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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1924-2-7, Page 7Who Wae Fie Fooling? Oltce uPon a time a Scout confided to the editor of thie coluinh thatne bad.,Upjed through two. first-class tests,,having taken them with ahunch ;O ether' fellows ;lad a hurry tip exe ambler. ' Perhaps soiree day he will he' /ring's Scout. But there are two hinds of King's Shoats, 'those who ;kno,sv and those who know part. Per- , haps then; aome day, this. King' i ,f3ceut will be lost in the woods, or ce,Ifed on , for first aid, and knowing only pert, the will find ,part of his way houle and ferget how not.to make a tourniquet I wonder who was he.fooling? "Scoutmaster—"Do you _share tlie home duties?" Teaderfoot Scout ---"Sure I do, When- ever any of the leidsachnie airouad'tht,l' house I give them something to do." , The King's Scout First get ahig kettle and a fire that is And when ,everythiag's ready, throw .. into the Poi Am 'athlete, a camper, or craftsmen, a few, A forester, life saver and at cowboy or Next add a stalker, and eight , after that A boy with Bouna sense and a diplo aitt least one 'mechanic, then give it a stir, And add to the mess one astronomer, A boy who knows trees, and don't • leave from the list A real pioneer and a botanist, The next one •that's added must be, • that's a cinch, The boy vslio plays fair when it conies to a nineh. Add a boy with control who don't sput- . . ter. and roar, WhO is loyal in spirit and never gets sore, • Now ;boil it up well and pour it all out, And you'll see night before you an All Round King's Scout. --- • Try This Dish Next •-Ever eat Itic-tum-diddy?---121; can tomatoes, small piece of cheese, small onion, 1 spoon batter, 1 egg. Mix to- matoes and cut cheese and onion, melt butter in skillet, slow fire, add the 'anixture,and when heated add the well - beaten egg. Cook slowly, stirring from bottom until all is like heavye cream. Eat. London's Greatest Men. mere has recently been a consider- able amount of discussion regarding London's small Share et great men in proportion to its population. For this reason, We.give a short selection of London men who have added to their city's prestige. Going back to the fourteenth cen- Wry, we find Chaucer, who was born 1[,;. in Thames -Street, and later, Spenser, a native of East Smithfield. Then there was John Milton, born • In the parish of Bread Street, off Cheapside; Thomas a Becket, whose effigy graced the first seal of the City of London; and Miss Coverdale, of Threadneedle Street, who made the first translation of the Bible. From Cheapside we have the poet, Robert Herrick; while Michael Fara- day, scientist and, electrician of world renown, came from Newington, Old Broad Street boaste of Cardinal Newman, anther of "Lead, Kindly Light," the greatest hymn of modern. times. John Keats, Samuel Pepys, and Themas Gray were all natives of Lon- don. To decide who are Londoners is of- ten a very difficult job, for although a man may have been born in the coun- try, as soon as he lives' and works In London he seems to hecome a London- er automatically, Ile—"You ait awfully stuck up to- She—"Why wouldn't ? Young oldhug told um he was atuck on ine."" To youth the world is full of ,possi- 'bilitiee, to 'middle age Of probabilities, and to old a.ge—too often of itieS, liabll- The man who Wil venture some-, thing in a big ca,tise, even if he fails, 18 the man who riSes above ordinary human stature, and surely the clittla cult failure is More honorable titan the eacilo stecess.--Siy A, Cone le Trey , The 01 ANGE PEKOE QUALITY makes filler tea and more of fit T4 11EALIti IUCATION BY DR. J. J. MIDDLETON Provincial Board of Health, Ontario Er, Middleton will be glad to answer questions on Public ffealth 'nate ters through this column. Address him at Spadina House, Spadina Creacent, Toronto. Measles appear to be somewhat more prevalent in Ontario this year t Ian it waselast year: Recent reports show that up till the end of Novem- ber there were 10,081 cases aa com• - pared with •8,950 cases during the en- tire year 1922. Of course this disease comes in waves every three years or so, but measles would never gain the headway it does, if clearer:tine meas- ures were strictly adhered to. Until a public consciousness is awakened to this tact we will still have outbuests of measles. Many parents adopt an Inexplicable attitude with regard to diseases of this kind. Because it is the usual experience of child life to encounter measles and other diseases 'childhood, these parents take the point of view of "the sooner over, the better," and exercise little care to prevent these ailments. In fact they almost act as if _they would like the children to take measles and have done with it. Such an- idea is simply preposter- ous. With proper care and foresight, children need encounter little sick- ness. "Childrensneed.no more have child - rens' diseases than a dog need have fleas," is the terse way one writer puts it. Parents are sadder and wiser too often, when their offspring have either died from measles, or incurred some permanent disability as an -af- termath of the disease For it is the complications, and troubles that often follow an attack of measles that cause such a heavy toll of disability and death The two serious complications are broncho -pneumonia and tuberculoe's, but other complicetions_ are the in- fections of eyes and ears. • Here are some simple facts on e ought to know about measles:—It is the most infectious of the commum- cable diseases of childhood. Near y every child that Is exposed takes this disease. It is often contracted be- tween five and fifteen years of age, but is most connnon during the first live years of life. The general death rate of this disease is not less than four per cent. of all cases. 17V1in the disease starts, the child begins to sneeze and cough, the eyes become red and watery and there is sometimes a chill. A rash usually ap- pears in about four days from the onset, beginning on the face, neck and head and frequently extending to the trunk, arms and legs. The eruption begins with small reddish spots ap- pearingin groups that have a ten- dency o form irregular crescents. Since measles is so highly commun- icable and since. a high death -rate at- tends complications therefrom, it is important that one should prevent or postpone this disease as long as pos- sible, for the higtest mortality occurs in children under two years of age. Quarantine may not completely stamp out measles but if -the qquarane tine ,is effective and if parents will guard their children ,against infection the number of cases would be very considerably reduced, and there would be many less sufferers from the ser- ious after-effects of the disease. All the Others: - One of the results of _travel is to • give the traveler to feel how many sorts of people there are in the world that is our comrnon heritage and how many different ways there are of do- ing things. It should be as heed for conceit to survive a journey as for 'numan v-anity to persist,after one has been looking at the stars on a cloud- less winter night. As you come down the street to your office in the morning, as you take a train for anywhere, as you look from the window at scurrying holiday shop - .1.11•111.11.1.011.1111.....11.01b Ing, with the glitering prizes afar and difficult to win. It should riot make us desperate to realize the multitude with whom we must compete. If we should fall, we should find all the others strangely kind and solicitous to help us re- establish our footing in the crowd. Hu- man sympathy is born of the knowl- edge that -we are all fallible, and mor- tal and that none can live unto him - self alone. • And the crowd is not in- viting our proud defiance; it forever seeks a leader,: and it, too, needs. a friend. pers early on the scene, as you see men hastening from factory or foun- Gu Tuv. A y 13J A nrA dry or children rushing pell-mell from school, the sense of the sheer number of people there are in the world and claiming' a living from it becomes at times ahnost oppressive. You feel "What am 1 among so many? What difference would it make if I gave up or went under? There is a vast, • increasing horde ready to carry on the world's business even better than I can accomplish my futile fraction -of the huge integer." Away off yonder in the hinterland of China the temple -bells are ringing and an old priest climbs the hillside to the shrine. In the middle of the North Atlantic the "shiprnen that have knowledge of the sea" read the sextant and -fight a gale. The Afri- can forest enshrouds a file of black Men carrying seaward the tusks of elephants. Rangoon and Zanzibar, Tiflis and Samarkand, Cape Town and Melbourne and Montreal are load with the chaffer of men living hei their wits. In Coronation Gulf an Eskimo paddles warily to kill a seal for din- ner even as a young college graduate mounts in a city elevator to a place where he hopes to sell a bond. • Only, the hermit—whether he choos- es to live alone or is shut in by some enfeebling adversity—can have the luxury of solitude about him; and too much of such isolation is not good for the soul. We need the contacts with our kind that we may remain normal. The competition is bracing; it, is a useful discipline -that keeps us striv- GIRLS! A GLEAMY MASS OF EAUTIFIX HAI 35 -Cent 4`Danderine" So Im- proves Lifeless, Neglected Aa abundance of , luxuriant hair full, of gloss, glea:ms and life eliortly follows a getuine toning up of nog- lected scalps with dependable "Dan. derine." Falling h a i r, ,itehing octal) and the dandruff 'Is. corrected immediately, Thin, dry, Wispy or fading hair lequlckly 'llYlgov- ated, taking on new strength, color and youthful' beauty, "Danciertrie" Is delightful on the hair; a refreshing, filtbrinleting tonic — apt stielty or freaPyi &Rydrilgatora, ,,111 • AGAINST S To guard the baby against colds nothing can equal Baby's Own Tab- lets. The Tablets are a mild laxative that will keep the little one's stonaach and bowels working regularly. It is a recognized fact that where the stom- ach and bowels are in good order that colds will not exist; that the health of the little one will be good and that he will thrive and be happy. 'Phe new sales tax will not increase the price of Baby's OWD. Tablets, as the company pays the tax. You can still eletain the Tablets throagli any medicine dealer at 25 eents a hex, +ar by nigil;post paid, from The Dr. Williame' Medicine Co Brockville, Ont. 4 nw How to Argue With a Wife. last I've learned to argue with a, wife," • '01 course you're willing to g ve mankind the benefit of your great die - cot ery—how do you do it?" "Go one on the lawn, light a cigar and walk up, and doWn till the atnios; phere clears," ' Halted. "A huneh of fellers drug the editor 01 the: Clarion eut last night," related Sandstorm Sinith, of Rampage.. "Did they whiP him?" inquired an, aequaintanhe.,' "Nee Ile was. to thin that they had a doctor examine hini, and the medi- cine 'Irian Said they'd 'have to feed the editor 'for about ''three woks 'before they 'could, whip him without heing in danger bf-killing hint outright. So they up and turned the.• pare feller loose." • A- r Mineral% an0 take uo eTh, CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAYS ADOFT;RADIO , • • The anneunceenent by .Mr. W. D. Robb, Vice -President, that tlae Cana- . . dian. National Ril aways will equip all their hotels. and transcontin.eatal. trains , , with radio receiving sets and broad_cest. to them -,messages, news and pro- grams. of enterterament, marks a dietinct forward etep in:radio development It is the 'first time thitt radio ha a been adopted as a pert of the regular ser• Viet) of a rail transportation 'system. The photograph shows Mr. Robb, 'in , Montreal, delivering into •the"microphone, the instrument which, broalica.ets the voice by radio waves, a message to Canadian National Railways' em- ployees and. the .general public. Thi's meesage was heard as far south as Carolina, as far west as Chicago and as far eaet as Halifax. The Making of Criminals. BY DR: J. G. SHEARER. The public, not only of Canada, but of the Continent, has been regaled ad nauseant with the career, the capture under gun -fire the speedy trial, the life sentence plus thirty lashes, the re -incarceration in a solitary cell' in Portsmouth Penitentiary of the life- long and notorious criminal "Red" Ryan. He evidently had censiderable ability with cleverness and cunning that is rare. He has robbed numbers of people, held up bank and other in- stitutions, fooled detectives, broken out of the' supposedly most secure prisons and not unlikely has taken lives though murder has not been brought home to him. It is not his personal career with its sad ending that we are concerned( with. It is not even the causes in gen-1 eral or ,particular of crimes like his that are holding the thought of the writer. It is the effect upon Young people, particularly well -grown boys, of reading of the exceptionally clever, daring and successful exploits of any notorious criminal. Is it not certain that their hearts will be fired with admiration for these heroic deeds in spite of or perhaps because of their lawlessness? How splendid to be able to fool the -police, even the clever de- tectives, the prison guards and who not While. thinking -of this ease and the publicity given to iCthere has fallen into my hands a magazine published, in New York claiming a circulation of i between one and two millions found on all the news stands of Canada' which seems to me much more danger- ous in the hands of our young people them the story of Red Ryan and his like. It is full of stpries interestingly written that glorify crithe of all kinds1 with shameless vice and loose living, and lawless adventure. For example,1 in one story the hero is a criminal with a long record, but he is manly, respectable in manner and appear- ance, a real hero. He is clever, Cour- ageous, ingenious, resenrcefull • He lives without working and in myster- ious ways replenishes his financial re- sources from time to time and lives a perfectly "ripping" 'life, as the Eng- lish say. The heroine is young, beau- • • tiful, married, about to be divorced, loose, out for adventure, flush •with moheY• • They meet on -,the open street, make up, take a suite 'of. rooms in a high class hotel, are arrested by detectives, with extraordinary cleverness over- power their captors, gag andtie them, escape and go the rounds of the high and low grade resorts of the great metropolis one of which -is raided while they are there. They escape again almost miraculonely by •their eleverness, recover' lost jewelry, meet and beat up (the hero does) the hero- ine' S deserting husband, and away • they go madly in love with each other after a picked -up acquaintance within a few hours. What Is the inevitable effect on youngsters of both sexes of reading matter of this kind? , • The movies are immaculate compar- ed with this magazine filth, flowing over the border. During 1923 many of those wretched publications have been driven off the news-stands and barred entrance to Canada, Tide par- ticular one will follow. There is need for reason and broachmindedness in censOring literature as weil as films, but there surely la no room for doubt eibout such storiee as the one outlined and the public might well co-operate with the Social Service Connell in pro- tecting our young people against un- wittingly drinking in this mental and, moral poison that ultimately will ruin the character and wreck the lives of not a few young folk and add to the population of our reformatories and pcnitentiarieS. They that poison. the COULD. NOT SLI A Quebec Woman Found Relief and Wants Others to Know. Mrs. Donald M. MeLeed, Cpringhill, Que., was „a victim of great nervous- ness untirshe found the right 'remedy, , , and is now anxicius: that others hall , Profit by her experience. h Mrs. Mc- Leod says:—"Some years ago i be- . came run down and grew so nervous that my life was a burden to _myself and all around me. Eiiery night T would wake up with a choking feeling, numb all over and my heart beating at an alarming rate. I would juroP up and, walk the floor and declare I Was dying. Then wenlde have sinking spells, and ,all day long would be so dizzy that I Would stagger , like a drunken person. I was afraid to be left alone, and my cdndition was ter- rible. I was then taken to the Sher- brooke hospital,, but the treatment there did Me no good and I came back home' so 'Weak that I could hardly cross the floor. I could. not take care of my children, and my' mother' clid-'sci. Everybody thought I was dying, and was just waiting and wondering when the end would come. At this stage my attention was directed to. Dr. Wil- li -anis,' .Pink, Pills; and legot a suPply at once, By the time I .had used five boxes felt 'Much' better, could 'eat better, and sleep better,' and felt al- most likeet new woman. I continued the pills for some time further, and am new a strong and healthy woman. I advise 'all run-down women to try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills as 1 am sure they will do for others what they have done for me.", The new Sales tax will not Increase the price of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, as the company pays the tax. You can till obtain the pills through any medicine dealer at 50 cents a box, or by mail, post paid, at, this price, from The Dr. Williaang' Medicine, , Co., Brockville, Ont. In Varying Accepts. "What is • the secret of success?" - asked' the Sphinz. "Push," said the electric bell. "Take pains," said the window. "Always -keep cool,"- said the ice. "Be up to date," said the calendar. "Never lose •your head," said the barrel, "Make light of everything," said the fire. "Do a driving business," said the hammer. r'arspire to greater things," said the nutmeg., -"Fid a good thing and'etick- to it," said the glue. Pay your ont-of-town accounts by Doinialon Express .Money Orders.. . • Seven new applea and one new crab apple were originated in the Division of Horticulture of the Department of Agrictilture during the year 1922. The new varieties of apples have been E named, Bethanis, eetosh, Maclaw, Newtosh, Spimil, Spiza, and Stontosh, and the Mel)rince crab. Keep itilonrd's Insilment In the house. The world continues to offer glit- tering prizes to those who have stout hearts and sharp swoeds.—Lord Birkenhe,ad. It is curious how men ,with the keenest sense of humor often lose it where they themselves are concerned, Stanley Ealawin. There: Is rea1ly soma 110Po for the piind young inane tylio that there °f boys or are they less are a feW things he .doesn't know. tuilty than murderers? A ,professor of Leland • Stanford University predicts that future ware will be fought ' One of the greatest 'mistakes we make id this eountry is in failing to realize that housework is highly skill- ed worke--Lady Rhondda, ORIA467.611(eur e-53 you Ofi Promata Clean ficallity,Cfindon OUR E q16231itZdtitieZ"17 MeV t oar igyeselearhatar and wank; tbaistersRtrattirCe..9 fati Ohio aipal40,1tasci VIrrita for Prdo Bye Card Book. EASz A, Ca ORD WOO enzthe otIiric11 Ont, cI isrrhYasto that Pla a he teacher to the hey'''E raather, bouove al- cried the indforeiT rinut Parent. "If he aaa, earn it at hem: Pifer Pif4i •ards," This clever method of discover , Ing, a card selected by a spectator ,May be combined with some other trick, to 'very good effect. How- ever, etanding by ,iteelf, it is am excellent little mystery. Plane the ace, two •spet,..three spot and four spot of any snit, ofi the top of the pack. Ask teepee. tater to Cut -the cards and look at, the top card of ,the; lower cut,' While he. dolag this„ pick up the upper cut .and -deal ,the fotr top cards ;la a row.: Ask the epee, tater to pitiee his card' oe, any :ref ,tlie four cards (,Which are, „of. course, -face &even), and on this, . card,. deal as mls any cards tthe likes. He is then to deal as many • aaehe likes on eiteh et Ill,* other cards:• , Gather the pareks of castle -to- gether. The trick noW is to. find . the selected ear& - As you know the fear cards ,yon dealt on :the k table you now' the eaed which he placed. You,. will ,look fer the card you' know and the next on* will be the card eelected. (Clip thiS eat and paste -it, telfA olke.e 91 the seriter dna serqrbp0,1 , Canadian Public''Sehools Should' Have Concert • Courses. The greatest need of public school music in Canada is a closer contact •with real music. To -day, there is too much talliag about ziensic sind not enough music first hand. The teacher who spends four-fifths. of the music period teachIng scales building, names of keys, and othei'technical problems, instead of teaching children to sing beautiful songs that will result in cre- ating a lasting eagerness' for more singing, lias lost sight of her objective. If a half hour a day were given to •Music, more time might be allowed for the teacher of music theory; but there must be more music in the few tninutea allotted to us. Children • are learning to bear through lessons with the phonograph; but too often the phonograph lesson ends all; when it should serve just as a stepping -stone leading to the real concert.• An artcst'i course shOuld.be a part of the music plan for every school system. Larger cities should have a symphony series for all chil- dren over ten, not a favored fevr. Surely smaller cities can have a ser- ies of concerts given by musicla.ns of the neighborhood with an occasional out, -of -town artist. Carefully planned concert course in the public school with proper preparation for the same in the schoolroom will make•Cariada musical. The greatest service a woman. ean do is to marry early.—Prof. M. S. Pembrey. ' The common food of too many per - 'sons is "fritter.» Mother! Give Sick Baby • • "California Fig Syrup' Harmless Laxative to Clean Liver and Bowels of Baby or Child. Even constipa- ed, bilious, fever- ish; or sick, calla Babies tied Child- ren love to take genuine "Califor• nia Fig Syrup." No other :axe.tive ea regulates thten. der little bowelec so nicely. It 74.4 ' sweetens the stomach and starts. the liver and bowels acting without grip.. ing. Contains no narcotics or sooth- ing- drugs. Say "California" to your druggist and ,avoid counterfeitzi In- sist upon genuino "California Fig Syrup" which. contains directions. Lacked ,the VI ingredient Mr. Youngbritie--"Well, dear, you succeed in making your 'sponge mrs. youngbride (Weeping) No —o o • o—. Not single 'dzug store keeps the kind of spengea yot,1 cook." • Beware o mitations! Unless you see the name "Bayer' ts Cross" on package or on tableyou. are not getting the genuine Bayer As- pirin proved safe by millions- and prea.„ scribed by phyaicians over' tweatye three years to • •" Colds ndetaache - Toothache • Lumbago ' Neuritis Rheumatism _Neuralgia -Pain, Pain • Accept "Bayer ,Table0 of only. -gaoh tains proT-e_. of twelve tablets, cost few cente:70- gists, also., sell bottles of ,24_, and Aspirin is the trade mark (registere in anada)'. of Bayor Maiiufactiaro `of Mormaceticaeidestar of Sallcylicacid:', While it is well known that Aspirin means Bayer Manufacture, to assist, tile public against imitation, the Tab- ' lets of Bayer Company will be ataunea "Bayer Cross." „ ed with their general trade euark.hthe Remove the danger of bronchitis by gargling with Minard's in water. • An enemy to germs. 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I reconunend it to any woman I think feels as I do." —Mrs. ,T. R. 1VIaLAT,ION, 153 Harvey. St., Chatham, Ont. Lydia E. Pinitharn's Vegetable Com- ourid, Made from roots and herbs, has for nearly fifty yearsbeent ostoringeick, ailing 'women to health and strength. It relieves the troubles whieh eause such , • symptoms as backache, painful periOdS, Irregularities, tired, worn-out feelinga andter vousness. 'l1isi shown again and ' again by 8uch Ipiters as Mrs. Mdilitahon WritCS, as well as by OTIG WOrfia21 telling another. These women know, and aro' • wiliirig to tell othera, what it did foc, theta; therefore, it is surely worth your trial. Woinen who suffer should write tri the Lydia E.Pinkharn Medicine Co.,,Cobour Ontario, for a free copy of Lydia ii Private Texteteok npan "Ailments Peculiar to Women." SS U E