HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1921-6-23, Page 3JUNE9 TitBEST
O THE YEAR
SUPERSTITIONS HOARY
WITH AGE.
Curious, Quaint and Beautiful
Oustorcts of Various Lauds
Are Here Described.
W11y are May weddings regarded as
unlucky', allay are June weddings
specially propitious? And 'whys on,
why, should, old shoes be thing after
and, indeed, at the bride? What say
the poets?
Marry in May,
And rue the day.
But an the other hand:
Marry in Juste,
All life be in tune.
All three of these super; titioas are
hoary with age. They were already
antiquated when the legend about St.
Swithiu's Day was invented. It might
be too much to say that they are as
old as marriage itself. But they cer-
tainly antedate the classic age. Thus
Ovid, in hie 'Pesti," refers to what he
de tribes as the familiar belief that
lfay is a bad month in which to marry.
ctnd the sante poet. after careful in-
vestigation of the various months of
the year, selected June for the time
of his own daughter'% wedding, be-
cause, as be said, it was "good to the
man and happy to the maid.
That June should be a favorite
month for weddings is explicable from
its Character as the mouth of roses
and other % er:;; although the be-
ginning of May was the time of the
Flaralla festival of the old Romans.
Still the partiaity for June bas never
been as marked or as general as the
nyeWauee of May. \3'ht.e the Romans
preferred June. the Green: greatly in-
ching' to January. The Rue -shins have
long inti a betel, eaid to have come
daiwia from the eerly kaatern ('hureh.
that weddings at piaster bring wealth.
at -Anes>ns:uu Day health, at \I irit:•tru
tide domestic felicity and at Trinity
Smutty many offspring.
Shoes Take Prominent Part,
The eneloin of throwing old shoos
after the bride at of comparable an-
tiquity, though it has assumed many
different terms. Among the Jews.
probably before our era. it was ens -
Unitary to earry a slipper. preferably
011e well worn, at the head of a wed-
ding pr oce cion, in token of the com-
plete atibmhselon of the bride to her
husband; though it is net known that
It was indicative of his use of it after
the orthodox m;rnuer cf infitting etas.
•
tisement. The same custom of cerry-
ing a slipper or sandal has prevailed
from ancient tunes among other Ora
ental peoples, and is still familiar.
Among the Nestoriaus it was once the
custom for the groom to kick the bride
and ter her then to remove from his
foot the sandal witty which he had
kicked her, Some Jews struck their
brides light blows with a slipper, as a
token that they must thereafter be
submsstve to their will. In Russia
it was an ancient custom for tine
groom en the wedding night to require
the bride to kneel before him and pull '
off his boots. In one of the boots was:
a small :.hip, and in the other a purse
of money. If she pulled off .first the
boot cortati ing the whip, he struck
her with the laeh, as a token that she
aright thereafter expect frequent ilog-
gings; while if she first disclosed the .
purse: he would lavisia gifts upon her
and their dome; tic life would be hap=
py, A variant cf this was practiced
by Martin Luther, who, after perform-
ing the wet?din,; ceremony, took off a
shoe of the bridegroom and placed it
upon the bride's pillow, as a remind-
er that she test always be subser-
vient to her husband.
History of Wedding Ring,
The wedding ring. now so essential
hart nt the service anti so indislsens-
al:le an object, eeenna to bane cosine in-
to use at a comparatively recent date, i;
and to have Lad at fret less eignifl-;i
tante than now. It wee given as only V
one among various presents and, as
an emblem of eternity, was meant to!
indieate the lasting nature of the antra;
tal vows. Among our Anglo-Saxon an.:
costars It was the custom for the pros
peetive bridegroom. an becoming be-"
trothed to his intended bride, to give 1
her certain presents called a "wed,' or;
ple;lge; from which word the word
"wedding" is derived. An a ;ential
hart of this "wed" was a ring, which
was placed upon the girl's right hand;
in brief, an engagement ring, as we
not; know it, That ring was never re
Hived. udder pain of breal.ing the en-
gagement, until the wedrliug, when the
bridegroom himself; removed it and
solaced it upon the left hand, to serve i
tine the wedding ring, Thenhe placed
it upon eacn of the four fingers in sun,
tc:• :r"n, saying at the first "In the
name of the Father," at the second"In"
the name of the Son," at the third :'
"And in the name of the holy tlhost, "
and at the fourth ":linen,"
An old Seottieh custom. now prae.
tleally if not entirely extinct. was that i
at "erceling" the bridegroom. It was I
• practiced on the day ater he wedding.
Early !n the morning, often before
the newly married couple had arisen,
the neighbors !locked to the door, and
summoned the bridegroom to appear.'
Then they seized him, bound upon his
back a large creel, or basitat, and
' filled it with stones. Thus Iaden he'
wv.3 compelled to run, or at least to
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walk, about the town until his wife A DEIRE To EAT
saw fit to run after him, overtake aim, kl
and kiss him; when he was relieved
of his burden. The distance which
his wife let him run before releasing WHAT vOlf WANT
him was variously interpreted as in-
dicative of the strength of her affec-
tion for him, of her bashfulness, and Stomachs Can be Restored to a
of her sense of humor. This custom Healthy Condition..
was strictly enforced, the man who
Not to be limited in diet, but to eat
whatever he pleases is the dream of
every dyspeptic. No one can lionestly
promise to restore any stomach to
this happy condition, because all
people cannot eat the same things
was last "ereeled" having charge of
directing and superintending its intlle-
tion upon the next who was married,
Burdenseme and even painful as
etome of these ancient eustoms were,
it may be that some couples of the
present day wculd lied them less
grievous and embarrassing than some
of the more nophieCeateil praetices of
the twentieth, century.
Age Shown by she Hand..
It is only within very recent years
that women have thought it worth
while to give proper care to their
hands. Nowadays the average shcp-
girl bestows more attention inion her
nails than did the "tine lady" of, a
generation or two ago.
There is much other eare given to
the hands. including massage—the lat-
ter of Special importance because it
tends to keep the flesh plump and dis-
courages wentles. Wrianles eonrnuon•
1) appear on tine hands before the
face shwa any. and thus a woman's
hands may betray leer age.
One might even say that the bands
grow old sooner than the face, The
fatty tissue that lies immediately be-
neath the skin gradually shrinks with
the passage of years; the skin be-
comes loose and falls into folds.
The skin on the back of your Band
shows how old you are, Pinch it and
you will see. It you are young the
shin will almost instantly become
smooth again, Later in life. if pinched
up, it will retain the crinkle for some
moments.
In youth the nails are smooth and
usually have a slight rosy tint. As
years go on they lose their color and.
somewhat of their delicate texture,
often exhibiting in later life minute
corrugations lengtbwise. Careful
=Wearing will do muck to obviate
Surnames and Their Origin
BENNETT
Variations—Bennis, Bennison, Benn,
Benedetto, DI Benedetto, Bennewitz,
Benedict, Benedict....A,
Racial Origin—English, German, Rail -
an, Slavic.
Source—A given name.
Family names in this group are
quite widespread, not only among Eng-
lish-speaking peoples, but among vir-
tually all the countries of Europe. So
many variations are there, in fact, that
it is not practicable to discuss them
all in one article.
The group, of course, is the out-
growth of the given name of Benedict,
or, to give it the original Latin form,
Benedictus. This given name has a
meaning of "blessed," or more literal-
ly, "well spoken of." It naturally rank-
ed high in the Middle Ages as a given
name, and quite logically there de-
veloped from it a host of family names.
Bennett is the survival as a sur-
name of a Norman diminutive of the
given nani•e. Bennis represents a short-
ening from Bennison, which in turn
was a development of "Bennettson."
Benn is a still further shortened ex-
ample. Benedetto and Di Benedetto
are Italian forms, the latter being
closer to the original, ,.the "di" mean-
ing "of" and standing for "son of." In
this country there has been -a strong
tendency to drop the "di" from trans-
planted family names.
Benedict appears ;for the most part
to be a straight English development
from the given name, while the "k" in
Benedikt betrays German influence.
Bennewitz in its ending, •which• also
indicate;: "son." comes from farther
east, in view of which it is interesting
to notice the similarity of this ending
and the old Norman-French prefix
"Fitz," with exactly the same mean-
ing.
SELLERS.
Variations—Seller, Sealer, Sadler.
Racial Origin—English.
Source—Occupation.
It is not possible to tell with ac-
curacy in the the individual case
which of two sources these family
names have come frcm, with the ex-
ception of the last named.
It may be taken for granted, how-
ever, that, like Sadler, the rest of
them in the vast majority of cases
come from the occupation of making
saddles. The assumption that t:.ere
is any connection with our modern
word "seller," or salesman, is erron-
eous, fqr the medieval English did
not use this word to designate trades-
men.
Sadler is a form of the name trace-
able to the Anglo-Saxon word. "Sell,"
however, was the word most often
used by the Normans in the early
period to denote a saddle, an d it en-
dured for a long time. In fact, it did
not become obsolete until after Spen-
ter wrote:
"He left his loftey steed with golden
sell,
And goodly gorgeous barbes."
The form Sellers, Seller and Seeler,
however, may also be derived from the
old word "seler," which was the ap-
pellation of those craftsmen who
manufactured seals.
yes Ti Saves ealth
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Here is a table drink.
made as gpiick1y. as you can
pour of water into the cup
delights the taste, and
causes none of the harm
that often COMICS _From
tea and. coffee.
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Baby's Own Tablets are a regular
joy giver to the little ones—they
never
never fail to make the cross baby
happy. When baby is cross and fret-
ful the mother may sure something
is the matter for it is not baby's na.
taro to be cross unless he is ailing.
Mothers, if your baby is cross; if he
cries n. great deal and needs your con-
stant attention day and night, give
him a dose of Baby's Own Tablets. They
are a mild but thorough laxative evhfch
will quickly regulate the bowels and
stomach and thus relieve constipa-
tion and indigestion, colds and simple
fevers and snake baby happy—there
surely is a smile in every dose of the
Tablets. Baby's Own Tablets are sold
by medicine dealers or by mail at 25
cents a box from The Dr. Williams'
Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont.
The Path of Labor.
Never in a costly palace did I rest on
golden bed,
Never in a hermit's covern have 1
eaten idle bread,
Born within a lowly stable, where the
cattle round me stood,
Trained a carpenter in Nazareth, I
have toiled and found it good.
They who tread the path of labor fol-
low whore my feet have trod;
They who work without complaining
do the holye will of God.
Where the many toil together, there
am I among my own,
Where the tired workman sleepeth,
there am I with him alone,
I, the peace that passeth knowledge,
dwell amid the daily strife,
I, the bread of heaven, am broken in
the sacrament' of life.
—Henry Van Dyke.
Ask for Minard's and take no other.
A Poem.
Seeing„ it is a gladdening thing;
White birds against a morning sky.
Blowing poppies, nodding grasses,
Light that grows and fades and
passes,
Young leaved poplars shining high.
And God'be thanked that gave us hear-
ing'
For children's laughter, sweet and
bold,
For Winds that whisper old hills
round,
For every intimate sweet sound
The quiet golden evenings hold.
But oh, 'tis scent that makes immortal
The little lives of mortal men!
Roses with haunting sweetness
riven,
Incense, to lift men's hearts to
Heaven,
Lilacs, to draw thein home again.
—Margaret Adelaide Wilson.
Father Knew.
After correcting Tommy for the
thousandth time far talking in. school,
his. teacher decided to speak of this
fault to the lad's father. She there-
fore added this remark to her next
report:
""Tommy. talks a great deal."
"In two days the report came back,
correctly signed by Tommy's father,
with the comment:
"Ycu ought to hear his mothsri"
The sun giver 800 GOO time3 mori
n., t'ncn ,l,
with equally satisfactory results. But
it is possible to so tone up the diges-
tive organs that a pleasing diet nnay
!be selected from articles of food tb.at
'cause no discomfort.
41'ben the stomach lacks tone there i
is no quicker way to restore it than
to build up the blood. Good digestion
without rich, red blood is impossible, s
and D. Williams' Pink Pills cffer the
best way to enrich the blood. For
Das reason these pilin are especially ;
good in stomach trouble attended by
thin bleed, and in attacks of nervous
dyspepsia. Proof of the value of Dr,
Williams" Pink Pills in cases of MM.
motion is given by Mr. John A. Me-
Di.natd, Tarbot. N.S,, who says: i
"Every sufferer from ludigestiou bee
my heartfelt sympathy, as I was once
myself a bond slave to it. Eating at
all became a trial, and as time went
on 1 Became a tonere sl;eleton of my
former self. I took all sorts of re-'
commended medicines, doctors' and '
advertised, but to no avail. Then a
hfriend said to try Tar, Williams' Pink I
Pills. 1 got a box and 1 thought be
fore they were done I could feel a
change.got
Then I six boxes more.
avid by the unite they were used I"
was eating my meals with regularity'
• and enjoyment. ;sly general health is
now good, and it Is no wonder that 1'
' am an enthusiastic advocate of Dr,
Williams' Fink Pills,"
Yea can procure Dr. Williauis' Finle 1
Pills through any dealer is niedictne ;,
or they will be sent you by snarl at ail;
• cents a box or six boxes tor $2.50 by
writing direct to The Dr. Williams'
Medicine Co...Brockville, Out.
Old Mata.
Old man old man sitting
in the sun,
,
What was t1:e struggle worth now the
race Ls run?
IIow does life look to you now its all..
Lelntnd?
Under your bald pate whist lingers it
your mind?
I wonder if you cherish still
The blue day on the windy Trill
I When first your eyes met hers, and
things
Bright as a pigeon's sheeny wings
Plashed through you, and delight
• Burned you with kisses white.
I wonder do you dwell with pride
On those rough days in which you
tried
Your strength against your fellow men,
And won anti lost and won. again—
Happy to toll and strive
That you should be alive!
Is gladness Biel In moonlit eyes
When love comes sighing through the
leaves?
Or is it garish, stressful days
To which your hungry fancy strays—
Green seas, the busy mart,
Which wrote upon your heart?
Have you regret for marriage ties?
Did children make you sad and wise?
What mattered much? What not at
all?
And, prithee, what would you recall
And leave undone, to reap
Sounder and sweeter sleep?
Old -,man, old man, drawing near the
night,
Speak wisely through your beard, an-
swer me aright—
That
rightThat I may have good dreamings when
life is done,
Leaving me to bide as you, cold in the
sun.
—Dale Colling.
Explorers Advance Toward
Mt. Everest.
Somewhere in the tangled maze of
the southern Himalayan Mountains
three parties of British engineers are
working their way through unexplored
gorges and passes toward the base of
Mount Everest, says a despatch from
Darjeeling, Bengal. They are blazing
the way for the expedition that will at-
tempt later this summer to scale the
granite walls of Everest and conquer
the highest peak on the globe.
The first party to leave here was
commanded by Major Morshead, which
proceeded up the Teesta Valley and
over what is known as the Iiangrila
mate. The other two units, com-
manded by Colonel Bury, intend to
meet the Morshead party at I leemba
Jong. Then the combined expedition
will strike westward toward the vil-
lage of Tengri Jong, which is about
thirty miles north of the Everest
group. A permanent base will be se-
lected near that village and' from it
will start the pomp which will try to'
reach the summit 'of the dominating
peak of the range.
Before 'the actual work of scaling
Everest can begin, however, engineers
must survey all approaches to the
mountain and try to find the most
practicable route to the top. This re-
connaissance• work is the chief task
assigned the men now working their
way,into tile mountains.
Communities of . ants have' their
warrior class, and two fighting ants
of different tribes will put up a. great
battle, and with their powerful nip-
pers make short work of one anciher
once they get to holds.
Good Joke; Few Clothes.
He- "Will you marry me?"
She --"Do you think you could keep
me in clothes?"
He ---"Well, partly in You wouldn't
want to dregs out of style, would you?"
In the Good Old Summer Time.
"Bow's this back to the farm move-
ment progressing?"
"Fine right tow," said Mr. Cobbles.
yes?„
"All the town kin I've got want to
eozne out an' iaay me a visit."
Not So Fast
Uncle Hayseed: "Titan city folks
a.in't so fast as I was supposin ."
Aunt. Furby: "how's that, John?"
Uncle -laysecd: "I went to one of
them theatres and they were st.il a-
playin' 'Hamlit' that I seed ten years
ago."
Parting For Ever.
He (tremblingly) : "I have one
last wi-w isb to ask you be -before we
part in auger tor ever,"
She (sobblugly) : " V. ha -what is it,
Ceo•George?"
Ile: " Wi-wilt you me•nleet nue next
Th -Thursday as us.usual?"
She; 'I wi•will, George."
Definitely Located,
An eunlgrant ship was wrecked, and
many survivors sanded on the Falk -
laud
alk -land Islands. When the news reached
bone, the minister of a church to
switch sown et the emigrants bad be-
longed included in the service a
prayer tar the victims of the wreck.
Being a very cautious mean, he
worded his ;prayer in this way;
"Be with our brethren strauded in
the Pentland Islands, which are situ-
ated In the South Atlantic ocean."
Following. Advice.
"Ile's perfectly quiet, ladies." re•
marked the mac to the two girls who
were about to hire a pony and trap.
"Only you must take tare to keep t!"e
rein off. lila tali,"
"We won't forget," they said,
When they returned ha asked them
how they got on.
"Splendidly," they explained, "We
had one sharp shower, but we took it
in turn to hold the umbrella over the
Horse's tail, so there was no real
danger,"
Common Taters!
A, country clergyman was preach-
ing on an obscure pcilnt of theology,
which he explained In an original and
striking manner, He concluded by
saying, "This is entirely my own view..
Commentators do not agree with me."
The next day lie was informed that
one of his parishioners wished to see
him. Going into his study he was
greeted with cordiality by one of his
sidesmen, who 'happened to be a mar-
ket gardener.
"Morning, sir," beamed the caller,
"Heard you say yesterday as common
taters didn't agree wi' yer, so I've
brought a sack of my best. Hope
you'll get on better with them."
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ON STREET AEONS
Mrts. BEVERAGE LIVED
IN FEAR OF ATTACKS..
Dizzy Spens Overcome After
Taking Tanlac and Doesn't
Feel Like Same Person..
Tanlac has relieved me of my sun
Tering and I just can't prais3 it
enough," saki Mrs. Margaret Beverage,
305 t1ugli ion St. North, Hamilton, Ont,
"For two years my appetite was
very poor and I suffered a great deal
from forniatiou of gas on my stomach.
I was also troubled with frequent at-
tacks of dizziness and was actually
afraid to go out or even get away
from something to hold ou to. One
of these dizzy spells came on while I
was calling en one et zny grandchild-
ren oue day and 1 Just fell right down
on the lawn. Last spring, when I
started taking Tanlac. I had been eon-
; pined to ray bed for a ::Goth and was
so weak I could not walk.
"Tanlac helped tie from the very
art,. as I have not had a weak spell
ace I started taking It and I feel so
good I canhardly realize that I'm the
1 sante woman. The dizzy spells are
gone, my appetite is fine and every-
thing I eat agrees with ane perfectly, I
have reeonuncnded Tanlac to any
number o'f my friends anti, l am glad
to say, it has benefitted them all. I
Just wish 1 Gould tell everybody who
suffers as i did what Tanlac did for
nue."
Tanlac is sold by leading druggists
everywhere. Adv..
New French HStamps.
c
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The French recently held a cam-
petition for designs intended tor a
now issue et postage stamps. Nearly
all of the designs submitted were sufi-
r gested by the war; the beat ones show
a splendid Gallic cock ;rowing in
triumph, the mead of a polio in a steel
belznet and a bead representing
France In u winged cap. Non of the
designsns won the highest at prize ze o!feorreid
l;
offered,
none was thought suffciently
]nal of striking to merit it. It may be
that none of the three prize-winning
designs will replace the present grace
fel design of the Sower, though the
matter has not yet been decided.
Mlnard's Liniment Relieves .Neuralgia
It's good to have money, and the
things that money eau buy, but it's
good, too, to check up once in a while,
and make sure that you haven't lost
the things that money won't buy.
There is one divorce for every seven
marriages in Japan, one for every ten
marriages in the United States, and
one for every ten thousand in Eng*
land,
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rrmONEY -ORDERS.
Send a Dominion Express Money
Order. They are payable everywhere.
Why He Was Late.
Amongst the many stories that are
current concerning the new 'Unionist
leader, Mr. Austin Chamberlain, is
one about an incident that happened
at Highbury, his father's seat near
Birmingham.
Mr. Joseph Chamberlain had laid
out a plantation of younger fir trees in ;
the grounds, of which he was exceed-
ingly proud, notwithstanding the fact
that the majority of the sapplings
measured no more than two or three
feet in height.
One evening it chanced that Mr.
Austen turned up late at a dinner
party to which a number of notables
has been bidden.
The son entered in fear .and trem-
bling, for he knew that unpunctuality
was the one unpardonable sin in his
father's eyes.
"You are very late, Auste," said the
latter reprovingly.
"Yes, I'm sorry," replied the culprit,
at a loss for a moment for a suitable
excuse.
Then his face brightened and a
twinkle came into his eyes.
"Couldn't possibly get here before,
father," he said. "I lost my way in
your new forest."
"Milk," manufactured from 'chop-
ped oats, ground peanuts, and a little
water, is said to resemble the cream-
iest product of the cow.
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ASPIRIN
"Bayer" is only Genuine
Warning! Unless you see the name
"Bayer" on package or on tablets you
are not getting genuine Aspirin all.
In every Bayer package are directions
for Colds, Headache, Neuralgia, Rheu-
matism, Earache, Toothache, Lumbago
and for Pain. Handy tin boxes of
twelve tablets cost few cents. Drug-
gists also sell larger packages. Made
in Canada. Aspirin is the trad.e mark
(registered in Canada), of Bayer Mana
facture of Monoaceticacidester of Sali•
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cylicacid.
Rural Route No. 1,'Mascouche, Quebec.
The 1Viinard's Liniment People,
SirS,—I feel that I should be doing a
wrong if I neglected to write you. I have
had four tumors growing on my head for.
years. I had them cut off by a surgeon•
about fifteen years ago, but they grew
again till about three months ago 2 had
one as large and shaped like a lady's
thimble on -the very place where any hair;
should be parted, and it was getting so
embarrassing in public that it was a con-
stant worry to me. About .three months
ago I got a bottle of your liniment for
another purpose and saw on the label..
good fo'r tumors. Well, I tried it and
kept at it tor exactly two months, with
the result that it has entirely removed
all trace, of the tumor, and were it not
that they had been cut fifteen years ago,
no mark would be seen. I have not been
asked for this te";tmopial and you can
use it as yon es its
(rigried) 1R.1♦7D 0. l;.OlINSON,
ata a loaner and intend usin„;
llirarcl's 1..irlinzent on maze 1cr a stra-nett
i tent on, and ani hoping for seine results.
FItEiv C. R.
CUTICURA
HEALS
ECZE A
All over baby's face. Came in
water blisters and then formed -a solid
scale. Began to itch and burn so
had to bandage his hands as he
wantedto scratch. Face was badly
disfigured. Trouble lasted 4 months.
Began using Cuticura Soap and Oint-
ment. Used enc cake Soap and one
box Ointment When he was healed.
.From signed statement of Mrs.
Albert Ellis, Wettenheg, N. S.
-For every purpose' of the toilet
Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Tal-
cum ate supreme.
Soap 25c, Ointment 25 and inc. Sold
throughouttheDominion. CanadianDepot:
L_ymons, Limited, St. Patti St., Montreal.
Minto-Cuticura Soap ahavea without nom.
ISSUE No. 25-'21.
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1
1
1
4
4