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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1931-01-08, Page 7Ruu�uatioos of Rebe�aV A Column Prepared Especially for Women— But Not Forbidden to Men Looking Forward. What a mess I made of , things! That was yester"d'ay, Yesterday has taken wings --hide mistakes away. Things I did can't be undone. Silly then to sorrow. ;; Better is the task begun on a bright nese morrow. If S hadn't acted thus! Silence, puling (heart: Useless now to fume and 'fuss, make a brand new •start. All the energy that goes into senseless fretting, Would rebuild, if you se chose, your plan in some new set ting. What a blow! Fateis un- kind, Grit your teeth, don't mer mer; Smile as if you didn't mind, eband a little firmer, Here is sol- ace for your grief, nothing's done 'beyond reoael. Smudged a page? Well, turn a leaf. Begin: again, thett's all. Failed today? Today is past, 'Tomorrow's peeping round the door. Never doubt you'll win at last. That is what tomorrow's for. Witehnina Stitch, Tsn't• the above cheerful philos- ophy? !But really, I think we wo- men need something like that to help us along.' We usually take things a bit too seriously. Not that 1: think we should try to gloss• over mistakes, or worse, or make light of Mean living. On the contrary I think we should aim at gallant liv- ing;. at high endeavor. But when we do make misit'akes and fail I be- lieve that seine of us are rather too prone to sit down and mourn over it. This is silly. All that we can do over a mistake is to rake amends as far as w'e tan, learn whatever lessen is to be drawn from it, then leave it there and go on. At we consonance a new year, which is a good -time to begin, we might take 'this to heart, profit by the mistakes of the past year, and endeavor to avoid making, the same - ones in 1981. Mrs. Nellie McClung, in a little book recently published, points out that women aye too apt to dwell up- on their own faults. If a woman makes -a mistake in her housekeep- ing, if she flakes a social blunder, if she makes a eoalish business deal, she immediately tells all her friends about it, calls upon her husband. to eond'ele with her, etc. Friend Hus- band may eondiole with ;his poor lit- tle weeping wife under' such.eir- cumstances but he is. very likely to have a aotrlervjhiat snnall,.opinion of her mentaliter. She may. be his "poor dear," but if !this, sort of thing goes on too: long he nrky-begin. to consider thee he made a poor bar- gain when he rnarmied such a little incomitpetent. Same 'with friends. Pimple are apt to take us at our own valuation, at least tie some extent. If we :persist in' melding- ourselves out as poor, weak mortals who are always Making mistakes our friends can not be blamed for` agreeing with us, now can they? Mrs. McClung seems to think ,that we should be lenient to our own faults. I am not go sure 'of 'that. I think we need to be rather • severe 'with ourselves; n(ake ourselves toe the mark, • as it were. . But we can discipline our- selves in'the- privacy of our awn souls and `corms out all the stronger for it. Half the Conning over of faults with friends and confidents is a weak grasping for :synspethy. Let us be stere with ourselves. Let us call ,ourselves:: to the bar of our own souls and. demand a strict account- ing, then, taking up whatever of lessons which may be learned from ,the experience, go on again to bet- ter achievement, . Did you - ever have a -really humil- ia.ting experience, ' an experience which made you suffer keenly at the time, but which ' afterwards you couldn't wholly regret owing to hav- ing learned .something useful from it? 'I have on a few occasions. That is I what learning by experience means and probably what is at the battomn of the old saying that "Ex- perience "is an expensive teacher." But here is wishing that -all of us may have a successful year; that we may learn something useful, even if it should be by the (bitter experience of humiliating mistakes, and that, 1931 may be written down as the year in Wall we suede sone mental and spiritual growth. REBEIAB Are we Better or are we Worse than we were Twenty -Five Years Ago? The Innocents of 1905 are the Sophisticates -of 1930 and There lies Been So Much Good and Evil in past Quarter Century, We are Wiser, Possibly Happier, • (Hugh Clark, in High River, Alta., Times) Twenty-five years! What chang- es have taken place in 'that time! In 1905 the motor car was new and not the dependable, •comfortable vehicle it is today. The tractor 'had not come into vise. Every AI- - lege had its post office and black- smith shop, where now you see a picture show and Ia service- station. Type was set by hand in country printing offices, the lefer enthaler not having themyet. reached No one dreamed then that voiees from across an ocean or a continent could be heard here at the moment of utterance. Air navigation was in its expem'menti stage; end •no one dreamed the time would , soon -come when Tennyson's- prophesy would be fulfilled: "And there rained 'a-•gi'hestly clue From'' the nation's airy navies grappling in the 'central blue.', • Greatest change of all, and sad- dest,, we are twenty-five years old- er. "Silver" anniversary is 'tight. The years have brought that metal color into hair that Was - then black -os' blonde .tar auburn. •But. whet •diffebence -so long as the heart, re- mains young and the arteries are ' riornilal ? - • "Where the snowflakes fall/thick-1 est, -4 Mare's nothing can freeze," as the genial Autaerat has genet it. Twenty-five years •ago -we didn't know the: word radio, en! rodeo either. Never heard of s!ic ex- cept in , connection with hydro.. Nev-' ' er "heard of combines except it re- • straint of ti cele. • Never heard of - differential expept in connection m with calm:des. Never' heard of Idol- lywood iu connection with the' movies or of Chicago ip' connection with 'pineapples. Never heard of i fuselage or camouflage •or' pill; boxes- or archies er ceenn tunignes' or moratorium, • Neyer• . heard - of Blighty and had no, idea et wee such' a long .way to 'Tipperary. Didn't 1 know what • wrangling meant • • er swinging the lead or 'bhe..zero hour;' and the extia,.hazajrdious • • risk of ; ' going over the top. Never heard of morons paranoics or psycho anaiysis or normalcy os etalienists or psychiatry., Neve heal:d of py- merhea -ar pazzarthritis o r whoopee .of • Volsteadison poi : Vita- nein. D . Never heard of mah'iongg or• • mass pioduetien; ;the flying 'tackle in -wrestling or'the . rabbit puncilt. Name heard_. of.•plus fours or ,pee wee or the foot and mouth disease. Neves.de-maned ,ilbp 'time would tome >when women•iv'ho sit ; •It • Iioilieig booths era sertttineees Would strand in street pais as steep- langerei Never "dreamed that Men' who looked up when the -hair was . long would'; look down when the skirts are ys'hort. l`i'evey dreamed • - that broker, Weld :go long rim fine" end short in cvnfinemeht• Never daeaanred ::that men would prefer daylight to darkness when their deeds are evil as bandits do now, 0, how unsophisticated we were! Are conditions better now than then? .Have we "sweeter mann- ers, purer laws"? Have we reached a higher plane of civilization? Has the sum total or human happiness been increased? rrard questions to' answer. If you say "No," . you are a pess!nmene--you are getting old, looking backward.,If you .are bold enough to, say iyou better follow up with the explanation that during those years the greatest, though not the longest, war in his- tory took place, throwing innumer- able monkey 'wrenches into ,the ma- chinery, Were it not for that, you vvuld say "Yes, the world is getting. batter." Civilization was advancing surely and speedily when suddenly it had to be saved —, and "saved" by methods, the most basbasic,' engines, the mot destructive, arts tile most inhuman. That .war dislocated sec- iety; ,dismeinbered families; disrupt- ed states; interrupted coanhnerce; changed geography; made history. After four years, it Was• suspended by 'aoniiistice and terminated by. treaty, but- the scars remain. -The peace itself had in it new .seeds 'of dissension that, .- sprouting and epreading, made further crops of trouble' international biokeriegs, in- terneotine strife,, mistrust among the. former' allies,victors, and vanquished exhausted, monose,, discontented., 'That lets ' You: ' Md.' You may then' say, without berg stigmatized' as an aging pessimist, that things would here -been better now than, mai 1905 if the ' world hadn't teen jarred in. suds ruthless fashion by the imperiousness of princes and the rivalry of powers. ' Then you may , go- od}, • confident ' of some ground that -men are not so helpful to,each,other. as they were 25 years, ago; that women, though enfran- abised siace, have " lost•. something of • the ; wonisadly ,quality 'in 'the meantime; .that, Whine, the Pursuit of happiness is meee,, insistent it is less ,successful (fait happiness' tat es a 'sardonic delight in''distancing, the ,pursuer),„ teed. that nublic c o - tentment is not es great -wale 'I/he- el/len days of the golden rule. ' Then let them write you down ae. a pessimist if they: dere. Vehat do' they knew about, it• anyway. They weren't born their; or were' merely children., ` You -know,. because you were matured then and ;are maturer now; Compromise with, 'them, and with yourself if you 'like, by admit- ting that' those • :rays are coining bg k; that as the off epee -of the shee& end pevawean off elk world will move on to a period of peace and res, Brit ' undreamed of in one .THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD: THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1081. philosophy, culminating perhaps in "the' parliament of man, the Loder, ation of the world." Roseate dreams are pleasant, and sometimes dreams corm, •true: Besides, you are not a pessimist merely because you think. these days are not as' good as those (every farmerand speculator knows 'this year is not as good as last), but you are a pessimist if you lose faith in the future. It is stupid to doubt •that clouds will break; it is contrary to reason, to doubt,: that sunshine will come again; ,and it is the' sorriest' sort ,oaf skepticism to disbelieve in the pat of gold at the rainbow's end. - Only a misanthrope would deny that in Many- ways conditions are better now 'than theywere in 1905. Outside of the abomination of high heeled shoes, women dress more sensibly and sanitarily, and act and think with 'snore freedom from pats, deity and Victorian restraint. There is greater a'eu'oghoitluo i now', of the dignity' of labor. Deming the war everyone was urged, indeed calm mended. to do something or be re- garded as a shirker. A girl • of gentle breeding or of wealthy parentage was thought at Mk time to demean herself if she accepted work eon' wages. N'e'wer days sire is ambitious to earn mon- ey for herself in some useful cap- acity and is more respected on that gccount, U1'he caste feeling that divided society has disappeared. One's occupation, no' /na,tter how humble, is not the bar in social life it used 'to be,when Carlyle coupled respectabilitwith the ownership of a gig or, further back )n Pepys' :trine, - when you , were -a gentleman if you sported a coach sued had liveried flunkeys. Drunkenesse 'quarellihg and fighting axe - net •so eonianon now, and the lawyers will tell you there is not so much, litigation as there' used to be among men who should hale been neighbors, but wereg not. Wp may 'have developed other vices instead the speed mania, for in- stance—and it helps make up the loss to the laweers. There has been a masked falling -off in church attendance, as the preachers will admit and a marked falling -pee too, in the interest taken by young- er people in public affairs, as pol- iticians will admit, The distraction of radio and motor cars, of dances and pictures, account for this to a large extent. But are, we better or worse? Answer that for yourself --• I'm through. COUNTY NEWS WINGIWd: Mr. and Mrs, James Nllcholsoe Dierlonal road's Wing - ham, entertained their immediate friends and relatives to a dinner pdrty at high noon on Christmas Day, the occasion being their silver wedding. They were married twen- ty-five years ago at the home of the bride's brother, Mr. Alex. Claakey, in Miarris, by the Rev. J. J. IIastie, at that time pastor of Knox obureh, Belgrave, now of Absbralid. After their marriage Mm', and bites. Nich- olson lived for a number of years in Morris and later moved to Wlincham where they are 'highly respected, cit- izens and valued members of St, Au- drew's Presbyterian Church. Their many friends congratulate them and extend wishes that they may be spared to celebrate their anklets wedding,•—Wjingham Advance -Times.. WINGHAM: The death of Her- bert J. Thompson 'oc ,iurreel sat his home here after a brief illness. Mr. T,honrpson was 53 years of age and was born in West Wawanosh, near Dungannon, where he Spent the ear- ly part of his life,• later going to Sault Ste, Marie, Ont., where he was a resident foe 10 years and con- ducted a hardware business. Leav- ing the Soo, be returned again to this locality, whore he 'lead since re- sided. Surviving are his wife and one child, Verna,. The funeral 3er'- vice was held at 'his late residence Monday afternoon at 2 otelock by Rev: Sydney Davison, pastor of the United church, of which he was a member. Interment in' the Wingham Cemetery. EXETER: During the game of hockey at the Dome rink on Friday night between Crediton and Exeter, lbs whiq)r the Exeter team was victor- ious, cum accident happened which wlmich lay Barry Bowden up for se- veral -weeks ,. Wf pile body-clhecltling he "was 'thrown violently' to. the ice; mlur:ing his spine. Dr. Dunlop Was called and the. patient Was- removed to his home on a stretcher.. This is the' second ice accident for Harry this .season, f cv fuse recently he had a fall on :the river at Creditor while eketing,' DASI:WOOD:- Suph: anxiety was kelt in the village over the disap- pearance o!f Geettleile Fisher, .62 - year -old resident wire lived alone in the village, and*who had, not been seen, for seine days, that.Constable 'Charles' Stennhagen, broke into; the house on Friday; last and found ,the frozen, lifeless 'body of .Ml-. Fisher hanging' en, the house. : Coroner P. J. O'Dwyer of Zurich was man/noted, and. authorized- Peter Miclsaa,r„ fun- eral directos1 to prepare ,the body, :foe interment. The deceased bad been living alone far.: the past three Yeats,, andh, 1 legal separation. d a f in mo his wife,r who with leer children resides m. 'the village. Ur. Fisher appeared to be in normal health, and dict not seem to be.in trouble financially, Bels behavior had not attra,utgd any un- usual attention.. BLYTH ,The annual installation and intasture of the ' officers of Blyth Lodge, No. t 303 & A M,., and Itull:ett Ledge;N:o, ,557 took .place in Blyth 'ledge recon on Friday night, whim, a:splendid,sit- ,tcndanee df m•ensber•t• of both lodges present- The occasion :was an op- portunity for the newly sleeted- offi- cers Ito fraternize and thus 'become acquaintedward these who will have' charge of the destinies of these two ledges for; the ensuing year. The beautiful ceremony of installation and . investiture was performed by Rt. Wor, Bro. A, W. Beacom. At the conclusion of the ceremony many favorable comments were expressed at the nvannM in which the ems Money was. conducted. At the con- ch/elan •of the wools of the lodge, the brethren assembled ,in Bro. F. •J. HoIlymian's restaua',ainte -where 'a dainty lunch was served: The 'fol- lowing are the - officers for 1931: I. P.M., Woe.' Bro. 3. Harvey; WM„ Wor. Bro. Kelland MlcVittie; S.W., Bro, Barnard Hall; J.W., Bre.. J. ?4ei!ands; Chap., BTO. W'pn. Lyon; secretary, Bro. John Finglaoid; trea- surer, - Bro. Thos. Miller; D. of. C., Bea. E. Yungblutt; S.D., Pro; E, -Ad- ams.; 9.3., Bap. John Scott; J.S., Bro. R. Yungblutt; I.G. Bro. Gee. Barr; tyler, Bro. W: Wells I.E.M. Wor. WI, A. Irelswimg, W.MI, Wor.' Bro. Roht• Neetcooree; S.W.., Bra. George Brown; J. We, Bro. J. E. Munro; Chap„ Bro. R'abt, 'Fergie; secretary, Wer. Bro. S. A. Ponle- stone; treasurer, Rt. Wor. Bro. J. B. Tierney; D. of C., W,br. Bro. P. W. Scott; S.D., Bro. R. Brown; J.D, Ir- vin Wallace; S.S., Bro. F. J. Holly - man; 3.5., Bra, (Dr.) Toll; I. G.,. Bro. R„ D. Philip; tyler, Bro. A. S. Radford. LOW FARM PRICES POPULARIZE HORSE • • Faced with loW grain values, lee- n/era of western Canada are find- ing tractors too expensive to operate and are turning once -'again to the horse for farm work, ib is indicated in reports received by the Depart- ment of Agriculture. The tractor un- doubtedly still holds a place for plowing, but there is an increased demand for 'horses in the prairie pro- vinces' and excellent prices have been received at recent sales in' the west. In order to provide, against great• er demand for horses in the. future, Hon. Robert Weir, Minister of Agri- culture, is giving consideration to a plan of buying in England a number of high quality sues for breeding draft horses in Canada. ROW WARS START "Yes, sir, I believe that big wars are often caused by the smallest matters," ruminated old man Jones. "Things that a fellow thinks don't amount to a darn will often pile up a mountain of trouble for Thins. Why, just the other night, my wife was working over a cross -word nuzzle, and she looked up and asked, 'Wihat is a female sheep?' e"And I replied ewe,' and there was another big war on." THE PERFECT SONG • Dear Master, as the 'old year clieth soon, Take Thou my harp, And prove if any string be put of tune, Or flat, or sharp. Correct Thou, Lord, for the What ringed% harsh to Thee, That heart and life may sing the new year long • Thy perfect song. --,Great Thoughts. Bandits at Owen Sound • A little over a week ago, 'while Mr. T. E. Elliott of Owen Sound was in the act of closing his grocery store for the night two bandits entered and forced the proprietor to hand overh to day's receipts, a- n -wanting to over $100, Th pries however, were not allowed their freedom ' for any length of time for on the following Monday night the police arrested B•rn'eet Snell, ag- ed 40, and Edmund Scare, aged 16, on a charge ,of robbery. COLBORNE - (Too late for last week) Mr. Alex. Young left this week to visit with Mae It. M. •Young, who is convalescing in Tomato. The several Christmas entertain- ments at the different places were successes everywhere. S. S. No. 1 'held theirs on ltriday afternoon under direction of their teacher, Miss Mildred. Sterling. S. S. No. 2 and Saltfe d Sunday school held their on Tuesday evening, No 3 (Young School,) held their's bn Monday evening, No. 8 on Friday afternoon and No.: 7 on' Friday ev- ening, Smith's Hill church was held on Tues'd'ay evening and, Benmiller ore -. Monday evening. • Benmiller school also eieated then• friends. to an' entertainment on Friday after- noon, and we hope the young people engaged in the noble. work will be encouraged to do better and enjoy a Attlee life in the :coming events. :Miss Edith Fisher - has returned frena -a short course at Guelph Col- lege., •a Miss Annie Baxter is home on vecatich from T'haanes Road: An old resident of Colborne town- ship passed away in Toranite iii 'the person of Francis (Frank), McDon- agh, • -who had foi, the • past four years been almost be fast. IreWe- ed - ed an: Unlbornc taivnshmp being boxzx. ate C telow, where he resided till a- bout 'sixteen years ago • • Hie' took a pride lie single driving horses' and• rasterrm. 1 sand his f✓a With "fi c 1, t d iG5 of cattle. Ii'e kept an hotel across, the read, fromt his residence .for some years and . was. r'espteted by all, In later renis:, he 'was• 'appointedclerk of the 'township. 'After leaving Col- borne he entered into Partnership with Mr. -A.: Gledhill" .in the wood, -and coal 'business',in Godeeleb and. later -went. to ' Toronto toe IIye. He was ei ton• of the late. Janke. lif'e- Donagh and''Mys. 117IsDlonagh,was•ed ueated cut Nd. 1 • tsite'al• asmd• GodesiA Gra-murmur 'wheel'4nd -thenen` glad/sated as veteainery surgeon in T!oronto•. The funeral took place on Wed- nesday 'from C.P.R. station;' Goderich in presence of old neighbors and friends, thence to ,Colborne cemetery, The pallbearers were; James Gall-. ee/M; : Charles Ilsobeosts'oto, Alex,' Young, John Treble, Albert Gold- thorpe acid Wm. Hill, Sr., Rev. Re C. MjoDeirneid taking the burial sere vices. A, son, Frank, and a daughter Violet, accompanied the. remains. Another daughter, Edith, and the mother, also survive. • Nomination was held Monday, Dec. 29th, according to this' town- ship's rulek. litany topics -were dims- cussed bot the plan of buying of a gravel trueic as was rumored in the fall; was shattered. Vcny,'little could be said against the 1930 council and they .were returned by a'c'clamation. The attendance • at the meeting was very: large, together with two. reporters' and 'two county town citi- zens., one being the county treasurer. Miss Louisa Mnedel and Mee and *s. Herman Mtteded and family of Waterdovm ,visited with Mir. and Mbse. Paul Mlaedel on Christmas, Mee, Maeclel sitting up to enjoy thein_ company. - • Miss Eva Pettnean and Mess Doris Hill spent the 'holiday at their par- • ental homes. Mr. and :Ms's. Al. Kilpaaick of British Columbia are visiting •in 'this localisty. EXETER BUSINESS PLACES 'ENT •.ERED SAT R UD A YI N GHT Three business places were enter- ed in a raid of shop breakers on the business seetiet of E'xete'r on Saciur- day night or the early hours of Sun; day morning, and a quantity of sirer- chandiso removed from two 'of the stores. ' The places entered ,Iwere' Jones & May, general store; Be W. F. Beaversareardware' ,Stare and `G. A. I'iiewkins Ileadware Store. ' Tea ladies' fur coats, men's leather coatis and 'mealier articles of clothing, three: wales; two shotguns, and a quantity of ammunition were, found to be mussing from; the stores enter= ed. When Hubert. Jones, after church on 'Sunday morning went to the Jones & May ;store, in which lie is one of the partners, to get smote Sunday school papers, leis suspicions were a- roused when he found the back door unlocked. He found bloat -bars had been forcibly mewed_ a base- ment window, and that marauders had forced the door between the basement 'and the main store. This' had been done, although a strong bar had fastened this .door, Upon snaking .further investigation Mi; Jones found that two ladies' coats of' -fine muskrat, several men's leather and sheepskin coats and several Sumner articles had been taken.. Miss Pearl' Dickson is visiting the Wilson family 'and connections., 'socks appeared also to have hurriedly picked ever and. a sere made. The " burglars did not fare so next'door for, although they eat the basement of the -hardware of lieennent elf B. W. F. Beavers, even cut !roles' in thedoorcomma the. "baeemenb' and -the ground• f their? efforts to open it failed. would seem that this jab .had i abandoned suddenly. :The mark; •a' track •Gould be;feen at the I but it is not known whether they connected . with the ' crime or I There are:sheds at the back of t stores which would conceal, any working at the windows, Con Whitesicles, of Goderich was no and during his investigations G Hawkins, whose hardware stoe situated directly across- the s from the Jones & May end B, Beavers stores, discovered that place had been entered. A I window on the ground floor had i broken to admit entrance. Se Mr. Hawkins places his loss -at t rifles, at least two shotguns, a q titer -of 12 guage and 22 calibre ammunition and a. small quanti gash, which had been left in the register. This•is .the emend s of rtibberies here within a brief Several boxes of shirts, gloves and led. Good Health Open - Sesame 'to Happiness Abounding health which enables one to finish each day's duties with a reserve of energy is something everyone desires. The importance of regular exercise and a know- ledge of thorules of health are becoming daily inure apparent to the business world. The accompanying pictures of the ladies health classes of the Bell Telephone C'ompanyahow a group receiving verbal instruction in diet and the care of the body while another class is seen following the lead of a trained in- structor in body-building exercises. Health courses and lust aid instruction are an important part of the training of female employees of the Telephone Com- pany in all of the larger cities. vertised 01.-s Are ower ADVERTISING turns over stocks rapidly, and therefore mul- tiplies profits. This means that prices in a shop which advertises can be short rather than long. Of this you may be curet Prices in a shop which advertises are not MORE than in a shop which does not advertise. The chances are that they are oftentimes lower. This, also, is, generally true: You will find better goods, bet- ter values and better service in i;hose shops Which turn over their stocks rapidly. This moans, as. a general thing, strops which ad- vertise. A.No ' . te . To rchaints: Advertising costs you nothing—it is 'paid for by the profits on increased sales. • • - - Advertising is easy--Iit is simply eeering he writing what you sa to the chstonsars in our Atm. Turn over tanks quickly, if n Y y� q y, yo would make mote money. + Rcad:thc Ads., • Thee She , F LINT C ON NEWS FCD O