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The Clinton News Record, 1930-03-13, Page 6ith One Stone Wing. Flow an Old Proverb flay :Point the Way to Happiness o -day. By A. G. GREENWOOD r' elidutght again, said Mrs, Howl- h, looking up at Ivy from the seek lie was darning. She longedto put pr foot ,down but her niece was wenty-two and earned $ee ,week, ateIre are ,simply.: frantically 'beet'," pee' Ivy's 'laconic ,answer. "Don't tell Me yetteve been In the coilice till ,hie" bon'," retorted her lauy.i „IT,. Tao sound of footsteps made her 1preek off. "Ciente in, David,' "sire said, at 'a ]tap ou the door; . • Her ."ground -Room bock,e i David ihristle, a very tall; very lean,-holiow- tjeheeked young matt, was olerk to •Mr. Marshall, the High Street estate agent, I heard voices,"• he said, conning in; Sit was wondering, where those gre' (techs—" He broke on and smiled, suddenly deeming very young, ' "You really are the very kindest` pe'r`son!" he 'ejaculated. "But-" "Go along with. your. `bats'i' broke an '. Mrs. BOtbitait. `Thy, .....'1 like something to .darn," "Fit lease you two to flirt in peace," ieaidI Ivy, stifling a yawn. "I'm for Bred. Good -night, ler. Christie!' "Good -night! I hardly ever see you these days." "We are so terrifically busy at the Office," said Ivy, smiling. Mrs, Boulton worked on till Ivy's light footfalls died awa„ then 'said in low tones: S "I. don't believe in her being kept et the omde till the dead o' ,pignut. She's keeping something back front Me. If her mother had been Oleo, she would never have allowed it." "I'm sure," said David, "her moth- ler would bave',knowu your niece too well to worry' about her." Yet Mrs. Boulton knew Mat David was worried. She knew he was hurt, And David knew nothing of Ivy's two. nett' dance-freoks, the pearl necklace —artificial, but excellent ot its .kind -the new shoes, gloves, -hats, the manicuring, .the permanent wave; all the extravagances that Ivy had lately indulged Even $26 a week has its, limita- tions. "She's got no father and no broth. ers," said Mrs, Boulton.. "Mr. Christie, could you find out for me wllo keeps her out night after night so late?" "Spy on Iter?"•he asked. "I couldn't. What right have I? None—none •whatever." "Then I'll do it myself!" exclaimed Lairs. Boulton, "I'll not rest till I've found • out what's going on.' So next evening Mrs, Boulton wait• ed in Mincing Lane by the door of the towering building in which, Mr. Livingston, Ivy's employer, had his office, A great tide of girls and young laughing. "Last night elle gave way, men poured out. No Ivy, It began They're to be married by special to rain, and Mrs. Boulton drew 'back liven -1 next week." into a shadowed doorway where a "B., why had. I to be told Iles?" man stood, anally demanded Idra. Boulton. "David!"she ejaculated, peering up. "Because," said Ivy, "of-1Ir. "rve come to—to look after you," Christie." he said nervously, "Me? Haw? Why!" demanded as - Gradually the street emptied. At tonished David, Iength a huge, glittering oar swerved "A partner!" whispered Ivy; her to the kerb and stopped. In it sat a eye's fixed on lis. "Just fanayl A geed -looking, middle-aged man, hie Irr partner!" coat open, his white shirt -front gleam- `11 wish you'd be one," he exclaim- ing, ed, the words esoapiug hint quite in Almost simultaneously trout the 'voluntarily. "I wish you'd be—mine!" door of the block of ofitoes came Ivy, ivy laughed, Aghast be stared at light -foot, expectant, vett' lovely, her. "A new cloak!" muttered lynx -eyed "Ity'•" remonstrated angry Mrs. ittLe, Doulton, Boulton, starting up. ""lute 'the car stepped Ivy. Oa it "It's all right, auntie," Ivy exolalm- sitot. "I'll get to the bottom of tats," mut- tered uttered stirs, Boulton, "Somehow I'll pat a stop to it!" David Obristie could not help over. bearing the argument that night. Ivy at first had been defiant, The middle- aged mau was Mr. Livingston, her em- ;pioyer, "Don't worry, auntie, everything's all right," Cha said, On David's return the following evening he found a car --easily Mena. fled as Mr, Livingston's Parked un- der the lamppost by the Boulton's homfa'e. He let himself in and went to his bred -room. Presently he heard Ivy • eingiug in Iter noel up -stairs. He peered out his door ajar, as she came down. Radiant she looked in a pale green, shimmering evening dress. From his window he watched her atop Into the car and be carried away. ' A profound silence fell. He longed • to question Mrs, Boulton, But he had no pretext. Ile could not go down orad say: "I've loved her over slum f cause here to lodge four years ago. I've worked like a galley -slave with one end in view --to be in a position ;ne day to beg her to marry moi' "Mr. Christie!" called Mrs. Bottlton, He hurried down. "Iaw," said Mrs. Boulton, in breath• tens excitement, "is engaged! Yee, !(A lir. Livingston," His universe seemed to gb to pieces. • "You could have knocked' me down ;with a featltei;"lie heard remote Mrs. • Boulton• declaiming. "But I don't like- it, She's ouly a child, and look at the age of. him! It's him being rich and .she so pretty. It can't last. Th, David, I wish it had been you! But marriage isn't ia your nue, I sup. pose?" That's it,"•ho said, "marriage isn't en my. line." Ail.;the .following, miserable weak, !while radiant IVY—e, single -stove,'. ruby ring flashing an iter left hand paras whirled nightly away in Mr. Liv- engston's car,. David brooded. He phould have made old Marshall re pagnize his work before bow—then he 'could have proposed to Try, and this piglet •never have llappefed. On Saturday' morning, feeling reek- 1ese, telling himself he had nothing io lose, be spoke to Mr Marshall. "T'11 think things over." he said. "I'll tell you what. Drop in about seven end have a bit of supper w'lth ' me and the 'wife, en -1 Heil hove •a chili: • David were It ocut.elm, Marshall, fee.eas hatweee the' two of them later an In the drawing -robes 'I'Issy Were ahlidleeb, Mr. 1Vfa}'ehi1,11 'awe "get- t ng an he Yeai'e.'', David bad work: ed wonderfully. • A p4t'tnership1 • He walked'bane ' tender 'the starer striving tU capture a 'fraotion of •t0/e. elation which might havebeen his a *holt week ago. Too late, A oar passed hint and stopped at the Boat. torts' house. Ivy stepped out ofit his pace slaokened. Site disappeai" ed. Tao' ear, sped on. Silently he let himself in, but .rise door ot tate front -room stood wide. As he hung up his coat and hat he' heard Ivy say: "It's all over, auntie!" She -wee laughing et her aunt's stifl- ed "Ivy!" when a movement of David's made her glance out Into the passage, "Hallo! she ejaculated el -ideally' displeased. "Unusual hours for Mr, Christie!" ' / "Most," be said, and felt mys ert- ously .impelled to 'add—as though She oared a whit. -"I've had au ueusuat evening. I 'don't' suppose I'll ever Mita 'be offered a partnership." "How—stow gorgeous!" cried Ivy, slapping her. hands. "At 1larsb0bi's$ Ilse—„ Biot Mrs, Boulton broke -in: "What what's that you're telling. rite.? -About your'eltgagement; Broken off? Who broke it on?". "Bath of us did;',, agtd Ivy, twirl- ing the 'ring oh her linger -before re- blatantly drawing it oft. "But I'll tell you all about it conte other them"' She She looked so white, so strung up, that though 'h'er news delighted him, he said in sudden auger: "Inas—hoe ilia treated you badly? ff so, and if you'll let me, I will—" "It's Quite all right, thanks," she said emphatically, and 'then stared at David galore adding: "I—I don't be- lieve you're sorry." He was taken aback, "Well, I—" he began. "Tellme why you're glad," site com- manded. "I think you know," be answered.' Ivy drew a deep breath, then ex- claimed: "P'r'aps this le another time, then! Listen,' auntie. For .years Mr, Liv- ingstou's'been crazy over some girl— only she's a bit more than a girl now. She never would make up her mind. One evening I saw them together. Next day, after I'd promised not to whisper one word to anybody, hb told me all about it. He asked me If I'd help him, He thought a :bock might do her good." Ivy, laughing, sat down, "It did, too. I've been the shock— administered In daily doses. You see, he got a mutual, friend to tell her all about bow hewasbeing vamped by a designing little typist!" "D'you mean it was—all sham?" asked the scandalized Mrs. Boulton. "I do!" said Ivy. "A fake! And it's worked miracles. She saw us dining and dancring and at theatres and restaurants, Sae saw—this." Ivy tossed the ring up and caught it. "Wicked little stone!" she said, THE 01.0` B111D0E Aa interesting and picturesque scene onthe Muskrat River at`I'embroke, Oat, Marsh Hawks (By Manly Mi•ner.) Of late I have read- in seVeral maga-. zinee, ' articles regarding the Mars,h Hawk, and eight or ten letters have come to father during the last few days on the subect. In this connection I would like to give our experience with Marsh hawks 1asf summer. A neighbor whose business is rais- ing white Leghorn. chickens, called me on the telephone last summer and ex- plained that hewas losing his young chickens nearly as fast as he could put them out,• and wanted mo to' come. and investigate. Naturally, the first thing that envie to tiny mind was- a weasel, but on visiting the place, wea- sel traps had been set already,. and no signs of, a weasel's work, but as it happened, while I stood there, over flew a marsh- hawk. I at once said, "There is where your leghorns are going." The favorer couldn't believe me, as he eaid he had read several articles telling of how marsh hawks lived on nice, snakes, and other rep- tiles, and even said a government bul- letin (I don't know where front), had told of hots beneficial they were, to the farmer. On investigating in a piece of land covered with short wild grass about a quarter of a mile away, we found the marsh hawk's nest, 'with young about two-thirds grown, and for about two or three feet around the nest the ground was covered with rem- nants of young white leghorns, a few pieces of mice skins, and remnants of a snake and crawfish—yeb this poor farmer had been led to believe, by reading various articles on the subject, that the marsh hawk should not be killed and, no doubt, while he was in the. house reading the marsh hawks were cleaning up on his broods of young leghorns. Two years ago father had a brood of thirteen quail, nod he stetted miss- ing these young birds, said before Ire killed IlIr. Marsh Hawk the flock had' been reduced to seven, and when he did shoot the marsh hawk it had a young quail in its claws. During the months of May, June and July we have two or time hun- dred Mourning doves' nests in our Scotch pine grove, which is about fif- teen to twenty feet in height. During these months we always kill from ten to twenty marsh hawks which come here and hover over, the small grove where the young Mourning doves are. These hawks are certainly not looking for field mice up in the tops of these be carried on every month of the year, an the same number of hawks each month,',becauso.I am sure you would find move mice in their stomachs in the In latter part of Jttly, August, and Sep- tember,- and early October. Who hasn't watched, marsh hawks by the hours flying low: and darting ' over duck marshes. We all know there are no spice in these marshes where wild rice and cat tails eight feet high are growing out of the water. Instead of mice in these places we find several varieties of small birds such as Wrests, as well as young ducks, during the Spring season Watch for yourself, and you will seldom Sae a marsh but there are marsh howks hovering near, and we all know 'there are no twice there. We cannot be too careful hi saying what birds should be protected or kill- ed—it ;is a big study—in many cases one "fust consider the circumstances before deciding. ed. "Now at last I can be perfectly evergreen trees. frank. When you tackled 1110 lost This winter the ground has from week I almost let you into the aecrea eight inches to a foot of snow. AIong Only sometimes one can kill two birds fence rows where mice make their with one stone, and I was 'thinking headquarters in the weeds, there is of—Mr. Christie." snow fyotn four to six feet deep. "ate?" ejaculated David once more. Where are the mice? They are next "You," she said, nodding. "I've to the ground where there is green thought about you quite often, I'd bet- vegetation. Thus, Khat are the marsh ter you. I thought: 'Here we are hawks living on in this locality? T after four years --a "sere couple of can tell you= --Juncos, Chicadees, Eng - stick -in -the -muds.' I thought hearing fish Sparrows, etherbirds, and an oe- I was engaged to somebody else might casional "souse that comes out from stir you up. I thought my little ring under the snow. might make two people jealous—with `I have never seen any Government its one 510110!" literature from Canoda the United"How "How ---bow could you possibly States, or any other country, advocate guess about me?" asked David in ing protection of the marsh hawk, but amazement. if such literature exists, i Cannot see "A girl can't help knowing,"said how one department will liberate she, "Auntie, three can be such a peasants quail or partridge, while crowd! D'you think— Yes? God a another deartment would publish night then, darling, if 7011 simply statements telling the fainter not to must go, But do give David just kill the marsh hawk; because these one wee kiss. He's pitting for lt.' marsh hawks will eat young pheas- Transflgured, airs. Boultou had ants, quail el? partridge just as quick- : Protection and Revenue hardly reached the door before David ly as they will ,nice, if they can find London Daily Mali '(Ind. Cons.) went to Ivy and wlsispered, 08 he them. Simple people sometimes ask holy pro- put' his arms around her: There is no doubt but that during 10011 o duties can bring in revenue, If "Ivy, I'm still pining." the months of August and September the duties protect. They do not seem "Then, darling," said she, "I'll tell marsh hawks •chief diel is mice, be- to be aware that the •'United States you when to stop." --Answers. Cause young game birds and other var- collects no nese than 4120,000,404 a :'� -'— tames have pretty well matured. Pee- year in customs duties which are The Government naw Isar tree bun- ple who advocate protectionofsuch' mainly protective; -or that our safe- letins explaining how to do almost hawks usually base their opinion on guarding duties, which do to some ex - everything except save public money. analyzing the stomachs, which is post- tout safeguard, all without exception —New York •Telegram, tive proof,' but such analysis should bring In revenue. MUTE' AND JEFF— By BUD FISHER Battleships and. Naval War Melvin F. Talbot in the Nineteenth Century (London): (The author is a Lieutenant (S.C,) in the 11.S. Navy). Were war actually unthinkable, the high' seas could be immediately dis- armed, except for the floating police, watch would always be needed t9 pre- vent the recurrence of piracy and to assure the safety of life and property is lauds where local authorities are unable or unwilling to furnish the pro- tection given by every civilized and eoyereign State. Such a force might count many regiments of utarlues, their transport and their trate with cruisers in support, but It need in. elude no Rodneys, no Marylands, and no Mitsus. The very existence of bet- tie:Mips, despite the Pact of Paris, pre- supposes the possibility of war at sea on au extended scale, These great steel forts, the central bastions of naval power, were built to fight, if light they must, in tremendous battles ou vast and lonely seas, Not by their 16 -inch salvos eau distant trader and missionary be guarded, and long-suf- faring lands be freedatlast from the curse of Haitian bandit, Chiuese war lord, or Conununist fanatic. Battle- ships aro not the weapon of world order against world chaos, but of na- tion. against nation. Jacket Sant FOr Safety's Sake "Sandy, my son," Fiala the fond Tweed, Stil/c Crena, woo/ crop.ta father, "yen getting marriet the or morn, so I, ha'e 1100111 ye a present Jersey ' ye'fl find vert'a u$efu'," By ANNETTS TTE "Thunk ye father," murmured Sandy. But when the old matt produced a mouse -trap and laid it on the table, Sandy almost fell backward with amazement. "What ever's that for?" he inquired. "s reel," his father explained, "if there's one thing a wumman hates- waur nor a asoose It's a moose -trap. Jiet ye set 1.1 last thing at niotut, pit your loose money oat o' your pooch under the spring, and it's shalt to be there in the morning." The m icer iliustratenl is decidedly chie to wearer with. tuck -in biome and becoming jabot collar. The jacket and skirt with tight hip band ubttoned at side aro of feather weight tweed 'in orangey-red tones. The tuck -in blouse of eggshell silk crepe printed in red polka -dots uses Fraser Suggests plaits red crepe for bow lie and for Stations Use IVlore Power piping of•it toner neckline. Iiarizontid tucks across eeistre front Montana—Canada will not be be. ,of the bodice are decorative. hind its neighbors to the south in the This jaunty outfit Style No. 380 is character and power of its radio designed in sizes 6, 18, 20 years, 36, broadcasting stations If the recon- 38, 40 and 42 inches bust. mendatibns of the Royal Commission You'll find it extremely easy to on Radio Broadcasting are carried be make. Tlse straight jacket le merely to enact, At N. Fraser, chief engtueer closed at skin and shoulders. The of the radio branch, Department of fronts are underfaced and the collar Marine, weelared, adds'esing the Eng is stitched at neckline. Only two major gineering Institute of Canada in Ob parts to blouse! The skirt is seamed tawa on "Tho Development of Radio and stitched .,o hip yoke. in Canada. For active sports, wool jersey is Whole many of the original stations smart in soft brovnt shade with blouse in Canada employed transmitters in Chartreuse green lacy weave jersey. rated at from 60 to 250 watts, there Printed crepe silk with plain crepe, now aro several stations equipped and plain flat crepe with contrasting with transmitters rated at 5,000 watts, shade blouse are practical and smart said Mr, Fraser. That these still fall for general wear. short of the power employed for broadcasting in the lilted States was shown in -the statement that Ameria east stations are enlploYinsg many broadcast transmitters rated at 50,000 watts, NWT, Vitae WIFE HRS SEEN 'MG GCPJEl2NOt2. `(o' -1'(2.E FREE; • Nc`Ct'11NG,r.'D05Nat x, otiat,eeleE SuNS'NINe Net. tReSH AU NAUSCI\TES MC; HOW TO, ORDER PATTERNS Write your name and address plain- ly, giving number and size of such patterns as you want. Enclose 20c in stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap it carefully) for each number, and address your order to Wilson Pattern Service, 73 West Adelaide St., Toronto. Subdivide New Area for Settlement De order to meet the domande for new homesteads in the Peace River district, two survey parties under fie strstettons front the Surveyor General,. Topographical Survey, Department ot the Interior, this year subdivided a large area of new laud in those Walt - they vett prod, more some other way.' ties where settlement is proceeding—Henry Ford. most rapidly. Roses Roses must lam ' good drainage and it ie best to give some protection in the form of fences, shrubbery or build- ings on the north side. They should, however, be planted two or three feet in front of these windbreaks so that they will get full sun. Pleat hybrid perpetuate threefeet apart and hybrid teas two. The roots should be spread out when planting and the earth firm- ed well about the stocks. The point at which the roses are budded (union of stock and scion) should. be buried two inches below the surface of the soil. They should be in their per- manent position as s0011 as possible which will mean digging the soil eighteen inches deep, working la humus and welt -rotted manure, pre• ferably cow mature, Just as soon as one eau get on the land without their altoee getting muddy. , Collect Water -Power Data The Dominion Wates' Power and Re- clemati0a Service, Department of the Interior, in cooperation with the vari- ous responsible provincial bodies, has effected a co-ordinated system of waterpower analyals for the purpose of presenting the water -power re- sources of tate Dominion upon a re. tlabte and uniform basis. "George Bald he loved the the min- ute he saw use." "how's that?" "He said I was almost the opposite of hie first wife and that was fust the kind of a girl he'd always been look- ing for," The inferiority complex to like wealth, It would be a blessing if the right people had it. Teaciter--"Jakte gave a sentence us - lag the word deceit." Jakie—"I wear pants with patches on de seat" r "We are born without itstowing it, we die fa confusion and we forget to lava."—Thornton Wilder, "Virtue may seem as sleepy as a cat, but she La dangerous when she springs."—Robert ynd. "The only way '• t0 end war is to teach the fkliaees who profit by it that alEt-t,O 60V b 111cRE'S AtIL l- use . Satut. TtiC MitairIAt i4i$,MCAi-121X°You Tet, TNG Gala- (00 a here's ' \JGToE.D tlt1 PieTta50N. LET ML^ Go D1',ct< Te MYcc!1d usso ni' 6�i; rad F 'r rain" 4 vr. Wilcox - Italy,ls determined to produce mord wheat le order to keep pace with its • expending population. "Tits state - takes precedence oyer the individual," Alberto di Stefani, head ot the Italian; Association for Reclamation and Irri- •gation, told me, "The proprietor who, for any reason' fails to carry out the government program must .give way; to those who are in a position to in. crease land preduotleityg Landown- ers must realize that henceforth prie trate ;ownership depends on capacity Anil good conduct from the point of view 01 agricujttn'e." The governor of each province has •been' given., full authority to decide whether a farmer is .up to standard. 11, not, his tante is talon from bins ando given to another matt, who has 30 Years •to pay for it. .The farmer is or- dered to stay on ,the land and raise• more wheat and more children. The, government program involves making everyacre produce more, under pea ally of expropriation, and -increasing. the number of Italians by 20,000,000 .within six years; The present popula- tion of Italy is 40,000,006. A 50 per• cent. increase is therefore contem- plated. The government's slogan is "In.stumtters there is force." To stimulate the birth rate, bonuses and medals are bestowed on fathers+ of families of ? to 12 or more children. Italian newspapers carry long Lists of men who have received prizes for. their contribution to the population. - There are nearly 600,000 such families • in Italy. And there is a graduated tax on bachelors. Italy's population is growing at the rate of 400,004 a year, and the farmer has been peremptorily ordered to raise "1111 the wheat required by the Present and future expanding popula- tion of Italy There is little new wheat land is sight. Yet to meet the situation the wheat area must be in- creased 70,000 acres every year, and the average yield must be increased: front the present 16 bushels per acre to 26. The government program is "to bring under cultivation every acre of arable land, forcibly and immedlate- !y." Farmers are forbidden to moves to town except under permission et the perfect of the province. Even it a farmer is given permission, he is ad- mitted only on probation for 120 days. If he does not make good during that period he is sent back to the country: If a farmer sneaks into town withoub permission, city employers are forbid- den to hire him, Nothing is left to the discretion of the farmer, Every landowner is or- dered "immedlately" to submit pinus for operating his tarm, But he is toliS la advance what the plans must be anti Ile must carry them out promptly, or forfeit Itis farm, . W111 •the farmer voluntarily grove wheat when. , grapes, olives, citrus fruits, or a dozen: other products pay better? While 11 was in Italy Canadian wheat was un- derselling Italian wheat on the Italian Markets 26 to 40 lire per quintal, and/ Italian farmers were feeding much et - their wheat to livestock. Italians, like= other races, have a few ideas of their own about marriage, size 01 family, place of abode and method of farming. Cau alt these natural tendencies bet eisanged by edicts? Time will tell.—s The Country Gentleman. Overdue One 01 ids customers had owed him a sum of stoney for Quite a long time, and .the grocer decided to call at the house and demand his dues. "How' about the money for the aroeerles, sir?" he asked. "It's been awing for six mouths now." "Isn't that paid yet?" gasped the householder. "I sent any wife over with the money some time ago." "Sor'r'y, sir," returned the other, "site never came near me." The householder thought for a nue meat. "Weil, my man, title isn't all my fault," he replied. "It'e partly youra for having your shop next door to a ladles' hat shop." The Happy Hour They were talking of old, time. "And do you remember the mooa- light might six years ago when I pro- posed to you, dear?" he said romanti- cally. "Darling, will 1 ever forget?" she replied. "Those were heavenly days." "We sat there for over an lour," he went on, "and during that hour you never once opened your tips," "Yes, that is so, dear," she sighed. "And that was the happiest hoar of my whole 1110," he finished, "I would rather wear out than rust out." Viscountess Rhondda. In London recently George llobey celebrated its 20,000th appearance on the stage. Mutt Riots For Less Fre clorn,. ' IT's Oame. Fop N OW'- ALTOGaTtle--(Z MEN: tie m ,,-.:eate: s MRs.