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The Clinton News Record, 1933-01-12, Page 3tT'HURS., JAN. 12, 1933' The' young son of a retail mer- e .chant in a country town has lost ,.:confidence in 'Santa Claus since he found', through a label care- lessly' left on one of : his Christ- mas gifts, that Santa had been dealing with 'a city department store. i Capitalism has' broken down, says a trades union officials. It is not standing: up very sturdily, it is true, but even trades unionism'is not the lusty stalwart it used to bey neither has the gold standard stood up, nor market, nor free trade, nor high pro- tection, nor prices, nor values, nor transportation, nor 'prohibition. But perhaps they all needed a shaking down. The only thing we can at the moment think of as standing pat a- mid the wreck o matter and the crash of worlds ib the multiplication table, and taxes reared upon its firm fotmdation. ct The professor of anthropology at Beliot College, Wis., says the United States is becoming a nation of roundheads.. A month or so ago France abandoned the idea that it is a nation of cavaliers. Imperial Oil Limited has forgiven western farmers interest on debts. It will help the farmers, of course, and the United States is asked'to observe that the company expects it Will eventually help the company. ome THE MAXIM SILENCER "Of the dead speak naught but good." Now, if we hold this maxim true. We cannot say the things we would About the dead year '32. czmiteem 'The changes made in prison discip- line and -food and tobacco rations may be vigorous, but some of them are indulgences that would add to the pleasures of freedom. We can only hope +Hat the convicts will not re- gard the'o as the 'r'"o fruits eel as- surrey'+;or, a''c1 filet they wilt net be- gin rot• to s,',cul'+i'n upon tithe- formes' tknt con be unmet•': about by insubordination and rioting. A young inventor claims to be able to transmit power and light without the aid of poles and wires. Having in mind what has already been done with sound, he would be a bold man who would dispute it. But then power and light are so different from sound. In fact, some of the speeches,• heard over the radio have none, of the elements of power and light. 4 A CONFESSION OF IGNORANCE historians in convention' met, Three dozen or perhaps three score, Impressive names they had, and yet We'd, never heard of them before. One of the' objections' 'raised a- gainst the Oxford' Group snoveenent is' that its appeal is mainly to the well-to-do, 'We doubt this when we think of the small amounts that fig pre in the restitutions.: On the other hand, however, they may come from. malefactors of great wealth who arc trying to compromise with that used itoe who nags persistently when' troubled with insomnia --Tender Con- science. The Hearst papers have only one hymn of hate, but, without, damage to the metre, it can be switched at will from Britain to France anal bade again. car If you think Communists have been deprived of freedom of speech, all you have to do, to find out otherwise is to say something against the Soviet regime in Russia. Roosevelt's refusal to co-operate with Hoover puts European govern- ments in a position where they have to negotiate with the corpse instead of the executor of the estate, No wonder our large cities are misgoverned. Those who read re- ports of meetings held in recent municipal elections must marvel and despair of our democracy. The things they do and the things they say would not be tolerated in smaller mmnicimelities. Cranks, nitwit, and Smart-alceks gain one crowded hour of glorkos life by heckling; the her.' mom candidate must needs answer the foci according to his folly, :and next day the newspapers publish the chatter. as if it were important. It would seem as if serious and intel- ligent electors stayed at home and allowed the rabble to, run the ma- ehino.--Copywright. What Clinton was Doing in The Gay Niiieties DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT HAP CADE OF THE From The Clinton News -Record, Jan, BEGIN RIGHT: Do you wish to start the new year right? Pay your subscription to The News -Re- cord this week. Then you will feel good, and so will the editor, (Some .advice is worthless, on the other hand some of it is ever new. The above is just as good today as it was forty years ago. Ed.) Of all the sick looking papers' ev- er'*issued in the city of Toronto the Sun, (the new annexationist organ) is the sickest; everything oboist it being second-hand and shabby typo- • graphy, presswork and all. The American papers that are crowing ever the appearance of The Sun will soon have a chance to buy it soma old third -hand type and presses. The one thing needed to make 'annexation positively contemptible in Canada is the championship of such a pitiful rag as the Toronto Sun. (Now hew is that for a tirade? Editors weren't afraid or ashamed to express their Opinions in 1893 and 'The News -Record Was strongly anti - annexationist. Ed.) HAYFIELD: As announced Ye Higgins 'Concert carne off in the town hall on Thursday evening and proved a most glorifying success. With the exception of Master Bobby Beattie of 'Clinton enol who sang one of his favorite songs in a pleasing way, the talent was purely local and shows what' the young folks of Bayfield can do. , Ye cos- tumes were in ye old. time fashion and made` a' very :pleasing picture,; The characters of Grandfather and Grandmother were very well taken by Harry King and Miss Annie 'Er- win. Miss Hilda Moorehouse gave •two whistling solos in fine style. All took their parts. welly Before the Higgins part of the, program coni- meneed Miss Lily Morgan and Mr. Alfred Erwisi sang. _a• duet: Mr. John Stanbury'''and` sieter,' Tlo'ssie PENE.D DURING THn T.AST DE - OLD CENTURY? gave a song and Mr. Stanbury also gave a very fine reading from Ten- nyson. Proceeds were nearly $28.00. GODERTCII TOWNSHIP,: The reeve and deputy having been elect- • cd by acclamation there was only a contest for councillors on Monday, which resulted as .follows: Jame, Comoolly, 208; Samuel Sturdy, 194; George A. Cooper, 150; J. H. Elliott, 130; J. Sowerby, 118; Janes Hamil- ton, 62, The vote for the house of Refuge stood as follows: For 93; a- gainst, 800. (Leroy and Wiseman have a great big full page ad. in the issue of this date, printed in red ink and run as a supplement, They are advertising bargains in all sorts of drygoods. Were the mefchants more enterpris ing forty yea's ago than they are to- day? A glance over the advertising. pages from week to week would lead one to think so.—Ed.) 'GODERIOH TOWNSHIP: At an open meeting of Sheppard Lodge No, 347 A.O.U,W., D. B. G. '112. Patterson of Seaforth, assisted by Gee. Shep- pard, P.W.M., of Maple Leaf, Gode- rich, the following officers were in- stalled for 1893:: M.W,,'Samuel Bis- sett; . Foreman, Angus McKinnon Overseer, Isaac Salkeld; : Recorder, S. L. Scott; Financier, J. T. Gold- thorpe; Receiver, J. l;. Whitely; Guide, John Holmes; I. W., John Mc- Kinnon; O.W., W. Blake; Repreeen tative to Grand Lodge, Joseph Beck: Sheppard Lodge begins this year with a membership of ,43 and three initiations at next meeting. After the installation short addresses were delivered. by visiting brethrer ifrom. Goderich • and Manchester, also, some pleasant 'remarks. from liar. James' Gledhill of Petrolea,' who,, al- though not a. workman at present.. hopes to be before many months. At the close of the lodge all partook heartly of an oyster supper prepay- 1)Y. repar- ed by :Mr John FInlniltbn.,: LOCALS: The, 9.15 Monday even- THFL ;CLI1STTQN NEWS -RECORD rauserynerirraiwit ing' train did not reach Goderich un- til about six o'clock Tuesday morn- ing'. The,coaches and passengers 'reg' mained ie` Ilolmesville "cut" all night, the engine only managing tc get through. All trains blocked and late yesterday. The snowstorm and blockade is one of the old timers, similar to what°we had twelve years ago. Oysters have advanced from $5 per pail to $8.' per' pail. The political complexion of the n County Council will likely 'be Re- form. The total/ House of Refuge vote was against. BLOOD HORSE, .SOLD: We see by Olark's Horse Review that Rev. J. Livipgston of - Listowel, lately of Clinton, has sold the' yearling filly that he purchased from W. Doherty, proprietor of the • Centre Huron Stock Farm, . Clinton, sense time ago, to Mr. J. Hess of Temperance fame, price $300. This speaks well for the rev. gentleman's judgment of horseflesh and. also for• the farm which raised the colt. 'Good `horses come high but some people must have them, WHEN THE PRESENT CENTURY. WAS YOUNG From The New Era, Jan.loth, 1908: Mr. E. H. Dewart, manager of the Sovereign bank here, is confined O his room at the Normandie, He returned 'from Toronto a few days since suffering with a heavy cold and evidently has the grip. Mr. John Moon who has been spending the past three weeks at borne and with Londesbarce Ciintorl and Goderich relatives, left last Saturday for Stratford, where he spent Sunday with his friend; Prof. W. H. Falls, before returning to To- ronto. Mr. Moon sang two solos it the Londesboro Methodist church, and with his manner of rendering his selections those who heard him were well pleased. Mr. Gundry, the popular and effi- cient principal of Clinton Collegiate showed, his devotion to the interests of the town this week by declining the Position of Science Master of the Kingston Collegiate at a salary of $1500, which was offered to him entirely unsolicited by him. A quiet wedding took place at the Wesley parsonage on Tuesday, the contractng parties being Eudo H. Newton of Detroit, formerly of God- erich township, and Miss Mabel Wes- ton of Bayfield. The bridesmai,j was Miss Little Weston of Bayfield While Thos. Elliott of Porter's Hill was groomsman. THE ELTCTIO I•: Unless a re- count decides otherwise (between Gibbings and Paisley) the council for 1908 will he: Mayor H. Wiltse. reeve, B. J. Gibbings, councillors, ,Smyth, Graham, Hearn, Ford, Jack- son and Taylor. From The News -Record, Jan. 9th, 1008: THE FIRST BRICK: The first bee for the drawing of brick for the new St. Joseph's church is in pro- gress today, among those thus en- gaged being: D. and A. Flynn, P. Quigley, James Brown, J. E,, J, P and Joseph Reynolds, John Shana- han, Joseph McIntosh, C. O'Brien and George and Joins Carbevt. SOLD MANY TICKETS: Fred Thotnuson. son of Dr. Thompson, solei 53 tickets for the benefit con- ceit on Wednesday last. Miss Jean- ette E. Barge, daughter of Mr. Alf. Barge, disposed sof as snotty, or nearly so, and selected a season's skating ticket as the prize. Fred took the big fat turkey. The activ- ity of these young people and oth- ers added- much to the attendance. A JANUARY WEDDsTNG: Me. Ed. Seruton and Miss Jennie Barr were united in marriage last week, the ceremony being performed by the Dr. Stewart. The weddingtri Rev. S w F a included visit wi • friend's Brant- ford, a v s t th f . ds at Bt ford, from which the young couple have returned. CARTER—In Clinton,. on Jan. 8th David S. Carter of Goderich town- ship. aged 49 years and 9 months. MUNRO—At -Auburn, on 'Jan. 1st. D. E. Munro, aged 56 years and 2 months, DONDESBORO:. The officers' of the Orange Lodge for the current term are: Master: M. Bruce. Deputy: W. Allen. 'Chaplain: J. Morris. Rec.-'Scoretary: H. Little. Fin, -Secretary:. E. McVittie. . Treasurer: F. 'Gibbs. D. of C.: T. Miller. Lecturers: R. Townsend, F. 'Gibbs. 'Committee:. W. Riley, W. Jenkins, H. Holmes, W. Gray. EXETER: Exeter Men's 'Olub met last week for the first time this •year and elected the. following officers. for 1933: President, George Layton; . vice-president, Francis A- bott; secretary, Gordon Koch, B.A.; assistant, Elmore ,Harness; treasur- er, Wilbur. Martin; executive com- xnittee,, the officers and Herman Doers', Oscar Tuckey, Arthur 'Jones, A. H. ` Gasnbrill. Conveners of com- mittees: Visiting, W. C. Pearce; grounds, Archie Ryckman; music. Rev. A E. Elliott. Rev. A. B. El- liott gave an address' on '!The Ox- ford . Mouement".., P. Strange and Ii. Staniake gave instrumentals. No More Prospierrity for l Like the De rs ssiot The following, was sent us by Mr'. F. C. Elford, Dominion Poultry hue- bandman, Ottawa, who is a former resident of Holmesville and is well known; by many ler'eabouts: In a letter to the editor he says: "I am:,itot sure whether you have seen the 'enclosed, but it is a clip- ping I took out of a local Saskatche- wan paper, aidI liked it so well I thought you might care to use it. It is a new `angle on the 'clepres sion at any rate,• and though I un; derstand .Goderich township is moot the only municipality that hasn't.a debt, even there it might help. Should ,you net use it will you please retinal it to me. Kindest personal' regards and `Best Wishes for 'a Happy New Year." We gladly pees it on. There's' 'a breeziness about it, which,' we find refreshing: "I like the depresslon. ' No More prosperity for me. - I had n -tore fun since the depression started than I 'ever .had in all my life. I had for- gotten how to. live, what it meant to have real friends, 'what it was like to eat common, everyday food. Fact is3 I was getting a little high hat: Three years ago only one man of our outfit could be out of town et':a time and he had to leave at the last minute and get back as soon as pos- sible. Many times I have driven 100 miles to a banquet, sat through three hours' of bunk in order to melte a five-minute speech, then drive the 10Q miles back so as to he ready'for work - next morning. Nowadays we make these trips and we stay as long as we want to. The whole outfit could leave ,the office now and it wouldn't make any difference. It's great to drop into a store and feel that you can spend an hour or two or three or a half day, just visit- ing and not feel that, you are wast- ing valuable time. I like the de- pression. I am getting acquainted with my neighbors. In the last six months I have become acquainted with folks who have been living next door to me for three years. I ant following the Biblical admonition: "Love your neighbours." One of my neighbours has only .of the bestlooking wives I leave ever seen. She is a dandy. I am getting acquainted with my neighbours and learning to love them. I like the depression. Three years ago I was so busy and my wife was so busy bleat we didn't see much of each other, consequently sort of lost interest in each other, I never went home to lunch. About twice a, week I went home to dinner ---at 6.30' o'clock,' never, had time to go anywhere with her. If I did go to.a party, I` could never locate her. Since there was always e "blonde" or a_"redhead" available, I didn't much worry about it, My wife belonged to all the clubs ice town. She even • .joined' the young - mothers' club. We didn't have any •children but she was studying' -end between playing bridge ' and going' to clubs, she 'vas never at home. We got stuok up, and high falutin'. W'e even toot down the old family'. bed and bout twin beds on the instal- ment plan. When I went home at night, if my wife was at .home, she would already be in her bed said I would; crawl in mine. If she came in last, it was vise versa. We like the depression. We have come off our pedestal and are really living, at home now. The'twin.beds ere stored in' the garage and the family affair is being used. We are enjoying life. Instead.of taking a bot water bottle to bed these cold' nights she sticks her heels its' my back, just like she did before Ben nett was elected. I haven't been out en a party in eighteen months. I have Iost my book of telephone numbers. My wife has dropped all the clubs. I believe we are falling in love all over again. I am ' pretty well satisfied with amp wife.\ Think I will keep her until she. is forty and then if. I feel like I do now, I may trade her for two twenties. I am feeling better since the depression. I take more exer- cise. I walk to town and a lot of folks who used to drive CadilIacs are 'walking with me. I like the depres- sion. I am getting seal honest -to -good- ness fond. Three years ago eve had filet mignon once a week, new we have round steak with flour gravy. I like the depression. My salary has been cut to where I can't afford to buy lettuce and spinach and pars- ley and we can't afford to have sand- wiches and frozen desserts and all the damfoolishness which has killed more good men than the World War. I like the depression, Three years ago I never had time to go to church. I played golf all day Sunday, and be- sides. I was so darned smart there wasn't a preacher in West Texas could tell ane anything. Now, I an' going to church regularly; never miss a Sunday. And if this depression keeps on, I will be going to prayer meetings before long. I like the dcpre ssi on.—Excha n g'e." A Weil -Regulated Needed Charity Chairman Holman Makes Sugges- tions for Improvement of Mothers' Allowance Act Mr. Holman, chairman of the Mothers' Allowance Board made the following report of the operation or the Act in Huron to the county coun- cil recently: To the Warden and Council. Gentlemen, -1 beg to report that the number on the Mothers' Allow- ance pay sheet has increased about 10 per cent, during the past year{ from 58 to 64. The number of mothers and foster •mother; who have received the al- lowance since the act came into force twelve years ago, or in 1920, is 168. During the past twelve months the payments. have been as follows: No- vember, $877.50; December, $872.50;. January, '8992,50; February, $925; Manch, $917.50; April; $905; May, $907.50; June, $962.50; July, 8960; August, $1015; September, $1062; October $907.50; total, $11,295. This represents the county's 50 Per cent.,the i i Provinceof »tat a O o paying ng a like amount, The several payments have been as follows, taking the month of. . Oc- tober as an example: One mother re- ceived $10 a motnth, one.$15; nine, $20 each; 15, $25 each, 16, $30 each: $11, $35 each; 4, $40 each; 4, 845 each; and 8, $50; total 64 receiving $1985 a, month, or an average of ao bout $30.25, and this represents a' fair average per month - during the year. The total of $11,295, as shown in the first part of the. report for the whole year or the amount paid by the county, represents one-fourth of a mill levied on our equalized valu- ation of $44,271,176, or a slight in- crease over, last year, which was $10,540. This cannot be regarded as anything but a fair or moderate increase considering the'times. It will be noticed, on looking at the second schedule of.figures, that there is a big difference in the monthly payments, but the pay- ments are made after a very search- ing investigation in each ease and the amount, awarded ass per the ne- cessity in each ease. The number of children in each case is not the only basis of grants, but the age' of the mother, the earning capacity,, the, home or pro- perty or the lack of such, and, in fact, everything.that can be consid• ered in estiniating the need in beets cosi, ' The Mothers' Allowance has king, since passed' the experimental stage, and Stas conte to be regarded as the most needed and the best regulated 'system of charitable assistance at present carried out. The help gives' the mother in. the up -bringing of r , family ,of needy children, the future { men and women of our country, ap- peal.s to all ns an indispensable sys- tem of assistance that will bear rick' fruit in the days to come. We have hod see -oral difficult cases to adjust during the year hut all have been settled very satisfac- torily, and the county management has received very emenimentary expressions of approval en the work done and the Central Department has been well pleased with the co- operation rendered and the prompt' Imes in assisting the work of the in- spector and those entrusted with the carrying out of the Act at the Cen- tral Department. When the Act canto Otto force in 1920, there were, as in the ease of the Old Age Pensions, many at- tempts not always by the widows themselves but generally by so-called friends of the applicants to reduce the act to' a necessary halts, in- stead of supplying a greatly -felt need to widows in want. It is gratifying to realize that this, feature has almost entirely disap- peared and the enforcement of the act at present finds generous words of approval instead sof censure. There are two ways in which 'I would like to suggest that improve- ments could be 'made. The first is that the Act be made to continue as a support to the widow for some years 'after 'the youngest child be- came sixteen years of age. especially where great need is in evidence, far the reason with the passing of the children out of the beneficiary age of less than 'sixteen years, the need of the mother, owing to advancing years and lessening earning power. is always growing greater and the sudden' loss of the allowance .becomes' a very serious natter to her. The second improvement to be made would be that the Act be made a little more elastic in the cases of desertion. by reducing the age from five to two •or three years to cony stitute a claim. A woman two or three years deserted is as much el serious case of desertion se a five year case would be,'and often the need is meals erenter, heftier: els' becomes (lauded to ben rendition that a five-year term would beget because the seethes.; hoz ,not had time to heroine inured, to the hard/ shins that, desertion. imposes. " ,,I ten "of the'o.iininn that 'these changes in the Act 'could be' besought IMAGE 3 about without much, increase in 'cosi' as those receiving the largest pay- nients:'under the present method could he materially; reduced and still be within the' favored list of being Well provided' for by, ''even a less monthly allowance. Respectfully submitted, GEO. W. IlOLMAN, • Chairman, TIGHTEN up COUNTY PAIRS Since the turn in events 'economi- cally, or in plain language, since the depression settled down• in. earnest county and township fair; boards' have - found the professional exhibitor more of a' problem than ever,. The decision will now have to be made whether the competition is. to he lim- ited to the district served by the fair. or thrown open to the world, The patchwork quilt that has dote yeoman serdice for 20 years is an old story ,now, , and while it may lit; very annoying to women who have worked assiduously to produce some- thing new, it is overshadowed by r problem of far greater .significance Are live stock breeders who are suc- cessful exhibitors at the C. N. E. anti the "Royal" welcome contestants 'ice the live stock • show -ring of the county and township fair outside their own constituency? That is the question. During the past fall a herd from one of the Western Pro- vinces was trucked hither and thither and shown at many local exhibitions much to the chagrin of live stock melt who resided in the areas serves by the respective fairs. True, that is an extreme case, but it illustrates the difficulty encountered by fair beards who boast of an open show. Our whole exhibition System it fast becoming professionalized. The small breeder and the exhibitor of agricultural products who do not make a real bossiness of it ere being squeezed back a- gainst the wall. This professional- ism is invading the local fall fair• more and more each year and if al- lowed to continue it will discourage all local effort and all local compe- tetion. There are two sides to every ar- gument, and both should he carefully weighed. It is reasonable to contend that every exhibition, large or small should attract five etrek and farm products that are as near the ideal a.s it is possible to get them. These the argument continues, are eduen- five and inspiring• to these who see them. With that principle we are he hearty accord. but if the cutstandino exhibits are brought from afar and represent a shill anti expenditure be- yond the reach of the local pradue- ers, and, moreover, display super -fit or superfiu'bus fleshing, then more harm than goed is clone. In the opinion of "The Farmer's Advocate" heal fair beards shank' begin to tighten up their' rules and t'nenmatre still more the exhibitors in the area round. about. The usefulness .unci imnorianee of the grain exhibit at a fall fair cars. be extended considerably by linlrieg it up with the sale of seed sleeks. Every sample en display should ye - present's sizeable quantityoflike quality in the grower's', bin ready for• sale as secd. Handpicking,- condi- tioning andpolishing all melee an exhibit more attractive, but the ,fun- damental purpose of a seed• show is to" encourage the usesof good' seed,'. and tell groweee where they may ob- tain it:• We are all getting down to bed--• reek again in 'farm operations, and' in our private lives as well. It is not a bad time to get back to fund'amen tale in the show game., Farmer's Advocate. THE FAIR THING TO DO • If it is best for the whole coientry- to-'seed freight by truck over . the highway, partly subsidized by taxa- tion, and with interference with oth- er Poems cf hinhway traffic, then we shall have to decide that way. If it is best, however, to let the railroads have. the business, then We are going, to have ' to do something to the trucking business., The fair thing to do is to put the.. full cost of truck theism, to high- ways on the trucking business, to re- quire the same full -crew regulations of trucks on long-haul duty that we require of railroads (snaking due adjustments for the different of the vehicle), and to regulate rates to cover the real cost to the service, in- cluding adequate insurance of com- mon carrier liability. When this is clone very probably, the disruptive economic influence of the truck will disappear of itself. --Dallas, Texas, News. WHOLE-HEARTEDLY SUNSHINY" Sunny as to cover, sunny as to »ante, the Christmas "Sanitarium , Sun," with its motto, "Shines every- where," 'is sunny throughout all its thirty pages. The Sun is published every month, on a non-profit basis, 'with editors and contributors drawn- from rawnfrom the Gravenhurt Sanitarium. This holiday issue begins with thanks to everyone, staff and patients, friends outside, "who help us more than then ever imagine." The cover designed by Edith Middleton. is ms novel treatment of the Men"er. the Wise Men on one side, the ehezdterde on the other, travelling towards the radiance that stemma from a Star upon the :Mother and tate 'Child. The editorial, fur which the editors, aliee• Anna B. Smith and Mr. 'Robert nnrl are responsihle, is a jovone little resume of the reme,,n,e v -h:- the pen- nsn ni e o,,•m, n:;r r•lu,to-heas'teelly into the'thspirit 'eeftf'hriatnmmma, Then there nee stories and nems, on which this staff and ethere put up prize money: intimntt snapshot.' sliming member= of the etaft', snap's of patients. in the snow, or in Sum- ma', and scattered through the nmaaa- me, mime- a geed Telco. 'Sense with a pmem'tieular point in San. circles, but "'ter,. ''+r• 't•ith a laugh for us all. attire.- :Memo; In II',' ed't'mre who sent us 'hie filth-' Su+elmenm:.--B:'icle Brod- ie Mail F: '•'anise. ('IIi:'s 'Edith llimldl'-tnn nsentinised ebrve fe a (alericl' teem -chits girl, daughter of lh'. and Mre. J. R. Mid- dleton.) 'tl wo "t SeeiVektii me 'I, For 30 cents you can telephone about 100 miles., by making an "any- one" call ' (station - to -station) after 8.30 p.m. See list of rates in front of directory, f 1 Pr e" That's gii°eat, ill —we9.. sure be there" "I'd give an eye-tooth to go into the city and see that hockey game to- morrow night," Fred said, "but we'd never get seats." "Why not get Bill on Long Dis- tance?" Hilda suggested. "Perhaps Ise could get you a seat today." "By George, I'll try it," Fred agreed, 'Twos minutes later he had Bill on the line. Bill not only could but would and, what's more, he had a seat for Hilda too. "I did enjoy that game," Hilda said afterwards. "I'm certainly obliged to" Bill—and glad we have a. telephone."n : "0'' ..0