HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1924-7-16, Page 3Soldiers.
,'bat tate snap of me and of one's
own being beide many a battlefield 1s
a -feet long rocognlea by those who
look deeper than the surface, phonom-
ens of human exis.tenoe.
'Lona after the militarism that me-
blllzes armies has sounded tape above
its lest alarm:lie and incursions there
will be continuing warfare in the se-
cret places of the soul! There will be
Victories and them will be surrenders
1n tbe realm of morel struggle. Again
and again the decision must be made:
whether a man In his own spiritual des
u erne shall flx a etandard and tight
beside it or lu a craven spirit quit and
eitn away.
Some of the bravest soldiers never
elhouldered a gun and hardly knew the
smell of powder, Perhaps life kept
them shut in a room mucic of the time,
where they were left with their own
thouflhte for company. Perhaps duty
seemed to confine them to a narrow
round of service to home and Mins•
folk, They did not know that they
were more magnifioeut than if they -
wore a uniform and marched to the
tune of a brass band, For them there
was ne parade or fanfare: No general
at a dress parade bestowed ou them a
decoration. ,Only they heard occasion-
ally a soft, low whisper far within of
an approving voice. They beheld a
light and by the fitting gleam they
went on hopefully.
Of course, it has taken courage to
go "over the top" into the. battles of
men-atarms, where the sky named
and missiles shrieked and hurtled in a
diabolic flight and gases poisoned the
atmosphere, None will ever deprecate
that heroism of the than who conquer-
ed his own will 1n the face of the
greatest stress that armies could en-
counter.
ncounter,
But was will end when human
strength is universally conserved for
these other necessary sLrugeles that
demand the whole attention of man-
kind, In groups or as individuals.
Sueeesaful living, not less 'than
heroic dying, calls for all the fibre and
mettle of a true soldier. The "happy
warrior" such as the poet commemor-
.ated is he who in the plain round of
duty fights a good fight day after day,
and,_it may he inthe long night
watches, too.
Verily, the, heart ltnoweth its own
bitterness. We look about us on the
crowd, variously preoccupied 'and in
haste upon its errands, and often we
Lhinit how fortunate the others, how
plagued we• are, by the cruelty of fate's
Invidious distinction, It is only be-
cause we are ignorant of other lives
that we imagine a unversal happiness
round about our idivhlual distress. It
is better for ourselves, as for the rest,
to find some altruism that shall prove
us "soldiers of the common good" and
servants of the race,
, Schools Link Teaching of
History and Music.'
Only half a dozen of the eighty-six
public, schools in Toronto are now
without a phonograph. Some of them
have three or, four, purchased by the
children themselves.
These instruments enable the teach-
er to do quick au(_ amazingly eftective
work in getting the childhen to grasp
the idea of the difference ' between
music of real beauty and distinction
and common -place popular tunes,
Placing a record on the machine the
teacher shows bow quickly the child-
ren sense the recurring tune and un-
derstand the progress of the musical
narrative being played.
Young children sense with amazing
celerity the idea of musical fancies.
They take to program music with de-
light
There is practically no school in
Toronto without at least one teacher
well qualified to, Leach music along
progressive lines through the use of
the phonograph. And teachers are
also assisted in teaching history or
ether subjects. .Suppose Shakespeare
Is being studied in some certain
period. A. list of Shakesperean songs
is immediately available to brighten
e the work, give it charaoter and stamp
It in the memory, .And there are Jaco-
bite songs to study in the sturdy Jaco-
bite days. And flavor of every period
of history is poked to give life and
color to facts and figures. National
folk songs enhance the study of na-
tional history. ' Music is thus linked
up closely with the regular studies In-
etead of being introduced as an incl -
ten Lel "frill."
Reformed.
I flung a atone at a bird to -day;
Now a guilty conscience follows me,
For I seemed to hear the Innocent say
As, frightened terchod on a near-
by tree:
"Pray, sir, why hurl a cruel stone,
For surely I would do no harm;
Only loolting for worms I thought my
own;
So, kindly stay your wicked arni.
"I meant to teed my young brood here
With worms that in your garden lie;
My little ones arevery dear—
What Cate were theirs if, I should
die?"
Thank.goodnes's that nay aim went
wrong
Nor harmed my little feathered
friends
1'11 harken to its chiding song,
Ana to unkindness put as end,
Patrick Byrnes,
R
ounic was t give his first birth-
day party, and he 'sat down to write
the program, After hal>' an hour's
pondering he had 1nbten ut one linop
item 1. Tntorvai fpr refreshments"
is good te
and extra good is the T
ORANGE PEKOE QUALITY
I1 EALT i EDUCATION
BY DR. J. J. MIDDLETON
Provincial Board of Health. Ontario
ie. Middleton will bo glad to answer questions on Public Health rob,
toes through this column. Adige' him at Spading. hoose, SIM ON'
Crescent, Toronto,
A thirteen -year-old girl has just
won a twenty-five dollar prize for
writing an • essay on the subject
"Honor thy father and thy mother."
She finds no difficulty in obeying this
Biblical injunceiori, but states em-
phatically that good parents are a
necessity if the child is to grow up
into ,t' good citizen. Iler line of reas-
oning is very clear. She says: "Par.
ents have had the experience whieh
we must get, and owing to this, they
can make wise decisions when we most
need them, and by which we may
benefit as long as we live. Make life
easier for them and make them as
happy as they make us; the true
friends, whose love is life-enduring—
mother and father."
It is surprising what clearness of
intellect some children show. In this
essay, contest just referred to, another
of the prize -winners, also a thirteen-
year-old school. girl, evidently had
made some investigations before pre-
paring her composition, for, she
writes, "In investigating the prisons
and looking over the records of the
prisoners, it is found that most of the
prisoners of to -clay were unfortunate
in having lost their parents or in hav-
ing been allowed to treat them disre-
spectfully." The - compositions were
read at a Parents' Day Celebration in
Central Park, New York City, arrang-
ed
rranged by "Uncle Robert" Spero, a well-
known philanthropist who devotes
much .of his time to work among un-
fortunate' children and' to inculcating
among all children, a sense of filial
obligation. The occasion, the first of
its kind, was noticed in all the metro-
politan newspapers and supported and
eacouraged by the public school auth-
orities. Just before the meeting a
radio message was broadcasted, in
which these suggestions were offered
to parents: (1) Set proper standards
for your children to follow. (2) Be
friends with your children, walk and
play with them occasionally. We must
not live above our children but with
them. (8) Do not scold too much.
Encourage them to do their best. Let
us remember what Phillips Brooks
said: "Children, are white, spotted
black, not black, spotted white," (4)
See that they select proper friends
and associates. (5) Make home as
comfortable and happy as your meane
permit. (6) Give your ehildren at
least a high-school educati n. -(7)
Train them in the habit of regular
attendance at church and Sunday -
school. (8) Seo that they avoid all
games of chance. A gambler never
can be a success in life. (9) See that
your children take plenty of physical
training in the open air. It is better
exercise to walk than to ride in a
limousine. (10) Let your children
fell that any honor which they win in
school, or any act of courage or un-
selfishness they may perform will
bring great happiness to father anal
mother and put the family name, on,
a higher plane of honor.
Do not forget that the future of
this country depends upon how your'
boys and girls are trained to -day, not
on how you Were trained when you
were children.
TEETHING TROUBLES
Baby's teething time is a time of
worry and anxiety to most mothers:
The little ones become cross; peevish;
their little stomach becomes deranged
and constipation and colic sets in. To
make the teething period easy on baby
the stomach and bowels nsust be kept
sweet and°regular. This can be done
by the use of Baby's Own Tablets—the
ideal laxative for little ones. The Tab-
lets are a sure relief for all the minor
ailments of childhood such as consti-
pation, colic, indigestion, colds and
dimple fevers. They always do good
—never harm. The Tablets are sold
by medicine dealers or by mail at 25
gents a box from The Dr. Williams'
Medicine Go., Brockville, Ont.
The Needles..
Beneath the swiftly flying clouds
The needles of the rain
Are busy in the garden beds
And woods and fields again.
Their countless Slender silver pointe
So bright in and thin sud clean,
Go flashing in and out among
The leaves and grasses green.
They make the dahlia's big rosettes,
And deftly stitch away
Upon the morning-glory's pink
And azure bonnets gay.
And on the goldenrod they tuck
The yellow plumes in place,
And sew the little amber beads
On ferns of emerald lace.
—Minna Irving,
Too Firmly Held For That.
tWilie-"Ha, hal They say Sam
Peters got in a scrap with his wife and
bit'her thumb:"
A Thunderstorm.
A eugset sky .ef yellow inure,
Seuthwardit dull Wile -green,
With rolling cloud-beltke grey and
white,
Tho lightning, vivid, keen,
The rumble of the coming storm
Nearer and louder grows,
The thunders- rattling o nnonade,
Loud crashing comes and goes.
A hurrying wind sweeps darkly by,
The storneclouds swiftly lower—
The landeeape thickly veiled in grey—
The fast approaching shower—
Then sudden, sharp, the that great
drops Ge.
Strike on the roof and pane; '
And a1'1 along the hillsides sweep
The squadrons of the rain,
The tempest blots the landscape out,
The crashing conies again,
While all the clouds let loos their
floods,
In dashing, pouring rain-
-May Howe Dalin.
GREEN TEA IMPORTS
LARGER.
Statistics from Ottawa show that in
1923-558,977 pounds more Green Tea
were brought'into Canada than in
1921, and 900,728 pounds more then in
1922. The reason given is that the
Inc quality Green Teas of India and
Ceylon have displaced the inferior
Japan and China Greens which, due to
their low price, were imported heavily
some yeah, ago, Salado, Tea Company
Is the largest importer of India and
Ceylon Green Teas,'
Romance of Great Woman.
Now that the centenary of the birth
of Lord. Kelvin, the scientist and in-
ventor, ie about to be celebrated, it is
interesting to recall that Mrs. Ramsay
MacDonald, the late wife of the Prime
Minister, was a relative of the great
man. She was, as a matter of fact,
Lord KelvIn's niece. This is one of
the facts mentioned in "Mrs. Ramsay
MacDonald," by Lucy Herbert.
Margaret Ethel Gladstone, which
was Mrs, MacDonald's maiden name,
wash= in London .n 1870. Her fore -
beaks were, like those of her husband,
of very humble origin, and of the same
nationality—Scottish. They were da-
mask weavers and lived in Keiso,.and
by dint of study and perseverance
they raised themselves.
From very early years Mrs. Mac-
Donald was interested in scientific
questions, which she seethed able to
master with lisle effort.
It was in June, 1395, that Mrs. Mac-
Donald first met her future husband.
Their views on life were similar—they
were both striving after the better-
ment of their fellow men and women.
Within a few months they were en-
gaged, and they were married in No-
vember in the following year.
"The bride did not want to be
'dressed up,' " the authoress says.
"She wore a soft grey dress and
changed into an old frock to go away
in. It was not unlike her."
Onoe, while staying with Lord Kel-
vin, the future Mrs. MacDonald
wrote: "It glues one rather a common-
sense or scientific way of looking at
. things to stay with Uncle William.
Hubby—"Nothing to it — he didn't you begin to feel that everything has
bite her thumb." a reason and that that reason may be
Wifle—"But they say he did." found out; and that things should not
Hubby—"No, he'd never get from be slurred over or left to chance when
under it enough for that." you caa direct them by taking a little
• Summer Time.
When you are twenty years, they say,
You must learu'to be wise;
But how can you remember this
When there are macherel skies?
How can you think of allthey say,
Of duty being good,
When there are humming -birds and
sun
And orchids in the wood? '
-Weir Vernon,!
Business despatched is business well
done, but business hurried is•business;
ill done.
more trouble and using a little
thought."
lilrs. MacDonald never learned of
the high position w•leich her husband
achieved, for she died in 1911.
Army blankets, surgical bandages,
and even carpets are sometimes trade,
to a certain extent, of peat fibre. The
same substance is also used for filling
mattresses in public institutions.
Some men neyer find the key to
success, because they don't look in the
right place—inside their own minds.
Minard's Liniment for Rheumatism.
Touring Canadians Royally Entertained
Canadian Weekly Newspaper Editors with their families a
When she pulled from her wharf at
Montreal, June 110, with neatly six
hundred passengers aboard, two hun-
dred of whole were Canadian weekly
newspaper editors and their wives
hound for Europe, the Canadian Pa.
elle S.S. Melita looked all et the proud
vessel she is,
Under the direction of. E. 'Roy
Sayles, Manager and Secretary, awl
W. R. Davies. of the Renfrew Mercury,
.these members of the Canadian Week-
lY Newepalier, Aseoelation are now en-
joying a two hnoethstrip and follow -
in: a most comprehensive itinerary.
Arriving at Brussels, the partY were
given an official welcome by the Bel-
gian Government, end, after they had
visited the battlefields and other lire
Portant sites, they were redeived by
I(tng Albert, 'Paris entertained the
editors, and after some days in France
they proceeded to England.
'On Dominion Day the party were re-
ceived by their Majesties the Icing and
Queen aL Buckingham Palace, told a
tea was arranged for then, at the
House of Commons. They will, ot
course, visit the British Ifinpire Ex -
board the S.S. Morita.
hibiLiou; and their. British itinerary
will include important cities in Eng-
land, and the 'Trossachs, . Loeb. Lo-
mond, Loch Katrine, the country ot
Scott, and the laud of Burns as Well as
Edinburgh anti Glasgow in Scotland.
At Belfast the visiting Canadians will
be entertained by Sir Robert Baird of
the "Belfast Telegraph,"
It ie understood that most. members
of tbe party will write np their ex-
periences felly, and the trip will do
much toward strongthouing rite bonds
of the Empire. -
July,
You walk in loveliness, .July,
Wafting the scent of thyme and 11a7,
Too swift your hours or beauty ey,
You set the sweet blue suceory
In dusty banks to tamer the wa'y.,
You walls 1n loveliness, July,
The harebells ring as you pass by;
Rest -burrow vainly bids you stay.
Too swift your hours of beauty fly.'
The limos aro stirred with melody
Wsere wild bees flit from spray to
Way,
You walk 1n loveliness, July,
With slender spears the coin- grows
high.
And languid heads of poppies sway.
Too swift your, hours of beauty fly,
Your state are nightliiowere in the
sky;
Your bot sun gilds the grain by day.
You walk 1n loveliness, July--
Tee
uly—Tee swift your hours of beauty fly,
—sr, se,
July,
A white deed -sail In it sea of blue
the splendors of the day,
A meadow drenched_with the diamond
dew
And the air, with new -mown bay;
A lazy brook through a green vale
Slowing
And never a breeze astir,
A sun -kiss flower by the wayside blow
ing,
A swallow's wing awhlr,—
This is July of the bountiful heat,
Mouth of wild roses, and berries and
wheat.
—Albert Durrant Watson..
NERVOUS DEPRESSION
Why People Are Low Spirited
and Depressed.
Nearly all women and most men ant-
for at times from fits of depression and
low spirits. Everything seems a bur-
den; then come periods of nervous ir-
ritability, headaches and weariness.
People who suffer this way lack vital-
ity because their blood is poor and
nerves are starved in consequence.
The only way the nerves can be
reached is through the blood. By en-
riching the blood with Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills the starved nerves are sup-
plied with just the elements they need.
This is prayed by the experience of
Mrs, J. E. Dadson, 12th Ave. East,
Vancouver, B,C., who says:—"About
three years ago I became very weak
and nervous. I had pains in my side
and back, and also suffered from fre-
queat paius in the back of my head
and neck. I was hardly able to do
anything about the house. I would
wake with a start in the night and
my heart would nutter so that it al-
most choked me. I. tried mach doc-
tor's medicine but it did me no per-
manent good. One day I read about
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills and decided
to give them a trial. These pills pro-
duced,such a beneficial change in a
short time that I kept taking them un-
til I had used a dozen boxes. By this
time there was such an improvement
in my condition that friends would ash
me what 1 was taking, and of course
I was only too pleased to tell them it
was Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, I am.
now feeling like a new person and am
doing my own housework. We would
not now be without Dr. Williams' Pink
Pills in the house."
You can get these pills from your
druggist, or by mail at 50 cents a box
from The Da Williams' Medicine Co.,
Brockville, Ont.
Something to Love.
When yer as lonesome as lonesome
kin be,
`Git something t' love.
If only tit' hard things of life you kin
see,
Git something t' love.
If all things around yau seem empty
and cold,
You feel pessimistic and wrinkled an'
old,
Don't worry an' grumble an' cuss
'round an' scold,
Git something t' love.
Whether it's children or chickens or
trees,
011 something 1' love.
Or horses or women or yellow -back
bees,
Git something t' lave.
Don't close your heart up to Nature
and things,
The world sometimes grumbles, but
mostly it singq,
Jus' take y tip, men, an' sen what it
brings;m
Git something t' lope,
—John 11...Hazzard,
Founded by Saxon King,
A memorial to Walter 1 -lines Page,
a distinguished American ambar„actor,
was recently unveiled at Pickering,
England. Pickering is ono of the old-
est towns in Yorkshire, its foundation,
270 years before the Christian era, be-
ing ascribed to the British king Perie-
lnrns, According to a local tradition
its Name Is derived from the finding
in the body of a pike a ring which the
king had dropped into the River Cos-
ta. The Castle of Pickering was the
prison of Richard Ili., after' Ills deposi-
Lien, and Elizabeth during the reign
of her sister, Queen Mary,
It is srivays safe to send Dominion
Express Money Orders.
A life without a friend is like a
life without n sun.
RHEUMATISM CONE, SAY
MONTREAL HOTEL MAN
P. A. Mongeau Tells How He
Recovered Strength After
Eight Years of Rheumatism,
F, A, Mongeau, popular night clerk
at the Pr'inee of Wales hotel, 17 and
19 McGill College Avenue, Montreal,
Canada, lends his name to further the
cause of Tanlao, the treatment that
has liroved of such great benefit to
him,
"After all Tanlao bas done for me,”
said Mr, Mongeau, "I just feel like
praising it to everybody, Eight years
of muscular rheumatism had dust
.about made a cripple et me, I got to
where I simply had to limp around on
a cane, My nerves became affected,
my sleep unsound and I telt' complete-
ly knocked out,
"Six bottles of Taniac, taken eight
months ago, madea new man of me'
and I have had no further trouble with
rheumatism, or my health, since. My
nerves are steady as a die, I sleep flue
and feel the sane way. Anyone want-
ing to know of me what Tanlao will
do, just phone me here at the hotel."
'matte is for sale by all good drug-
gists, Accept no substitute. Over 40
million bottles sold.
Tanta) Vegetable Pilie
For Constipation.
Made and Recommended by the
Manufacturers of Tanlac,
EASY TRIC'K.S
The Ring And. Block ,
A coin, a harness ring and a
block of wood are used in this
little illusion. A piece of paper—
wrapping paper—is also used but
the spectators do not know how
important this is,
The harness ring and the block•
of wood are placed on the paper.
The coin Is then marked and is
placed some distance away, also
on the paper. The block of wood
is placed on the harness ring and
the two are placed on the coin. The
inevitable magic word is said and
the block of wood is lifted. The
coin has vanished. The block is
replaced, another magic word is
said and both block and ring are
lifted The coin reappears.
The herncss ring 1s about as big
as a half dollar. The opening of
the ring is very neatly covered with
paper—the name wrapping paper
mentioned as being so essential.
The block of wood should be about
the size of the ring,` so that the two
can be lifted together without awk-
wardness. When the ring rests on
the paper, the fact that it is pre-
pared cannot be seen—except by
careful inspection of the ring, be-
cause the paper matches perfectly.
The secret being known, the opera-
tion of the trick will be easily un-
derstood.
(Olip t' •1 out anti poste it. with
other of •°• arrir•. sn " o"rapbook,i
•
Minard's Liniment Relieves Pain.
Buffalo Milk Rich.
1llilit of the Indian Buffalo is said
to be richer than that of the European
COW.
Merit begets confidence. Confidence
begets enthusiasm, and enthusiasm
can conquer the world.
Among the scientific exhibits at
Wembley is a microphone which en-
ables you to hear a fly walking.
TO EXPECTANT
MOTHERS
A Letter from Mrs. Smith Tells How
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound Helped Her
Trenton, Ont,— 'I am writing to yon
in regard to Lydia E. Pinkham s Vege-
table Compound.I
would not be with-
out it. I have taken
it before each of my
children was horn
and afterwards and
find it a great help.
Before my first baby
was born I had short-
ness of breath and
ringing in my ears.
I felt as if 1 would
never pull through,
One day a friend of
myhusband told h m what the Vegeta-
b e Compound had done for his wife and
advised him to take a bottle home for
one. After the fourth bottle 1 was a
different woman. I have four children
now, and I always find the Vegetable
Compound a great help as it seems to
make confinement easier. I recommend
it to my friends,"—Mrs. i'iiuo 11.
SMITH, John SL, Trenton, Ont.
Lydia L. Pinkhaut's Vegetable Cont.
pound 1e an excellent medicine for ex-
pectant mothers, and should be taken
during the entire period. It has a gen-
eral effect to strengthen and tone up the
entire eystom, so that it may work in
every respeet eiiectuaily as nature in
tended. Thousands of women testify
to tats tact 0
Many -Eyed Insects.
Some insects are liberally provided
with eyes. In general, they have two
kinds—simple and compound, Simple
eyes are like our own, though less' ef-
ficient, while compound eyes are com-
posed of numerous facets or lenses.
Most people know how difficult it is
to catch the common house -Ry. This
is not surprising when one realizes
that a fly's eye possesses 4,000 facets.
Consequently there ie not much that
Is out of its line of vision. The dragon
fly's eye has 12,000 facets, and the
Mordella beetle's eye is made up of
no fewer than 25,000.
While the compound eyes never ex-
ceed two, the single eyes vary in num-
ber from one to eighteen or twenty.
They are situated in groups on each
side of the head.
-Spiders and scorpions have both
single and compound eyes, though
they appear to derive little benefit
from them.
In the trans-Atlantic service, first-
class passengers pay the cost of the
trip; the profits are made by carrying
large numbers of third-class passen-
gers.
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