HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1932-05-12, Page 3-,THURS. MAY 12, 1932
TIIE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
THIS MODEST CORDERIS DEDICATED
TO THE POETS
Here i'1l Sing You Their S
o
ngs—Sometlnes.
Gay, Sometimes Sad— But. Always Helpful
and Ins Airing•
GROWING IN DARKNESS
Kind hearts are gardens, '
Kind thoughts are mots,
Kind words are blossoms,
Kind deeds axe fruits;;
Love is the sunshine
That warms into life,
For only in darkness
Grow hatred and strife:
TIME
Time, my son,
Is : our great . teacher, and he shows
us this,
That, as his, ,swift years follow on
each ether
So all that is begotten ;of those years
-Falls, and is follow'd by its proper
heir.
. . ALL ALONE ON A HILLTOP
Only ten .miles to the city -e
But how I am Iifted 'away
'Po the peace that passeth knowing,
To the light that is net of. day!
All alone on a hilltop— Nothing but God and me,
And the springtime resurrection,
Far shinings of the sea.
THE CHARGE ..
A little sun, a little rain,
A soft wind blowing from the west—
And woods and fields are sweet again,
And warmth within the mountain's
breast,
A little lave, a little trust,
• A soft impulse, a sudden dream—
And life as dry as desert dust
Is fresher than a mountain stream.
•
—Stopford A. Brooke.
I7.' IS THE END
•
"Even as friends we nmst not met
e. again—
It is the end-- and yet, how man
that -be?
For the highest happiness and deepest
pain
!Are cast forever in the memory.
And for you, likewise, can it he the
end,?
Will never a voice within you take
my part,
Saying, "He was your lover and your
friend,
And knowing everything, you
broke his heart?"
—Edward Major/banks
WHY, INDEED!
If the windows must be washed, and
dusting done,
And woodwork wiped, and cupboards
"one by one
Be cleared and cleansed, and carpets
" ;beaten be, •
And the boards be seruhed till there's
no dirt to see—
Why must these things,. Sweetheart,
be done in Spring,
When ,crocuses are up and bluebirds
,sing?
--Margaret Clarke Russell.
ASPIIR,ATION
Like .some pure lily, sweet and
cool,
' Titat rises high—the light to
greet--•
PM)) cut the dark and stagnant
pool
That presses closely round its
feet.
So some rare souls, from out the
nighe
Of darkness, see a vision sent
From Heaven, and steadily climbing
up the height
Rise far above environment.
—Anne of Arden
CAMP 01' THE FALLEN
Better to face .the goal beyond our
scaling,
Quiet at last, knowing the end has
come,
Rather than with our lowerd banners
trailing
To take the paths of `safety leading
home. "
In vain shall. anq lesser lights be
burning
For us who glimpsed the Vision
front afar;
We shall go dawn the road of .nitre
turning,
Broken and spent but faithful to
a ear.
Oh, Iet them say when men shall tell
our story;
"True was their quest, deep -loved,,
though unattained;
Their futile striving held some seeds
of glory, •
Their shattered dreams the heights
they never gained,"
J
-Imogen Clark in The Times, New
York.
MY DOG
I have a dog, and there's one next
door,
They ,both lie all day curled up on the
floor;
They're about the same size,they look
just the same,
There's only one difference and that's
in the naive. -
The colour of mine? well, its quite
hard to say,
Sometimes he's white, swore; often"
he's gray;
And the dog next-door is the sama
coigne • 4 a,
Se really it's diffieult to- know just
who's who.
But -neverthless, there's . one thing
I know,
As my dog romps along, wherever
• Igo
If you offered me a million and then -
e ;million more,
I wouldn't trade my clog with the dog
next door.
For although, no doubt, as a dog, he's
just fine.
Ice's the dog next door, and my dog—
well, he's nine!
—Sidney S. Lewis
OPEN THE DOOR
(From the British Weekly)
Open the door, let in the air;
The winds are sweet and the flowers
are fair.
Joy is abroad in the world to -day;
If our door is wide, it may mime this
way.
Open tho door!
Open the door of the soul; let in
Strong, pure thoughts which hall
banish sin; '
They shah grow and bloom with a
grata divino -
And their fruit shall be sweeter than
that of the vine.
Open the deer!
Open the doer of the soul; let in
Sympathy sweet for the stranger and
kin,
It will make the halls of the heart sr
fair
That the angles may enter unaware,
Open the door! .
• —.--e,
LINES FOR A DINING-tt0OM ..
This room far cheer!
If •you have scowls to scowl,
If you have growls to growls,
Grumbling or, grumpiness,
Down-in-the-dumpiness—
Meet bring them here.
There's all the rest of the house.
This room for ;cheer!
Happiness here!
Silver's a little matched,
Linen's a little patched,
Food's sort of simple, too
Nothing much fine .or new—
But never fear:
Daily the make our bread
Gaily to take our bread.
Happiness !level
--Nancy Byrd. Turner in Gbod House-
keeping.
• WIND FROM THE SHORE
Wind from the shore, slow -lifting
waves—serrated
By vibrant ripples grays to green—the
sun belated.—
Dropping half -radiance through misty
skies,
Far on the dim horizon, slowly trail -
Mg,
Two barges beat across the bay
again,
One in a patch of mirrored sunlight
sailing, •
The other softly veiled by blowing
rain,
Quiet on shore, where waves to
• gentle measut'e.
Cares in cadence unresisting •stones—
Echoing memories of hidden tress
ire- ;
That rise and t%anish with those
rhythmic tones!
Wind from the shore --almost tran-
quillity--.
But shore winds tall us= -{call us—
, ' far at sea!
—Dudley Stow
SIZE RETURNS
She has :returned: the 'old house
• • seems to' bloom ,
To greet her, standing in the, door,
way there; •'
She does not see the shift faded
room,
• ,She does not smell the musty, shut-
in -air, , •
Her hand is -,like , a lover's on the
latch;
eler feet go lightly, pacing old-time
tunes;
She takes a candle, •down, and strikes
a match: -
She stretches wide Arms: , !'Dear
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house! Dear house!" she croons.
Delicate ionnds and drowsy shadows
To mystic life; 'clothed in forgot
ten grace
I3er point -lace" grandinothes 'stands
watching ,her '-
The scent of lavender flows through
the place.
A dipper model on the mantel creeks
Beneath her touch, as to a refresh-
ing breeze;
A painted gentleman bows leer, and
speaks, '
Living again in :her rich memories
Outside, a neighbor stops, fiowns,
passes by,
Seeing her in the candle's ;dreary.
cone
Of light. "I -never would return; If I
Were she; no woman ought to liver
alone!" -
heda 3{enyon, in New York Her
aid Tribune.
CSR-, .• .
TO HIS MOTHER
In the dark womb where I began .
My mother's life made me a roan. .j
Through
al the
i
gmonths' . of human
-: birth
Her beauty fed my common earth.
I cannot see, nor breathe, nor stir •
But through thedeath of some 'of
her,
Down in the darkness of the . grave
She cannot see the life she gave.
For all -her love, site cannot tell
Whether I use it ill or well,
Nor knock at dusty doors to find
Her beauty dusty in the mind.
Ifthe grave's gates would be undone,
She would not know her little son,
I ani so grown. If we should meet,
She would "pass by me in the street,
Unless tna soul's face let her see,
My sense of what she did for me.
What have I done to keep in mind
My debt to her and womankind?
What woman's happier life repays
Her 'for those months of wretched
days?
For all may mouthless body leeched
Ere •Birth's releasing,. hell was
reaeh'd?
What have I done, or tried, or said
In thanks to that dear woman dead?
Men triumph over • women still,
Men trample women's rights at will,
And men's lust roves the world un -
'tamed,
0 grave, keep shut lest I be shamed!
--John Masefield,
DOINGS IN THE SCOUT
WORLD+
New Cainp. For Alberta
Announcement has boon made of
the gift to the Boy Scout Association
of Alberta of a splendid 122 -acre
camp site on Sylvan Lake as a per-
manent provincial camp. The donor
is the Provincial Commissioner, Hon,
Col. J. II. Woods of Calgary..
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Russian Esiite Scouts
One of the world's interesting
groups of Scouts comprise "Russian
Scouts in Foreign Countries" --,Boys
of Russian exiles. Units are located
in thirteen countries, and at the last
census numbered 1,301. Their Chief
Scout is Oleg Pantuekoff, who resid-
es its the United States.
A World Target For Gifts
Prahably few crowned heads or
ether national figuresare in receipt
of such a constant stream of honours
and gifts as come to Pax Hill the
home of Lord Baden-Powell. One of
the latest was a silk scarf and an
Ikon representing St. George, pre`
Melted on behalf of'Russion Scouts in
Foreign Countries by Dr. B. A. Per-
ott, their International Connnission
ef.
Scouts Again Avert Panic
. Cool and prompt action by Boy
Scouts in :directing a large crowd to
safety probably averted a pante at
the :City Auditorium, Atlanta, Ga.,
when fire broke out during a benefit
performance in' which a large num-
bet of children . were taking part,
The children were marshalled out
the stage exits and the audience di-
rected through, the main doors, •
e~iL:
Mount Baden-Powell
One of the unique honours conferred
upon Lord Baden-Powell, was the
naming .after him by the :United
States Geographical Board of, a
mountain in Washington, , and the
Board's, statement: "We are more
than pleased nabme this American
onerntaih peak in honour of toed
Baden-Powell, who, because of his
splendid achievements in giving to
the' world- a movement for the youth
of all lands, may well he considered
a world citizen.",
Common Table Salt
Often Helps Stomach
Drink plenty of water with ,pinch •
of salt. If bloated 3Vith gas add a i
spoon of Adleeika. This washes out i
BOTH stontaoh and bowels and eels
you of alt gas, J. E. Hovey, Drugigst.
KING1fEU:EWS
..
HU: hClar
A London, England, paper asks
"What is the dangerons. age?" Don'
know, but Balzae thought that from
a moral stan'dp'oint, the dangerdus
age fora man is fifty-two.
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•A. moving picture advertisexneiit
t' which says `that Frankenstein was
^written by Mrs. Percy. B. Shelley, le
characterized by London Punch as -
"transatlantic." Hollywood producers
.may well retort, "You're transatlan
tic yourself."
The ex -,kaiser says that if he had
to live,' his life over again:. ho would
de as he did before. P'er'haps, but
not if 'he 'could, see Doorn in .the dis-
tance. ;
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We "understand that those two
physicists who split the atom did tt
on a fifty-fifty basis.
A ecu le of •Clydesdale Communist
z
membersct
obae to -taking the oath.
Tlteii electors can help them out of
the difficult, next time by defeating
thein.
7Lct
Canada will always have heavy
debts and taxes until she :produces
a sufficient prop of hart -shells, who
will vote -against the waste of pub-.
tic money, even when it is wasted in
their own immediate neighborhood.
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An advertisement urging people to
spend, .not save, says, "A shroud has
no. pockets." That may account for.
the circumstances that women are'
never accused of bade -snatching. •
Should the Irish Free State cut the
painter, it will leave Ireland in the
same position as North A•meriea, the
southern part detached from, and the
northern part attached to the British
Etripire. That part of Ireland known
as the Free State would he inde-
pendent_ and would be as much en,
titled to representation at the im-
perial conference as the United
States »o more and no less.
"What thts country noetics is a good
five-cent•gless of beer," wends 'a cor
.respondent to the New York Herald
Tribune, Ile can. get one in 'Canada
for ten 'cents.
•ltd
. The name ,of a play now running.
is, "The Devil Passes." The , title
itselftsenooruag encouraging. It
shows that
he either does not know the• game'er
he has not the cards to bid ion.
• The delay in returning the Lind-
bergh baby simply means that some
other gang is trying to muscle in on
the reward, or has already done so,
It looks as if the real kidnappers are
in the: grip of hijackers.
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Can Alfred E. Smith do to Frank-
lin .Roosevelt what W. J. ''Brylen did to
Champ Clark? The impractical, ir-
repressible Bryan could not get the
nomination for himself, and if he did
he could not have beenelected, but
he was just strong enough to dictate
to the Democratic convention who
the candidate should be. The con-
vention dished Clark because it could
'not afford to have Bryan against.
Hence Woodrow Walson,
to fit•—
A similar situation confronts the
Democrats to -day. Smith had his
chance once as Bryan had three
times. He is now opposing noose,-
velt but cannot defeat him in con-
vention. Is he strong enough to
ntalce the convention dish Roosevelt
and seek a dark horse? We doobt i
Ke has a multitiule of friends, be
they are, not devotees. Brya i had
multitude, of friends who were. Smitl
is steady; sensible and courageous
but is not the ;Mater the Peerless On
was.
Bryan was a Gandhi ip lir
fervor and in his appeal to a multi
tude,' but without Gandhi's'"hrtlliian
;flashes of silence," Smith will have
to develop more strength than he has
yet shown if he Hopes to clop Roose-
velt as Bryan stopped Cleric, it is
a dog -in -the -manger•- business, which
may have the effect of In'eventing
the Democratic donkey from getting
at the hay and oats.
C--1=.,
t: eessful. A patent has been applied
1 i ler in p,eparation fort putting the de-
a i vine on the market.
i The ease light fits on the top left'
,' side of the vehicle. and throws a light
e' over the whole side of the car, show-
s l ing its position exactly to art stp-
- i preaching motorist. It also casts its
t beams completely across the roadway,
illuminating the portion of it .free
for ,passage as ,well as•theposition of '
the :ditch at the far side,
Two ears, passing on a road in the,
dark, if equipped with the »ew light
may pass each other 'ht perfect safe-
ty, their p'esitions as clear to the
drivels as in broad daylight, •The
light time not irio ease tate difficulties•
caused by glare, but in actual tests
it has been found to diminish the
glare of approaching .auteinobile
lights.
14Ir. Stobo describes the new device
as a safety and life-sr
uinR invention
of front rank importance. It is now
• to the testing stage and has been
' thoroughly tried out by A.P.P. offi--
ners with entirely satisfactory re-
sults. 'Phe new pass light is arous-
ing interest among motorists as it
can.
be usedn
o any sort of motor ve, ,
hicle and is not cumbersome or dis-
figuring• to the car. The light re-,
flee -tor and shade is n;ckled and pre-
sents an attractive appearance. The
light can be switched en in connec-
tion with the dimmer or may he
worked entirely alone.—Wetaskiwia
Times. .
Once upon a time the Detnocratt
were defined as the peoplewho pay
the election bets.. In the preient
instance' they have , an admirable,
elate a to collect the election bets,
but they may missit through in-
ternal dissension,
n-ternai'dissension, ae they have 'done
before.' ;They never had a better
chance. Hoover came- in in March,
1929,. when the boon was at its
height. In October, ;,,ie slump came
and
has
been with us since. ever •'
ite.' It
was no fault sof Hoover's of course,
No act and no omission of .an.iict of
his could have prevented it. But
that makes no difference. . He will
be held to blame and it, would.'be a
most amazing event if by reason a
divisionin the enemy ranks, he
should succeed himself, for .there is
little doubt he will be. the Republican
candidate. Everything is against hien
except the Smith -•Roosevelt squabble.
A Sure Sign
"We have had hard times off and
en, as far as I can remember," re-
marked the Old Tinter. "Why, I'
remember •back in '98 the people
wanted to abolish government house."
EDMONTON MAN INVENTS
SAFETY AUTOMOBILE LIGHT
A new invention which is 'likely- to
prove one of the most valuable safety
devices for automobiles and 'other
motor vehicles driven after night-
fall has been perfected by an Ed-
monton man, T. G. Stobo. The de-
vice is a "pass light" which in tests
made recently on highways out of
the city, proved to be completely suc-
MODERN GIANTS
In the museum kept up by the Roy-
al College of Surgeons, London; is
the skeleton of Charles Byrne, said
to have been 8 feet 4 inches tall. He
died in 1783. At about the time
Byrne died, Patrick Cotter came into
fame, 8 feet 7 inches in height, his
shoes were 17 inches long. Over a
century ago, the Prince of Wales
(later, King George IV) had a ser-
vant who was known as "Big Sam,"
who was almest eight feet tall and
arited as porter for the prince. A
Chinaman named Chang Woo Gow,
who exhibited himself to thesegestern
world in 1880, was eight feet tall,
Marian, the Amazon Queen, was two
inches taller than the big Chinaman,
and stood 8 feet 2 inches.
Advertising brings a new world to
your home.
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An Advertisement
Addressed to the
Public of this
Community
When you hear of a manufacturer who spends $100,000 or
more each year on advertising, you may feel like saying—"Ter-
rible! What waste! and it is we—the public—who have to pay
for it all 1"
But stop ! Before you make judgments, look at facts.
Manufacturers who advertise spend from .2 to 5 per cent.
of their sales on advertising. Let us put it at 3 psi- cent. of the
price which you pay for their article for sale. • Soif you pay 25
cents for an advertised article, you are paying three-fourths of
one cent to pay for making it known to and wanted by you. The
price would not be less indeed, it might easily be more—if the
'article had no money spent on it to make it known to and wanted
by you. .
It is economy, so far as you are concerned, to have manu-
facturers develop a huge demand for their product, by the agency
of press advertising. „You pay for tie ' advertising, of course,
but you pay a smaller price for the advertised article than would
be necessary if the manufacturer's output were smaller!
Advertised articles have to be better than non -advertised
articles, and since they are made in larger quanities, they can be
made and sold at least as cheaply as imitative non -advertised ar-
ticles..
If you are a • thrifty and wise buyer, you will
buy the article made known to you by faithfully -maintained press
advertising. The stranger product should be .shunned.
Be' very -friendly, therefore, to nationally -advertised products --
foods, toilet aids, motor cars, radio, sets, and all else ---which are
also locally advertised ---in this newspaper.
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