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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1919-10-16, Page 7HOOD'S 'SONG OF THE SHIRT" 0,00 THRICE REJECTED BY LONDON NEWSPAPER. Finally Accepted, by "Punch" znd "Went Through the Land Like Wildfire." Fele poet -overs but are familiar with Thomas Hood's song to the toil- er, "The Song of the Shirt," which has been translated • into more foreign languages than any other poem writ- tOpoolrY Hood. This poem was first printed in the London Punch on De- cember 16, 1843, and created a sensa- tion in London, and it was soon re- printed throughout the British Empire, and shortly thereafter it was repro- duced practically throughout the world, Good Living." There is quite a story connected with Hood's composition of the "Song of the Shirt." On October 25 it was brought to the attention of the pont that a wretched woman named Rid- dell was charged at the Lambeth police station with having pawned articles belonging to her employer. It was shown that she made trousers for seven pence a pair, and the utmost she could make was seven shillings a week, which her employer looked on as "a good living for' a woman who had herself and two infant children to support." This case attracted a great deal of attention at the time, and 'two days later the London Times had a power- ful editorial on the incident, Punch quoted from this "leader" with sting- ing additions—probably by Douglas Jorrold—the following week, Hood, whose sympathic were stirred by suf- fering, penned his "Song of the Shirt" and sent it to Punch, his wife saying as the package was done up: "Now mind, Iloocl, mark niy words, this will tell wonderfully! It is one of the best things you ever did!" Wife's Faith Justified. Mark Lemon, who was at the time the editor of Punch, recalling the re- ceipt of the manuscript in later years, said that the author accompanied it h a note, saying that the lines had already been rejected by three papers; that he feared it was not suited' to Puuch, and leaving it to Lemon's dis- cretion whether to put it in the paper or in the waste basket. The confidence of Hood's wife in "The Song of the Shirt" was justified. The poem in Punch Created a sensa- tion. It was copied in The Times and ., other journals, and as M. H. Sliiel- et mann has put it, in sympathetic ap- preciation of Hood as a contributor to Punch, it "went through the land like wildfire." The historian of Punch claims that the publication of "The Song of the Shirt" trebled the circulation of that journal. It may be said also to have trebled Hood's fame and popularity at the time. Facts. Anti-aircraft gun defences employ- ed 717 officers and 11,948 men at the signing of the armistice. , Shirts cost $175 in Petrograd, while as much as $1,000 will be given for a re -made pair of trousers. French authorities estimate that 1 in every 30 of the Allied soldiers who entered that country married a French ,bride. ' Germany's population has been es- timated at as low as 57,000,000, as compared with nearly 65,000,000 be- fore the war. London roads are being repaired, after years of neglect, and old wood blocks, in great demand as firewood, fetch $15 a cartload. The Military Intelligence Depart- ment of the British Army in July, 1914, was 103 strong of all ranks; in November, 1918, it had grown to 5,969. "Tin hats," which are being sold off by the Government, are being con- verted into wash -basins, flower -pots, cake -stands, ash -trays, and fish -bowls. Films taken on the battlefields have already brought the British Govern- ...Rent overn- ment over $355,000, a large portion of ' hich has been given to war charities. German trains will not be heated" or lighted in the coming winter, It is stated, owing to coal shortage, while all express trains will be abolished. Mournful Outlook. "I engaged the rooms for my holi- day," he said, "because the landlady wrote me that they overlooked a superb garden of 200 acres, richly adorned with statuary, where I was at liberty to promenade." "Well?" his friend inquired. "It was a cemetery," he said, bit- terly. Very Slow to Grow. After growing for 10 years, the Japanese cypress, one of the smallest specimens of the horticultural world,' reaches the size of a golf ball. As if exhausted with this tremendous ef- fort, the next 10 years see it increase only by a fraction, when it practically stops growing altogther. In China when a pupil is reciting his lesson he turns his back to his teacher. There is a great advantage in plow- ing in the fall where possible. The period for plowing preparation and sowing ill the spring is short, and plowing is the operation that require niotg; *et , itMe Newest Blouses "Here's my idea of a razor— one azor°—_ one that sharpens its own blades" "Why, 1 remember'• when Z used to have to throw away a blade after a couple a£ shaves. Now, f simply take it and give a few turns on the strop and it's as good as ever. "i can shave in three minutes and my face is as smooth and slick and comfortable as when the head barber used to go over it. To clean, I simply. put the blade under the tap and wipe it off. There's no taking the razor to pieces and messing around with .parts. In fact, the whole thing is so simple and easy, I wish I had had one long ago." Razor — Strop — 12 blades — $' s SAFETY AZO AUTOSTROP SAFETY RAZOR CO„ Limited AutoStrop'Building, Toronto, Canada 9 f4c The Vanishing Lake, Near Valdosta, in Georgia, there is a lake three miles long and three- quarters et a mile wide, with an aver- age depth of twelve feet of water, which disappears every three or four years and thencomes back again. It disappears into natural subterranean passages, taking two or three weeks in the process and leaving a beautiful sandy basin. After a month or so the water begins to dome back, and in a couple of weeks it is the same old lake. MONEY ORDERS. When ordering goods by mail send a Dominion Express Money Order. It is estifhated that there are 126,- '000 more cattle in the United King- dom now than in 1014; sheep, however, show a decline in numbers of upwards of 900,000. 9082 No. 9086—Ladies'Russian Blouse. Price, 20 cents. With or without bands, two styles of sleeve: Cut in 8 sizes, 34 to 48 ins. bust. Size 36, with bands, 2% yds. 36 ins. wide, or 21,4, yds. 40 ins. wide; without bands, 1% yds. 36 ins. wide, or 1% yds. 45 fins. wide. - 9087—Waist. Sizes 34 to 48. Price, 20 cents. No. 9082 -Ladies' Cossack Blouse. Price,20 cents. Body and sleeve in. one.' Cut in 7 sizes, 34 to 46 ins. bust. - Size 36, with gathered sleeves, 2% yds. 36 ins. wide, or 2% yds. 40 ins. wide; with bell sleeves, 21/ yds. 36 ins. wide, or 21A yds, 40 ins, wide; ribbon for sash, 2 yds. These patterns may be obtained from) y sur local McCall dealer, or from the McCall Co., 70 Bond St., Toronto, Department W. Work is the best solace for sorrow; work is the best soother for distracted nerves; work is the sole corrective for the ills of mankind.—Sir Robert Horne. - The science of bell casting has been practiced in one English foundry for nearly 350 years. The George Who Did It "1 watched Lloyd George fill prac- tically every post of high distinction within the bestowal of the British gov- elment during the war," says Mr. Isaac F. Marcosson in an interesting account of his interviews and ex- periences with the wonderful little Welshman who is England's premier. "Often when figuratively I saw the flag of distress hung out, heard the alarm bells ring and felt the heart of Britain turn to him for leadership in her hour of peril and crisis, I realized that the American phrase, 'Let George do it,' fitted him and his astonishing service better than anything else. I once told him about this expression, and he was amused and pleased." No doubt. And if Mr. Marcosson had chanced to quote the phrase, with a similar complimentary application— as he might almost as aptly and ap- propriately have done—to M. Ciemen- ceau, the George who has served France so long and so remarkably, that wise and gallant old statesman would also have been. amused. Per- haps—since he knows America bet- ter than Mr. Lloyd George does—he may have heard the phrase; but quite certainly, in any case, he would know that it originated in his own country, and that the George who originally "did it" had lain at rest be- neath his magnificent tomb in Rouen Cathedral a full century before Ameri- ca was settled. ,He was the famous Cardinal Archbishop Georges d'Am- boise, pride minister of King Louis ZII, A courtier from childhood, a bishop at fourteen, a conspirator with princes, a prisoner for two years, a reformer of legal procedure, army discipline and taxes, a counselor of generals and kings and an aspirant for the papacy, the fifty years of his life were crowd- ed with wide and various achieve- ments. The peneficenee of the re- forms he promoted caused Louis to be called "the Father of his People," al- though the credit for them belonged chiefly to his minister, who was called "the tongue and soul of the king." Sometimes, when troublesome af- fairs were presented for decision, the king would say neither yes nor no, but instead: "Let George do it. He is a man of experience,". and "George," the invalu- able churchman, statesman and friend, would do it. Georges d'Amboise, Cardinal of Rouen, was, in his prime and pride, a man of high ambition; but as he lay dying, attended often by his sovereign, and oftener by a humble brother of the monastery, it was not to King Louis that he addressed the words so often quoted: "Ah, Brother John! If only I could have remained Brother John!" That was in 1510. So it is a long four centuries back that slangy Americans of an inquiring turn of mind must go to find out who was George and what he did. fa01--101 t61 ip sz I 9 =i1=11=111=311 When Your Nerves Cry Out It may be from tea, err,coffee. Then think of the healthful, satisfying' qualities:. of - N Picc Pr um Delicious, free from nprve:iclistuili— frig ingredients, kconornical.. Tr'r "a tin fr5orm your Grocer: No Raise in Price. wit=trar=e=1ZE:=100=311C=1 181=4 it_ is The .Belfries, If you should go to La Basses Or 13ethune, greyand bare, You'll hear the sweetest bells that pia A faint and chiming air; And belfries in each little town Sing out -the hour and mark it down. If you should go to La 13assee Or walls the Bethune street, You'll see the lorries passqllat way And hear the tramp of feet; And where the road with trees is lined You'll watch the long battalions wind But all the clocks that mark the time Are rnoaths .and years too slow, And all the bells that ring and chime Strike hears of long ago, Aucl ail the uelfries where you pass. Lie tumbled in elle dust and grass. Yet still the long `battalions wind, Though 11.11the men are gone, Because one hour bus stayed. behind And wanders there alone— Yes, one heroic shining hour Chimes on from every fallen tower. DREADED INFLUENZA Medical Men Believe it Will Again Visit Canada This Autumn and Winter. There is a widespread belief among medical men that the epidemic of Ia grippe, or influenza, which swept over the world last year, will again appear in Canada,during this autumn and coming witer. This dangerous trou- ble spares neither age nor sex, but it naturally finds its easiest victims among those who are run down in health, or those whose blood is weak and wetery, and it is among the latter class in which the greatest number of fatalities occur. The surest way to prevent an' attack of this dreaded trouble is to keep the blood rich and pure, and the safest and best way to do this is through the use of Dr. Wil- liams' Pink Pills. No reasonable precaution to avert an attack of influenza or la grippe should be spared, The disease itself is deadly, but its after-effects, among thoseho are spared, make p ed, the life of the victim one of constant misery. Ask almost any of those who have been attacked by influenza what their present condition of health is and most of them will answer: "Since I had the influenza I have never been fully well." This trouble leaves be- hind it a persistent weakness of the limbs, shortness of breath, bad diges- tion, palpitation of the heart, and a tired feeling after even slight exer- tion. JThis is due to the thin -blooded condition in which la grippe almost always leaves its victims after the fever and influenza have subsided. They are at the mercy of relapses and complications, often very serious. This condition will continue until the blood is built up again, and for the purpose of building up the blood and strengthenikig the nerves nothing can equal a fair' treatment with Dr. Wil- liams' Pink Pills. From first to' last dose these pills make new, rich blood, which reeebee everet everorgan and nerve in the noel . Thus the lingering germs are driven out, and the weak, despondent victims of influenza are transformed into cheerful, healthy, happy men and women. But better still, you can put your- self in. a condition to resist an attack of influenza by enriching the blood through the use of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, and this, it seems, is -the sensible thing to do at once. ' Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are sold by all dealers in medicine or will be sent by mail at 50 cents a box, or six boxes for $2.50, by The Dr. Williams' Medi- cine Co., Brockville, Ont. Less than 1 per cent. of the total number of women in India are educat- ed, but these few are ',making big strides to form plans to educate all the women. Minard's Liniment Co., Limited. , Gents,—A customer of ours cured a very bad case of distemper in a valu- able horse by the use of 1VIINARD'S LINIMENT. Yours truly, VILANDIE FRERES. 13 Chicks Out of 12 Eggs. The hatching of a double -yolked egg is not by any means a rarity. But it is a very rare occurrence indeed for such an egg to produce two perfect chickens. Cases of this kind. have, however, occurred from time to time. The stuffed figures of a couple of perfect chickens which emerged from one and the same egg are to be found in the British Museum. .A. few cases have been authenti- cated of the appearance from a single egg of two chickens joined together by a wing or a leg, but as the general rule, when a double -yoked egg is hatched, the result is a monstrosity in the shape of a chick with two heads or two pairs of legs. Many people think that- the produc- tion of two perfect chickens from a double -yoked egg is by no means un- common, because sittings which they have placed under fowls have yielded one more chicken than the number of eggs. It is, however, far more prob- able that cases. of this kind result from the fowl slaving Iaid another egg after sho had commenced her task of incubation, Mothers, if your. 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This straightway gives rise to conjec- ture as to what the true relation of cost and revenue would be if some courageous Administration reached down to the bottom of our own Gov- ernment operation of the roads. Thanks in part to the peculiarities of the Canadian situation the private Grand Trunk and Canadian Pacific Have contributed nobly to the Govern- ment's experiment in railroad opera- tion, This and other causes have steadily lifted the percentage of cost, to gross revenue. To -day it is 89 per cent, for the Grand Trunk and 81 per cent. for the Canadian Pacific. The percentage time actually discloses the shocking scandal of surplus, rather than the uplifting -inspiration of de- ficit. Monthly statements duly audited and certified show Canadian Pacific and Grand Trunk can still operate on their own motive power; the exact status of the Government roads is not so clearly revealed. Why it is not is a matter of conjecture, -friendly, in- vidious or neutral, as may be. Some irreconcilables want to know how they are to reach a conclusive audit of Canadian Northern, making a true capital investment basis for figures. Others say there is an operation defi- cit of more than three per cent. What if it be so that the more wheels turn round and the faster they go, the more money they lose? If it costs 3 cents net loss to take in a dol- lar, isn't the taxpayer there to pay it? And doesn't the paltry 3 cents go at once back into circulation? "As long as he has a dollar left to burn, why shouldn't the taxpayer writhe and turn?" Astaunch supporter of a western co-operative grain concern with a long and honorable record of losses used to refer to its "turnover" as its "turn - under." Happily free of the embar- rassment of literary cult, he has given the Government's railroad auditors a book heading, accurate and novel. 1, They should be satisfied and so should the taxpayers. For as a facetious in- quirer for Government figures says: "If a taxpayer is not to pay these taxes, what is lie for?" But how long can they do it?—Wall Street Journal. The titular honors conferred upon naval and military leaders in the war by the British Parliament are more lavish than most people expected, con= s.isting of nine peerages, eight Baron- eteies and one Grand Commandership of the Bath. The generous money gifts are in keeping with eustom -since the eighteenth century. Minard's Liniment Cures Burns, etc. The efficient police work done lilt women in England during the war has been the means of many of them being retained in their jobs. "SYRUP OF FIGS' CHILD'S LAXATIVE Look at tongue! Remove poi- sons from little stomach, liver and bowels Accept "California" Syrup of Pigs only—look for the name California on the package, then you are sure your child is having the best and most harmless laxative or physic for the little stomach, livor and bowels. 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