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WEDN
DAY, DEC. 11tH, 1929,.
Dramatic Milestones in Canadian History
WRITTEN ,AND ILLUSTRATED BY C. W. JEFFERYS
Maisonneuve's Fight With the Indians
Montreal, to -day, the largest city
in the Dominion, was founded as al
mission station in 1642 by a little
band of pious devotees, who plant-
ed this outpost of the Christian
faith in the heart of a savage heat-
hen world. A fort was built near:
the shore, low down in the present;
city, in the heart of what is newel!
the wholesale and shipping district.!
Then, all was forest, broken only
by the small clearing around the;
foot.
Life in Ville Marie es they call-
ed Montreal then, was full of daily;
peril. Iroquois lurked in the sur-
rounding forest, falling upon woodi
choppers and workers in the fields.'
On the river, their canoes hid
among the reeds under the trees
clad banks to dash in swift pursuit
of the solitary voyageur or fisher-
man.
But their Governor, Paul de
Chomedy, Sieur de Maisonneuve,
was an ideal leader for the crusad
ing colonists. He was a soldier, in
the prince of life, pious, brave self-
sacrificing. But he .was also prud
ent : He knew the settlers were no
match for the Indians in bush
fighting, and he refused to allow
them to venture in pursuit of their
elusive foes. Consbant watch was
kept, but the fort's most efficient
sentinel was a dog, named Pilotte,
who with her puppies, scouted the
edge of the woods, and barked a
loud warning whenever she scented
the presence of hidden Indians.
Irritated by the continual ambus-
cade and siege, Maisonneuve's men
clamored to be led out against their
enemies end taunted him with cow-
ardice when he refused.,
At last, one clay in March, 1644, 1
Pilotte gave yarning, and Maison-;
neuve granted their desire. He eat -i
led for thirty men, and led them
to the attack. In the woods a swarm
of Iroquois met them and shot at,.
them from every side. The French
fought stubbornly, but at length,
under the heavy fire, they began
to fall back. Maisonneuve, a pistol
in each hand, fronted the Indians,
who charged forward in pursuit.
They plight easily have 'shot him
down ; but they wished to take him
alive and torture him as a trophy
of their victory. Slowly he retreat-
ed, till, in sight of the gate of the
fort, through which the French
were crowding, the Iroquois chief
dashed at Maisonneuve. lie fired
but his pistol missed. The Indians
dodged, and rushed again. Maison-
neuve fired his other pistol. The
Chief fell dead, and while his war-
riors rescued his body, Maisonneuve
reached the gate, with Pilotte at
his heels, still barking defiance at
the llndians. The dog and her mas-
ter had won the honors of the day.
On the Place d"Armes, in the
heart of the city foMontreal, near
the spot where the fight took place,
Herbert's magnificent monument
to -day commemorates Maisonneuve's
exploit The picturesque figure of
the Governor crowns the pedestal,
while in one of the groups with
flank the base crouches the alert
and faithful Pilotte.
LEADERS OF NATIONS
IONS
LOOK AT INDUSTRY
tRiet.e.
Viscount and Viscountess Willingdon and Vice -Regal Party
Leaving Largest Automobile Manufacturing Plant of the British
Empire, that of the Ford Motor Company of Canada Limited,
at East Windsor, Ontario.
Duties of Modern Executives
Dwarf Demands Made Upon
Kings of Yore.
IME was when rulers, gath-
ering their intimates about
them, took to the fields and
woods in search of wild boar
or slipped incognito into sequest-
ered inns when they wished sur-
cease from, the duties of state or
opportunity to sit vis-a-vis 'with
their subjects.
Today, the executive obligations
of the head of a nation entail an in-
timate knowledge of the industries
that loom so prominently in the
general conditions of his country.
Recent trips of this nature by
the titular heads of the govern-
ments of Canada, Spain and the
United States of America give rise
to the conjecture as to how their
respective prototypes would
have reacted to the spectac-
les of modern mass production
that met the eyes and intellig-
ence of these modern leaders.
Any guess as to what Henry
Isabella or Washington
might have thought or said must
result only in the conclusion that
the job of knowing how to conduct
a government these days is much
more of a task than in the periods
so often referred to as "the good
old days."
Improved transportation facili-
ties have enlarged the importance
of industry in all countries in its
relation to agriculture and com-
merce since the days when govern-
ing was more leisurely, Governing
today, if it is to safeguard the in-
terests both of laborer and manu-
facturer, and if it is to recognize
all the essential elements of pros-
perity and well-being for the na-
To{,—President Hoover in Genial Mood with Thomas A, Edison
and Henry Ford as his Companion, during Recent Visit at
Dearborn, Michigan—AND Energetic Ruler of Spain, Ring
Alfonso, Asked Many Questions During Trip 'Through Ford
Plant .t Barcelona.
tion's peoples must include knowl-
edge of the industries upon which
a healthy state depends.
Visits made recently by Viscount
Willingdon, vice -regal !head of the
Canadian government; King Alfon-
so, ruler of Spain and President
Hoover, head of the American
state, to plants wheie Ford cars
and trucks are manufactured, are
indicative of the importance that
leaders of nations attach to first-
hand information about the index
industries of their respective coun-
tries. Viscount Willingdon was ac-
companied by Viscountess Willing -
don on his inspection trip through
the largest automobile manufae-
turing plant in the British Empire,
that of the Ford Motor Company of
Canada Limited, at East Windsor,
Ontario. King Alfonso evinced
keen interest in the many opera-
tions in the plant of the Ford
Motor Company, S.A.E., at Barce-
lona, and President Hoover spent
much of his limited time while in
Dearborn, Mich., to honor Thomas
A. Edison discussing the related
subjects out production and general
business prospects with Henry
Ford, his host.
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Job Printing
Prompt Service
tospftai for 1ok Children
04 COLLEGE•S't'., TOICOi 1O :d
Docoineer. 1929.
Pear.44r.•telite41 ,
' Stun newspaper goes to a lot of no5d.
Waited pecple w11•i will be very pl.used
to learn that thenew eennt17 b ` e91
of the Hospital for moo Cl lltl eit
estab11s11ed lest year a Pew miles away
from the (atilt, hospital w 'Tu;unto. rs
producing rexTte c-. c:1 ;,:mater than it,
most wen: l: A 'n'h ahtlMp.C. 4.d
x11e:i the enhbr.! u.. pn l;gut was moot-
ed. 8e please publish .his letlui ca a
piece of good 11e.v; tot all frisnds cf
the peer little estek lids. ",
1'honsancis of eina1# euffererefrom
all parts of Ontario come to the -Ho,
pltul In the course of a year. and 9 to
the facilities available in this 50018'-
001 Institution an immense et -mann 1,f
humane service 1s performed for all -
Ing end helpless butte folk, many CI
the cures accomplished bordering *el
the mtram,.lotls Everyone is privileited
to assist In this Mission of P"erev Now
is the time to do ‘Ti in rear,
smut11:hop it fia 4,4111, ,7111, 4 1
In behalf of children. 10 approptta'ely
made as Christmas draws near.
Generosity of friruds throughout the
Province hal, mat:: 904101ble the Mar.
renews expansion which has now earn-
ed for Ontario the credit of having the
finest hospital in the world far little
ones. where every known child ailment
is treated and there 1s no distinction
11" regard to wee or creed.
For the inform ltton of your readers
It
=pint he stated. as a matter of great
public interest. that 1n the year 1318
the Hospital for Sick Children record, -
ed 70.153 patient days. In 1023 the
total 000 92:401. and in 1928 It v.^.r.
94901 But In 1:129. the business year
erding Beptemhcr 30th. the total hart
increa"ed to the impressive one of
,121.417 It will be noted that the nom -
her of patient days In the period of
(welt. months following the op^_nin4
of toe country branch increased 30 nor
ce"t
This remarkable growth natural':
carries with it gorresnondtngly large
additional expense and as there is a
loss every day on the coot of mainten-
ance of nraottcally every little patient.
the deficit to he taken care of by big-
hearted friends of the grand cause rhos
Into an enormous total. Please ask
your readers to lend a hand in lifting
this big load.
Who is there more entitled to a share
of rho Christmas bounty than the "Sick
Kids"7 This year there are many
claims .upon benevolent eltizenshas
none stronger than that of the 'arse
number ofafflictedchildren who ones
be restored and a gift that will help
towards that end cerrles the real spirit
of Christmas with It.
11 Is =portent to note that the Hos-
pital for Sick Children does not share
In the funds of the Toronto Fed"ra-
ttdh for Community Service, for the
reason that patients are admitted from
011 seotions of the province. Some of
the helpless little ones come from the
remote districts. Through the activi-
ties of service clubs they are brought
In when their plttahle coadltsnn is ri'.-
o i","ed and receive the best treatment
that modi.eal and surgical science
knows. The 1tosnitsl for Sick Child -en.
which hes been in operation for fifty-
four yesre. Is n God -send tor thnee to
whom It m't'tsrs and a hug asset for
the whole community.
Faithfully yours.
IRVING E. ROBERTSON.
Chairman of Appeal Coinm11tfe
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BIBLE THOUGHTS
....For This Week....
Bihlc Thonahts memorized, will prove
prieela,o herltoga m after yeora.
MONDAY.
Behold upon the mountains the
feet of him that bringeth good tid-
ings, that publisheth peace. Neh,
1 : 15.
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TUESDAY.
Study to show thyself appointed
unto God, a workplan that needeth
not to be ashamed, IITim. 2 :15.
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WEDNESDAY.
There shall be no night there ,
and they need no candle, neither
light of the sun. Rev. 22 : 5.
TIIUIISDAY
I£ ye continue in my 'word, then
are ye my disciples indeed. John
8 :31.
FRIDAY.
Y.
Lord, thou, hast, been our • dwel-
ling place in all generations. Psa.
90:1.
SATURDAY.
Be not drunken with wino,
wherein is riot. Eph. 5 :18.
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SUNDAY.
Be ye followers of me, even es
1 also ani of Christ. I Cor. 11 :1.
Eight of London's churches con -
lain work of the fourteenth anti
fifteenth centuries.
The world will bo a place of lne-
11Mee:kat Wren in 1950, according to
the Institute of Industrial Welfare,
The breadfruit, with the cocoa.
nut and banana, furnished the chief
food of the natives of the Pacific
L lands.
Since its introduction into Eng -
lane and Wales in July, 1901, 420
387 fingerprints have been filed al
Scotland Yard,
.Aids to beauty such as lip stick,
shampoo powder's, hair lotions, etc.
lost England women 6200,000,000
during the last year.
Word has come from Arabia that
Cheisk Rafai Rabat claims to be the
oldest man living in the world. He
claims to be 155.
Rising to a height of 15,805 feet
above sett level, the railway be-
tween Callao and Huancayo in.
Peru, is the highest standard gauge
line in the world.
A three-year night course in av-
ilttion engineering may be obtained
at New York University,
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Sunday School Lesson
BY CHART ES O. TRV134DULL.
(editor of The euntlay 901001 TImeS)
The Christian Spirit in Industry �
Sunday, Dee. 15. Exodus, 1 : 8-
14
14 ; 20 : 17; Deuteronomy, 24:1.4,
15 ; Amos, 51: 6-15 ; Zechariah,
8:16, 17 ; Matthew, 20:1-10 ;
Marlt, 12 : 1-9; Luke, 3:14 ; Eph-I
heians, 6:5-9 ; I Timothy 9:17-19.
Golden Text
As ye would that men should dl' 1
to you, do ye also to thein like-
wise. (Luke G , 3t )
The "Labor World," is most of
the world, The majority of people
are working people. Therefore it
is not possible to have "the Christ-
ian spirit in industry,", in any uni-
versal or large way, until most are
really Christians, that is, born
again into the family of God by
faith in the Son of God, Orly'
Christians sun have the Christian
spirit in industry or in anything
else. Evangelization, therefore, will
bring the Christian spirit into the
lives and relationships; of workers
more effectively than anything else
can do. But neither the Industria!
world nor the world in general will'
be governed wholly by righteous;
principals until the Lord Himself!
returns to reign over this world. 1
Meantime, every Christian, as 11.
shining light in the world of right- l
eousness, should show "the Christ -1
Ian spirit in industry," This applies i
to both master and servant and
employed, to capital and labor.
Joseph is a striking type of
Christ ; and when there arose over
Egypt a Iling "which knew not
Joseph" there were hard times
ahead for Israel as workers and
slaves in Egypt. The Pharoh who
knew Joseph had treated these
working people kindly ; the later
Pharaoh ground them down in
cruel and mercenaryoppressionof
a sort that has marked industry
more than once since his day. The •
first chapter of Exodus gives us a
black picture of industry at its
worst, as men were made to "serve
with rigor", "their lives bitter with
hard bondage."
The Tenth Commandment forbids
covetousness. Covetousness is the
root of many evils, including the
Wrong spirit in industry. In the!
New Testament it is classed with
"fornication, and all uncleanness,"
as a sin that should "not be once
named among you, as becometh
saints' '(Eph. 5:3). The Christian
spirit in industry is never covetous
either in the employer or inthe em-
ployed.
Human nature is unchanged
through the ages, and Moses's div-
inely given law for the Israelites
included this command : "Thou
shalt not oppress an hired servant
that is poor and needy, whether he
be of thy brethren, or of thy stran-
gers that are in thy land within
thy gates' (Deut. 24 :1-11. Prompt
payment of wages is enjoined in
the same passage.
Seven centuries after Moses'
time, Altos warned I;r(el against
unrighteousness in business. Rich
men were making themselves rich
at the expense - of the poor. God
would certainly judge this, declared
the prophet, so that thus" who had
"built houses of hewn stone,"
should not dwell in them : those
who had planted .,tett 11 vine-
yards should not enjoy them. Un-
selfishness, love. justic,', will solve
ninny labor probleuls.
It seems !hardly wise to include
our parable of the l:.berere in the
vineyard, in Matthew 20. in a stu-
dy of the topic of this lessnth. In
this parable of the Kingdom of
Heaven, the householders, 01' em—
ployer, claimed the right to pay the
same wages to those hired at the
eleventh hour, the end of the (lay.
as the wages paid to those who
had been working stnee early
morning. The agreed-upon wages
were paid in each ease ; blit the
parable evidently inclus,- 4110
teaching of reward ac',•ording to
sovereign men's ideas of what
should be given,
The other parable in. this lesson,'
similarly, is not intended to touch
upon the question ef, human indus-
try. Dur Lord shows, by a striking.
;and tragic illustration, the Jews' at-'
tidude of enmity toward:: Gori, His
prophets, and finally His Son, The'
prophets were shamefully treated ,
some of them being killed and cast .
of the vineyard. This is the story
both Old Testament and • New, of
Israel's rejection of God's love and
grace
But John the Baptist gave un-
compromising ethical teaching to
the Roman soldiers, convicted of
sin, who came to. hint Asked
what they should. do, the prophet
replied : "Do violence to no nran,
07
neither aec080 any falsely ; and he
content with your wages," The
,sculpture's cut both iriti1 on this
practical theme, Wrote spirit i.nd
wrong prl,ietices are not inonopolig-
ed exclusively by einployers,
The secret of righteous industry,
is given in the passage in bplies"
inns, which we had also in the les.*
son of Dec. 1., Both servants and
#nesters employed and employers are
to work "In singleness of your
heart, as unto Christ ; not with
eye -service, as men pleaders ; but
as the servants of Christ, doing
the will of God from their heart
with good will .service, as to the,
Lord, and not to men." Here is a
high standard indeed, but it is the
only practicable standard for suc-
cess.
The last of the lesson passages
is addressed to "them that ,are
rich in this world," reminding them
not to be "high-minded," nor to
"trust in the uncertain riches, but
in the living God, who givoth us
richly all things to enjoy." 11 they
are rich in money, they are asked
to "be rich in good works" also:
We can .all be rich in good works,
whether we are rich in money or
not. This is the true wealth, and
this is the solution of labor
troubles
MAY BE MOVED
r.._ — - h
,.ry _ os,
Hon. W. D. Euler, minister of
national revenue, who may be
made minister o1 railways in the
federal cabinet.
QUITE NATURAL,
.She doesn't like
A shady joke.
She doesn't neck,
She doesn't smoke.
She doesn't swear,
She never flirts.
She doesn't wear
'.Pilose shortened shirts,
'ihe doesn't dance,
She doesn't sing,
And sheiks in pante
Don't mean a thing.
She does'nt use
The beauty :elves,
ilut don't, rsfne,
To slrovr her calves,
Yeti Leel: 114 7' name?
Well, il.st's a. welt --
10(0's not a 1441774,
She's a d:;iry cow.
LAND COMMISSIONER
Mrs. Mary Roberts Rinehart„
whose absorbing tales of the West
have thrilled thousands-, is to be
the only woman member of ti, S.
President Hoover's public lands
commission now meeting in Wash-
ington.
4.
RESTAURANT HATS
Every wardrobe should contain
one of the fine mesh turbans called
"restaurant hats," They keep one's
hair in pine° when dining and danc-
ing on roof gardens or out in an
open ail' casino,