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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1930-09-11, Page 7ioaCiu�s ui Rebe t A Column Prepared Especially for Women -- But f Not Forbidder to Men. A PRAYER FOR A LITTLE HOME God send us a little home, To come back to, when we roam. Law walls, and fluted tiles, Wide windows, a view for miles. Red" firelight and deep chairs, Small, whitebeds upstairs -I . Great talk in little nooks, Dini colors, rows of books, One picture on each wall, Not many things at all. God send us a little ground, (Pall trees standing round. Homely flowers in brown sod. Overhead, thy stars, 0 God, God bless, when winds blow, Our home, and all we know,:. Women who were fortunate enough to visit the Toronto Exhibition this year must have found`it difficult to decide where tq spend most of the time at their disposal, as there were sq many places of interest. But no doubt most women spent a little while at least in the Wlomen's build- ing, where were displayed, though none too advantageously owing to lack of space, the many results of the skill and industry of the women and children, the school children, the handicrafts of the blind', etc, It was a very creditable showing, indeed. 'Phe fine needlework, the results of skill in patchwork, in rug hooking, in fine arts, such as painting, tool- ing leather, -!batik, painting on china and dozens of other crafts. Some of the fine woodcarving looked, to iny amateur eyes, at least, worthy of the days of long ago, when people were proficient in that sort of thing. And I could not help a feeling of thank- fulness that in this hurried age of machinery people had not quite for- gotteu or given over the gentle arts of handicraft. For no !natter how accurate machines are; no matter what lovely work they turn out, there is a charm and a beauty about the work of skilled human fingers which no machine -wrought product can eiainl. It is' well that a young tvo- man should learn to use the needle skilifully, even though she play not ;wish to take time to make all her gown or her children's clothing. A OINK touch of handwork on . an otherwise very plain and unpretentious gar- ment often ar-ment.often gives it an appearance of dignity and charm quite out of pro- portion to the -labour expended. Be- sides, a woman who is skilled with her needle is seldom content with slovecily garments. She - is usually neat in appearance. and that is a great thing in a woman. But while the women of Ontario and other provinces had very hand- some eitliibtts, which were a credit to themselves and a joy to behold, it was Quebec in my estimation which carried off the palm: That province had a wonderful exhibit. It's mines (of course their exhibits were nothing to the exhibits from Northern Ontario, but were nevertheless very fine), the charming little rooan furnished like a French Canadian home; its maple. products, which were a delight to look upon and an equal delight to taste, its interesting little exhibit of a maple wood and the olde and the. new method of making syrup; but above all its unparralleled exhibit of hand -manufactured articles. The blankets, (very similar to those turn- ed out at Benmiiler, by the way), the homespun, the beautiful shawls, hangings scarves, curtains, even, spun by the women on their hand looms. It was to me a very fascinat- ing spot and I found myself return- ing over and over again to look upon these products of women's skull and industry. Premier Tachereau has been trying to encourage the reintroduc- tion of the industry of hand -weaving into the hones of the people in Que- bec and I do not bintne hits, if there was' any danger of them losing the art. Upstairs in the Women's Build- ing the Women's Institute of Quebec had an exhibit where a woman sat and ran a handloom, throwing a shut- tle back and eolith, weaving some woollen cloth. If markets can be found for these beautiful handicrafts, which should not be difficult, one would think, it ought to prove a very profitable industry. Ono of the attractions of the Que- bec exhibit the first wceltesf the Fair was the presence oe „a quartette or young French Canadians, ltunber jacks, dressed in true lumberjack style; who sang rollicking river songs in the little French Canadian house, giving concerts afternoon and even- ing up to Monday, Labour Day. That was always a. popular spot an d. . ia do TO EVERYWHERE IN CANADA A fuze, fast, through train to the West, leaving Toronto daily at9.30 p.m.forlvlinald, W innipeg, Brandon, Regina, Saskatoon,•Edmonton, Jas. per and Vancouver. EQUIPMENT: Radio - equipped Compare trent-Observation-Library —Buffet Car with. Valet Ser. vice; StandardSlee TngCars, Tourist Sleeping Cats, Din- ing Cara and Coaches. tee Au train onyourWestern trig. Secure reservations through any Canadian National Agent. Stl THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD THURSDAY', SEPTEMBER 11;.1930 when the concerts were ore I, in cry .ignorance," used to feel. that the French' were a detriment to Canada and to regret that Canadians were not all% Anglo-Saxons. I have long since outgrown `that foolishness. The French give to Canada a pic- turesqueness, and a charm which would be altogether lacking without them. It should be ouraini to under- stand them better, to get them to understand its better, and to live to- gether as sworn brothers and sisters all. )One charming little lady who was assisting in the Quebec section told me, in gaite. as good English as my own, that her mother was French, • her father Irish.' She seemed to have inherited her father's ruddy hair and fair skin. She said her mother never learned to speak English and they spoke French at hone always, but the children learned their father's language and could converse in both. She was a bright and dainty little lady cid was keen 'to see what was to be seen and to learn all she could while in Toronto. Children and grown -'ups equally seem to have a desire to make a raid on the cookie jar ansi now that the weather's cooler it is a pleasant feel-` lug to have it always filled. Here is a recipe that is easy ,to make and can he varied by changing the filling be-• tween the two delicate cookies. • "2 cupfuls brown sugar, 1 whole egg, 1 cupful: butter or lard, 5T, cup- fuls flour, 1 cupful sour mik, 1 tea- spoonful of salt 1 level teaspoonful soda." (Cream the sugar and butter, or lard; add egg well beaten, add sour milk mixed with soda, and salt. Then add enough flour to make a soft- dough. oftdough. Roll dough to 1-8 inch thick- ness, shape with cookie clutter, and spread with whatever filling is pre- ferred, such as apple jam, strawber- ry jam, or date filling and then cov- er with cookie of an equal size. Sprinkle with white sugar and bake in moderate oven. REBEKAll EXETER: By way of a change and to spend their holidays in an econ- omical way the Rev. L. C. White and family of Elimville have exchanged work with the Rev. A. E. Millen, of Tobermory, Ont., each taking the other's hone and surroundings. Tob- ermory is 55 miles north of Wiarton and has a population of nearly 200, according to Mr, Millen. By way of occupation, fishing and a saw still keep the villagers busy. BRUSSELS: On Thursday after- noon the members of the Brussels Women's Institute motored to Ethel and held a faint meeting with their sisters of_ the Institute at :the home of Mr. find Mrs. C. Wilson: The president Mrs. Robert Bremner was in charge. Business was discussed and roll called, then the meeting was handed over to the Brussels In- stitute which had charge of the pro- gram which opened with a piano solo by ears. Walliam King; solo, Mrs, D. Walker; reading, Mfrs. Strachan; Tra- vel Talk on 'Northern Ontario by Miss Laura Ament which was very interesting and instructive and was much enjoyed by all present; solo, Mfrs. Cline Seott, of Regina, and God Save the King closed the programa A hearty vote of thanks was tender- ed to the Ethel Institute and to Mrs. Wilson for her hospitality. A soc- ial hour was spent at the close and a tasty lunch served. HENSALL: A veteran .of the Great War, Fred Simmons, died at the home of his another-in-1aty, Mrs, John Dinsdale, recently, in his 46th year. lie returned from overseas badly wounded by shrapnel and had been in ill health during the past year, undergoing a number of opera- tions for his war wounds. He • is survived by his widow and one young son. Service Must Go On Little" Johnny Johnson playing with matches behind the shed, back of hit summer home, didn't know and didn's care anything about the busy business men in the big cities east and west, Johnny went right ahead and started his fire. • - By the time his short legs had carried him on the run to his home and mamma, the- shed wasa-roaring-furnace andrthe uplicking -flames had burned through the tonerhead. distance telephone cable passing overhead. While Johnny wss soetin i out his story to his startled mother, a big business executive miles away in the metropolis was placing a memo on his des t pad to 'call a business associate by long distance next morning regarding a deal involving thousands- of dollars. At the sameinstant the watchers of the wires had discovered trouble on the line and "trouble shooters" from nearby towns Were hurry;ng to the scene of the fire as fast as repair cars could carry them. Almost before the fare died dowi'the'wires had been spliced and communication restored. Long before the stock market opened next morning the wires were singing their messages. The business executive had completed his transaction by long distance and a very repentant Johnny sle;;t peacefully in his little -cot. News Items on Matters' Canadian Written For The News -Record Proposes War•Time, Scheme try Mar tit Canadian ;Wheat. Ottawa, September' Gt'h; (Special to The News -Record) Advices from London indicate that the Labour Gov- ernment is devoting itself to develop- ment of the Thomas plan for the bulk purchasing of • Canadian grain, and wool, meat and dairy products- from" 'this and other sections of the Empire The British Government intends to have the proposal •worked out for sub mission to the Economic Conferenc which meets in. London next month. British comment evidences a grow- ing recognition 'of the fact' that the Dominions insist upon mutuality of preferences within the Empire. The MacDonald' Government; and particu- larly Chancellor Snowden, stands rather ' uncomproreleingly . against taxes on food' in Britain and the Themes plan is conceived as an alter- native which shay give the Dominions the advantage sought in return for preferences on all manufactured goods entering the Dominions. Details, of course; will not be forth- coming until they are presented to the conference, though advance, re- ports suggest that the proposal will be largely based upon the methods of purchase and distribution in oper- ation in Britain dureg the war. , and Foreign' postmasters in the Dominion by the u new Postmaster' General, Hon, Ai- thnr Sauve, in whioh he says: "It is my privilege to be in charge of -he Public Department which, perhaps more than any other, reaches so deep- ly into the lives :of the Canadian people. '° The o'ffice of the Postmas- ter General of Canada brings with it great responsibilities and a splendid oppotruniity for public service. With the loyal help of that great body of Workers who snake up Canada's Pos- tal Service 'I hope to make our De- partment a still greater force in the advancement of Canada." • to Imperial War pensioners in this. country, alccordinrg (to Stir George Chrestal,, K.C.B., who was in Ottawa this week visiting the Canadian head- quarters of the British Ministry of Pensions. Sir George stated that a sum '•be- tween five and six million • dollars. 'was paid out each year by the home government to Imperial pensioners and their dependents resident in the Dominion. Canada is the only part 0 of the Empire which has headquaters for payment and . this was rendered necessary by the large number of pensioners. $109,000,000 Adverse Balance Trade For the 12-month--perod ending July 81, Canada's . total imports a- mounted to $1„148,032,457 and her exports to 1$1,015,777,740, according to a report 'made public by the Do- minion Bureau of Statistics. This leaves a surplus of imports over exports of $109,449;031. For the corresponding period in 1929 the so called favorable balance of trade was $59,643,041. for 1928, $135.212,472 and for 1926 $203,151,010. Canada is Selling Wheat to Colombia A new export market for Canadian wheat is being developed in Central America. Colombia is the -latest country to Become a customerand while the sales are not yet large they are expanding, according to a state- ment issued by the Department of Trade and Commerce. Instructions have been forwarded to all Canadian Trade Commissioners to stimulate in every way possible the sale of Canadian wheat. 2,990,000 Barrels Canadian Apples Canada's commercial apple crop for this season has been estimated at 2,- 990, 109 barrels by the Deparelient of Agriculture. This expectation is '78.8 average. Pears, peaches, plums and grapes are expected to 'surpass figur- en for 1929, the, estimated increase ranging from 11 per cent. for pears to 31 per cent, for plums. S20,960.00 Value of • Radio products Production of complete radio sets parts and batteries in Canada during 1920 reaches a value of 520,966,187, or 65 per cent, above the total of $12,768,024 reported for 1928, accord- ing to a preliminary statement issued by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics at Ottawa'. The data for this report were as- sembled from the annual returns to the industrial census, in.1929 an out- put of radio sets or parts was report- ed by 47 differeht firms, of which 40 were in the electrical supplies in- dustry, 5 in the musical instruments industry, 1 in the chemical industry and 1 in the furniture industry. This eurvoy however, does not include the great number of small custom work- ers who assemble or build to nyder; only those classed as manufacturers have been included. Complete receiving sets manufac- tured number 143„ 968 valued at $$14,986,173, as compared with a cor- responding total of 81,032 sets worth 87.486327 in 1928. Tubes numbering 2.004,270 worth $3,100,148 were tur- ned out and batteries. storage and dry cells, said to be manufactured for radio purposes, anountinr to 81,791,- 839 1,791;839 were produced in 1929 as against $2,456,148 in 1928. Large Payments paid by Britain ib Veterans Isere Few people in Canada realize the large amount of money which Great Britain spends each year in payment VARICOSE VEINS RAPIDLY REDUCED Simple Hosie Treatment That is Giv- ing Amazing Results Ie. you have varicose veins or bunches you can start to -day to bring them back to normal size, and if you aro wise you will do so. Just _get an original bottle of Moone's Emerald Oil •(fuIl strength) at any drug store and apply it night and morning to the enlarged veins. It is very powerful and penetrating, and only a little is required; . After a few• days' treatment the veins will begin to grow smaller and by regular use will soon reduce to normal. 'Moone's Emerald oil is also. a mar- velous healing agent, One applica- tion for instance stops the itching of eczema„ and a few applications causes the eruptions to dry up, scale off 'and completely `disappear. It is equally as effective in barber's itch, salt rheum, redness, and inflamma- tory skin trouble. People who want to - reduce vari apse veins, or get rid of eczema, ui cess,"or piles in a few .days should not hesitate to get a bottle at once. It is so powerful that a small bottle lasts. a long time. W. S. R. Holmes, and leading drug stores sell.lots of it.- A.avt. - Some idea of the colossal burden the Motherland, is bearing in con- nection with the post-war care of its veterans can be gaged by the fact that the sum of more than 0,500,006 has been spent in war pensions alone since the Armistice. This sura ex- ceeds the whole pre-war national delft of Great Britain. The present ex- penditure is ,approximately fifty- three million pounds a year or slightly over a million pound a week. There are in Canada and the Unit ed States about 1,200 war pensioners who are paid from Ottawa while the total number in receipt of pensions in England and abroad,including depen- dents, is .in excess of 1,250,000. The annual bill for pensions had dropped from $550,000,000 ,in 1928 to $225,- 000,000 at the present time. The cost of operations for the- Pensions Minis- try is only two per cent. of the total expenditure. se One of the big phases of the work in the Motherland is the care of dis- abled and sick ,veterans hi the great hospitals owned by the ministry and in general hospitals. Every class of injury and affliction was handled and wonder-fuI results had been obtained in orthopedic surgery and in the treatment of mental eases. Hundreds of plastic surgery cases which entail- ed horrible disfigurement had been successfully treated and men who be- fore had never dared to go abroad were now gainfully employed in con- genial occupations. New Air Services On Pacific Coast A Victoria -Vancouver -Seattle air service- will be established by one company while a second operator of an air line between these points and Alaska has announced the purchase of two new 17 -passenger sea planes. The new Victoria'•Seattie line will build a permanent seaplane base and landing wield with acc'omodation for planes and passengers at Vancouver. The initial investment has been re- ported between $200,000 and $250.000. A two storey structure with han- gar space on the ground floor with a machine shop and office accomod- ations on the second floor is planned This structure will have a frontage of 100 feet on the water and facili- ties will include a float for the des- patching of the planes. Plans call for the use of 11 -passenger amphibians on a daily schedule. ,Two new 17 -passenger planes will be added by the Alaska-Weshington Airways and one of the new plates will be used on the Victoria route. Greets Postal Service A message has been sent to all the Woes,o1 a Modern Prince. - (From rince.- (.From the 'Heston Transcript) We are not surprised to !earn that the Prince of Wiales,.weary of the in- terminable round of laying corner- stones -and unveiling monuments, now stands up an his boots and declares definitely that he will make no pub - lis engagements for the next seven weeks,' If any hospital beds must be opened let the patients open them themselves and hop in. If somebody must listen to tihe honeyed words of provincial lord -mayor No. 768, let his wife do it. As for himself, he pro- poses to loaf and invite his soul un- til next autumn when, as Bagman Estraordinaly to the British' Empire, h packs up his kit and starts on his mission of good will to the countries of South America. - Vie don't know who first coined the phrase "noblesse oblige," but it is safe to say that she never meant it to mean that a prince's rank laid upon him the duty of engaging in those occupations which nowadays seem to be expected of an heir ap- parent. We can well imagine with what disdain Edward the Black Prince, with 'meat Homeric laughter Prince Hal, crony of Falstaff, would accompany their royal descendant during his itinerary of an ordinary day. How they would shake their heads at the- degeneracy of the times, In their age the chief busi= tees of a prince was to be, like Kipling's Fuzzy-Wuzzy, a first-class fighting man. If war broke out be put on his shining armor and with mace and battle-axe went forth to defend his cause; prepared to die if need be in the midst of his knights and squires, No parlia- mentary enactments hampered him in the exercise of This authority nor kept him safe at home while his subjects went out to fight for hint. How can eve account then, for the change that has taken place in royal occupations that offers us tho curious paradox of a prince stripped of all political.. power being more carefully guarded in his person than any feudal prince ever was? If we may believe Cervantes, it was the introduction of fierarrns into war- fare. A prince was willing enough to be cleft of the chin in fair hand- to-hand combat with his equals, but he was made uneasy by the thought that he might be killed by a chance shot from the musket of a base -horn varlet, skulking behind a distant hedge. And so, little by little, gun- powder put an end to chivalry. In- dividual skill and strength and bravory availed nothing against the new weapons, and the -last prince to risk his life side by side with bis men-at-arms was 'Charles II., who gallantly led a cavalry charge at the -battle of Worcester in 1661• Just two hundred years later, Albert, Prince Consort of Queen 'Victoria, opened the Crystal Palace exhibition in 1851, end then and iihere= establish- ed a custom that has grown to be re cognized as one of the obligations resting upon the heir apparent. The hand that wonld lilts to swing a bat- tle-axe or brandish a sword may on- ly flourish a trowel- or lay a wreath. 'llhe prince's rightful occupation is gone, /The Food Cha nber (Experimental Farms Note). One of the strangest things to the ordinary individual is that the feeding of bees for the winter lif- ters from that of other livestock in that the .bee;; are given their wlhole winter supply of food at one time, while other stock receive their rations day by day. Toward the end of September, the bees should re- ceive sufficient food to tide them, ov- er the fall, the winter and the spring until the warm days •come and they can gather nectar. Some beekeepers feed their bees sugar syrup; etchers give them natur- al stores --honey. When natural stores are given, the Food Chamber method is usually employed. 'Ti, get an idea of what the Food Cham- ber is, let us look at a hive and we will see that it is built up like a large building—'storey by storey. The lower or ground 'storey is called the brood chamber and it is here that the queen reigns. The stories above this are the ones in which the hon- ey is placed by the bees. As the first honey brought in at tete beginning of the main flow is considered the best, and as the bees, Which are sometimes confined to the hive without the chance of a clean- sing flight for close on 22 weeks,. must have the best, this honey is set aside for them. This storey or box full of honey is called the Food Chamber. The advantages of this Food Chamber method of wintering are; the market is relieved of a certain amount of honey and the messiness of pail feeding is done away with, for all that is necessary is to reduce the hive to one storey and to giveefee food chamber. Anyone thinking of wintering by this method should be sure that the honey to be given is of good quality, for if it is not of the best, it would be better to winter on sugar syrup and to give the poor quality honey in the spring when the bees can fly freely and get rid of its ill effects. Such a Food Chamber which weighs 56 pounds will contain ap- proximately 40 pounds of stores. A. le, W. Birch, Apairist. SCHOOL FAIR DATES IN HURON Colborne Township , Sept. 11th St. Hlelens . . Sept, 12th Ashfield Township , Sept. 15th Belgrave . Sept. 16th Ethel Sept, 17th Howiek Township . Sept, 18th Wroxeter . . ,. , Sept, 19th Clinton Town , Sept. 22nd Clinton Rural . Sept, 23rd Usboree Township . Sept. 24th Grand Bend . . Sept. 25th Blyth . Sept .26th Crediton . Sept. 29th Zurich . Sept. 30th :% Chrysler Jiglg Sport Roadster (including six wire wheels and tires, two fender ?wells, trunk rack and top boot), $2130 • EIGHTS that reflect brilliantly that genius which inspires everything Chrysler does ...Eights dramatic with a new modern style, new beauty and new inxu:y .. . Eights of electrifying per, formance ... Eights swifter than the wind on the high' way .. Eights smoother than eights have ever been before • . Eights extremely low to the' ground yet with. excep tiona.l. held. -roam, ieg'room• and elbow'room... Eights that round the sharpest turns at high speeds without sid es way ... Eights that maintain high speeds hour :after hour with, s t }. out tiring driver or passenger ... Eights with improved Ivli1lt-i•-Re tge 4,speed trans- mission and gear shift which gives each of these Eights two high gear performance ranges ... Bights with the velvety, positive control of Clartysler weatherproof inter- nal hydraulic brakes . Eights so moderate in price that they set anewnieasureof eight'cylinder value ...Eights that, we believe, you will fund to be the most thrilling motor r cars it has ever been your pleasure to own or to drive. J 8 7 6 CHRYSLER EIGHT: Standard illedels—Rorrdstor $1915; Copps $L913; Sedan $1950—Special Coupe $1960; Special Sedan $1995; Convertible Coupe $2130; Spert.Roadster (including six wire wJieels and tires, two fender wells, trunk 'rack and top boot) $2130. All prices !vb. factory, including standard factory equipment (freight and taxes extra). CHRYSLER IMPERIAL EIGHT: Four mapifirestt body styles: Seven - Past. Sedan, Sed an -Limousine, Pive-Pass. Sedan, Close -Coupled Five -Pass. Sedan. B. LV♦� Clinton, Ontario Flimsiness.. mtar1twnowre;so ✓'#1!*'C 0. b.. fnrtor inelud,g stand- ard fact. y quir- mont (freight and _.. t.n.,'war)..