat:e
• place and prolong your misery..
• All the lancing and poulticiog you
inay do will not stop. more coming.
Why not give that old, reliable,
• blood purifying medicine Burdock
Blood Bitters* a chance to baiOsh the
boils/ Thou...Ada have -used it for
-this purpose' during the,paat,60 years.
Take B.B.B: and get rid.of the bad
• blood Old the t,oils- too..
The T..littilburn 0o.. Ltd.:Tweak., Oat. I
... ...„,
smareessommumit
• will „be given away by
Dpalers across' Canada
• Thei404 a-beautifill 6 x 9 foot Con-
goleum Rug waiting for the -winner
of, 'Congolenm's fascintitin'g new
;word -gime. . rf you haven't already •
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only, a few days left; all en.trieS must
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- So take a look at your dealer's. Win.
•'4dow., See the rug-and'the words
centaining the -letters from which
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4 -letter words as possible:
Then go inside and ;IA fora
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liiiv-C-to• buy ti`
There are no cora' plieated rules or
• conditions. All you do is make all "
• the :words yop can " and turn your
list In to the 'dealer before .giurke'a
closing, abate. It's lots Of fail, go
come �a in And enjoy yourself
before it's •too late.
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during the period of this contest and then prove to be
the winner of the prize rug, you have the option of taking
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'tug you have already' bought reloaded. This is your
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