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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1931-11-26, Page 3A 1110.1111:1100 Column Prepared Especially for Women But Not. Forbidden: to Men • Did you too look on age with awe When you were young and, spry? And do you feel grown up at last? m y,, •1 thought not; nor. do L The Cheerful Cherub. "I donot suppose people ever feels as old as they look," remarked' ,a lady of mature age the other day, She was talking' about some of the 'doings of the young folk' of today and of their assumption' that those of her generation could not get the viewpoint of youth, and she rather smiled at the assumptipn. I" could heartily agree with her 'amusement. ;What ,Youth cannot understand it ,that their fathers and, mothers; un: -cies,, aunts and -middleaged friends .have all been over the road they are now trayelling. We know the' path pretty•well and we know just where the pitfalls lie. -We could, if only they would listen to us, tell theni' a Jot •of things which would' make it easier: ,But• then, what's; the use of going over that! When did youth ever listen to tee' experience- of age rand` profit by it? And when did youth ever realize that middleage is really such a litt;e way on the road that it is soon reached, that wrinkles, crows feet and greying hair are really no sure signs to go by when computing age, that many a youthful heart beats behind th'i rotund form of middleage and that, but for the fact that they bane grown cautious as the years slip by, many a man and woman of middle, age would fain be just as foolish and just as frivilous as the youth and maiden. To youth middleage is a "fav country," to which they ,may some tiMe travel, but which in reality 5 seldom "reached. Of, course no sensible niiddleaged will'be as foolish as-youtlh,;for `such a sight is oneto make the . gods weep, but the . sensiblrand youthful hearted- middleaged will use that lingering quality of youth to bridge. the. gap, •between the. generations;, will look on the so-called "follies" gf youth with a lenient -eye and will bo ale to guide wisely ,the young feet into safe Baths. There are people, of course, who are sort of middleagen from their eiad'les. The years add sortie, expert lance but they' are never really "young:" Sometimes it is 'owing ••to the necessity of carrying heavy responsibilities•'too early or it may tee '' a • natural 'ebaracteristie. Such people have 'no sympathy witl ,Such they have' no ineniories to keep their hearts green.' 'Sieh people are to be pitied, but if they have to dna with yohng• people the pity slioule be transferred to tlie-latter. ' The-, ordinary,- normal man and woman, whose heart es yaungerthan. face and hair, 'however, should keep upthis state , by constant remem- brance of their youth and so would be the better fitted to deal sensibly end -wisely with the young people who come in their way. Teachers, especially, after parents, should have this quality. It should be borne in mind that youth cannot possibly get the viewpoint of middleage but midi dleage has conte along the patis of youth and 'ought to remember some,, thing about it. REBEKAH .ARMISTICE DAY AT MONS • The weather last Wednesday, Are mistiee Day, was much the same ai it was in France on $hat eventful day in 1918. It was warmer at the historic city of Mons, where the war for the British started and ended. The second and third Canadian .divisions were pushing an, as they had been doing for some days. The third division went through Mons in the early morning of the Ilth. The ;second division on the right flank was also beyond the city. The Ger; man was fighting a rear -guard acs tion. The day of November 10 had aeon contact with machine gun rear- guard posts holding the Canadians tip. As it grew darker that night it was obvious that the German posts were being pulled in and retreating in orderly fashion. About 2 a.m. the Canadians advanced, meeting no opo positon. The Belgian people in the little villages and farmsteads had not gone to bed, knowing their day, .of liberation was at hand. They al- most overwhelmed the Canadians in the delirium of their new fr'eedonl after four years of the iron heel of tbe Prussians. But the advance wan continued. A Belgian priest in long robes led the Canadian soldiers through tho village streets, occasionally uttering a warning thata bridge or culvert was mined. It was later found that these bridges were mined, but the Germans left in such a hurry',that they bad not wired- or fused them, Dawn found. the 19th battalion be- yond Mons at its objective. The 18th battalion was to go through and con- tinue tie follow up. A. troop of Brit tisk cavalry' cantered up. The ser- geant said 'he' had been along theh road in 1914' but be wase going the other aay. A rumor carne up that the war was over. A company of men smiled in derision. A few openly scoffed. That ldnd of thing had been heard before, A staff officer (red hat) told the company the war was oven but still no one believed' but everybody hop- ed. Then a battalion runner literally burst into the company with the most radiant face anyone had ever seen an one of -his ilk. The message formally announced that all hostilit- ies would cease at 11 o'clock. The war was aver. With the rest of the world, the company in, the' front line of Empire went mad. That celebration has been written about before. Many of those who were the with that compauy at the finish, I however, did not join in the boister- ous celebration in Mous. Their cele- bration was peaceful sleep after 48 hours of duty and years of suspense and danger. They slept as they had I not slept since leaving Canada. Be- , hind lay the destruction of France. i Belgium, and thousands upon thous- ands of graves of eotnrades and thu Iflower of a dozen countires. Ahead lay peace. They thought then peace lay' ahead. That is what those men in those graves thought, too. Now, 13 years after, those who were at' Mons that day are not so sure.—Meaford Mirror. GODI0RICII': David Rogers, Ru- ron road farmer, lost a valuable horse on Saturday night when the animal was struck by a motor car and suffered a broken leg. It had to be destroyed. Mr. Rogers was driving his team without a vehicle and carried no lights when the aeei, dent "happened four miles east of- "Goderieh. The ear was driven by a man named Hannon, a car salestnan, from Stratford. GODERICH: 'The fine large barn of Jasper Brindley, on Polley's side - road, one mile from Goderieh, was totally destroyed last Friday evening with its contents: Combustion in the buckwheat stack is, given as the cause. In addition ' to the season's crops and implements, seven pigs were destroyed. ItIr. Brindley lives in Goderieh, where he keeps his hor- ses. The fire alarm was sounded in town, but the brigade ie forbidden to leave town, .GODRR,ICH: The steamer Easton of the Matthews Steamship Lines put. into port Friday last several hours late after a somewhat hazards ous trip from Thunder Bay Island, Eighty miles ,out 'she broke her high pressure cylinder of her triple ex- pansion marine engine, greatly cut, ting down the boat's power. With a fairly heavy sea running and the wind increasing in velocity the freigh- er plowed through -her course most of the night with her tow signal blowing. She %was able 'to maintain her coursewith'difficulty, and it was lucky that the weather became no worse. The boat will winter here with her cargo. Cony' let 21/2 minutes after the water bolls THE CLINTONNEWS-RECORD VgiO ., .,t01�`1i Qa . 11In' I. HOW MY WOR!J) o WAGS By That Ancient Mariner ' ' Dean D. Hurindy. Q .g.'9 , , RO Q... (.Fill 1 •"Nero's method of, salving the• dem pression," says the W'ennipeg .Trl- bune, `teas to • plander acid burn Rome, Well, we still have •the ban- dits .and pyromaniacs in Canada. Remembrance Day should be de-. 'dicated to peace, and hot td the mak•• ing of speeches on the glorious triuinp$ of the Allied eause, counsels the' W'ejaskiwin (Alta.) Times. So it will, just as soon as all the orators get throat trouble. The Estevan Mercury, Sask., hilar- iously welcomes a surgeon's reputed discovery: of a"Suge method of grow- ing hair an bald heads. So do .we Think of all the..privatelyownee 'dried -out areas that will soon . be yielding crops again! "As every boy and girl Tutows," says the • Picton (Ont,) Gazette, "when you do anything to make any one happy, it is never hard work." W'e hope the boys and girls won't keep this information back from our creditors, The -Fort Francis Times, Ont., •pub, lished book' reviews by •high school students during Canadian Book Week. This seems to confirm the suspicion we have long entertained that. some of the leading magazines use public school children for they job. Business enlargement may not al - 'bays represent, real growth any more than a bunion on the foot does. So thinks the Antigonish Casket, Nova Scotia, Hoot mon, we hotly exclaim, bunions often represent real progress, Look at Pilgrim's Progress by Bunyan. Geographical. Problems. 1. If Medicine Hat were placed on Indian Head would Moose Jaw. 2. Living in Ontario, can Sioux Lookout and see Hanna in Alberta? 8. I1 Eyebrow, Saskatehowan, mov- ed to Newfoundland, would it start Curling? 4. Supposing Carp possessed a Cu;. Knife, with what would Salman Arm. 5, If 'Regina were caught drinking White Horse in the Yukon, wouldshe get Red Deer? Three Ladies' Men Some fifty ladies in our town Write every day to Henry Brown. And many write (it's not e myth) A line or so to Thomas Smith. And, furthermore, I'll make no bones Of, saying this of William ,Toes. So many, many notes they write, That Brown and Smith and Jones de- light To get up early (2 a.m.) To read what ladies write to them. They feel just dandy, fine as silk, 'You see, these guys deliver. milk. New Games with Dominoes Soon the long winter evenings wilt be with us, and there will be nothing to do except go to choir practice, or read Darwin's • "Origin of the Spec- ies"—which we have been promising ourselves to do for so long. • However, it is nice to have some novel and harmless entertainment for our friends when they drop in; and we now offer a few suggestions for using a set of dominies thusly: 1. Dip the dominies in the ink bottle; then pile them up in two piles, ono for ladies and one for gen, tlemen. Have them close together, Now try to knock the dominoes off. 'one at a time, with the nose. This will lead to much bumping of heads and ink -spattered faces that will cause everybody to ,laugh merrily and inusically. 2. A circle is formed by all but ono of the players joining hands. This one walks round and "round, with a knotted handkerchief filled with dominoes. He strikes each player on the koko, and the one, who drops unconscious will be his sweet- heart. 8. Each player is given six domin- oes, and the game is to see haw fast he can swallow them without taking a drink of water. It is well to have a second set of dominoes in reserve, to use for the rest of tide evening, Haigh -teal ' Thought If all the chickens served in the Celestial Cafes were laid end to end,. there- would ,still be . the felines on the back fences for the ehop suey chefs to fall beek upon. Why tbe Stars Twinkle (The twinkling of the stars is said by scientists to be due to interfer, once in the light waves). We thought the stars twinkled. Because they felt jolly. But sucha' tyild notion, Wje'ee told,` is ,mere folly. Yet, what do we care for The wonders of sciencsl To all its dry theories We now bit'defianee; The stars, we are certain;; Like silver bells tinkle, And WE think they're jolly ,Because they 1)0 twinkle. -.Dean ; D. Hurmdy. Some Straight ` Hitting We don't give two boats and a holler for politics and we're not out to criticise any pattieular party m• admiinistration' hut we think it is a mighty queer thing that a country should sacrifice the interests of a publicly-gwned , railway systems in ;order that private corporations can operate motor buses'',and trucks over the publicly -owned :highways. Such a situation obtains en Canada "today, The Canadian National Railway sys- tem- hae ys-tem-has been remo'v'ing trains from serviceand usaideg 'other curtail- ment moves . and all the time, motor bus and truck mpveitients . over the public highways have been increas- ing, If you ask us, it's a pretty rot- ten situation and one :that seated he remedied pronto. .lust think of it: on the C. N. R. Wabash line east of St. Thomas into Hamilton there is •but one train a day for the accomodation of passen- gers—and that is a local freight train that carries a passenger coach and stops "at every other milk can Platform, Mail and express, des- tined for places along the line, leave Si.' Thomas on that train. The train's arrival at different stations is governed by the amount of freight there is to handle. If it is a light day, a passenger may reach his destination a couple of home after the train steams, out of St. Thomas; if it is a heavy day, the passenger is lucky if he reaches his destinations by noon. • Such a service is doing this one thing—encouraging people to travel by motor bus and to ship by motor truck. If the Governments were to decide to advertise the privately - owned motor bus and truck services the Governments couldn't -.do it any better than they are doing at the - present time. As we said before, we don't care a rap' for party or polities, but the think it is way past high time that the eommerciali, ation of our public highways was stopped. —"Hank", in St.Thomas Times Jour- nal. AMONG THE POETS "Is there a cross word that tries to be said? Don't let, it, my dear, don't let it. Just speak ' two pleasant words, quick, in its stead, And that will make you forget it" —Robert Louis Stevenson, • BE STRONG Be strongl We are not here to play—to dream, to drift. We have hard work to clo and loads to lift. Shun not the struggle . face it; 'tis 4Gnd's gift. Be strong] Say not the days are evil. Who's to blame? And fold the hands and acquiesce - 0 shame! Stand up, speak out, and bravely, in God's name. Be strong. It matters not how deep intrenched the wrong, Now hard the battle goes, the day how long; Faint not—fight on!. To -morrow comes the song. WORTH WHILE Some little ward of kindness, softly spoken, To light the path when skies are dull and grey, May serve to heal the heart that's well-nigh broken, And bring new life and hope with every day. Some little kindly act of self-deniall To place a fallen brother on his feet; The one bright spot that through long years of trial ,Makes life worth while and mem- • ory passing sweet A cheery smile to make some heart feel •lighter, And help to ease life's burdens, come what will, Can make this dull old world seem all the brighter, And bring the heaven -we dream of nearer still. , I THINK THAT GOD IS. PROUD I think that God is proud of those who bear A. sorrow bravely; proud indeed of .them Who walk straight through the dark to find Him there ,And kneel in faith to touch Hie garments' hem; Oh! ' -proud of them who lift their heads to shake The tears away from eyes that have grown dim, Who tighten quivering lips, and turn The only road they find that leads' to Him. How he must be. of them! He • Who knows All sorrow, and how 'bard grief is • to bear.' I think;He sees them coming, and lie goes With outstretched arms and handy to meet them there;. And with, a look, a 'touch on hand or head, Each finds his hurt heart strange- le comforted. —,Grace Noll Crowell THF; MEN WHO LIKE A BOY • I still remember older men I knew' when I -was just a lad. A lot of folks had money then, :. And. others high position had. But these are not the men at all That all life, long I shall resell: The men whose memory brings me joy - Are men,,who used to like a boy. They were not many; I could name Them quickly ' if the truth were told, The men who used to talk the same To man ,and boy; to young and old, The men who never shoved aside The little lad, or hurthis pride-, ger questions never did annoy The nem who used to like a boy: I don't recall the great ar not, As . greatness goes, in Wealth or place, But not a man have I forgot Of kindly speech and kindly face; A man n'ith time to tell the. truth To little lads, to eager youth, Whom many matters might employ And yet wso used to like a boy. • There are some men that I admire, But there are others that I ;love; Some are still herd some 'aging sire, And some have gone to dwell above Some min I love, now I'm a man, With love that 'way back there. began When some would mend some broken toy. Tete men who used to like a boy. MY WISH I wish I owned a cottage Tha$ steed upon a hill, With Iots of red geraniums In pots along the sill. A cottage that would face the sea 'Surrounded by a wall, Where I could see the sunsets And hear the. sea gulls call. A garden with lovely flowers, With trees, some great, some small, And herbs that awn the healing balm With scents that never pall. If I could only have my wish How happy I would be, With my cottage and geraniums, The sunset and the sea. --,Maude Bowman Hobbs. Highest Grade of Government Se- curity Will Attract at This Trine "Let your dollar serve Canada" is the slogan for the appeal which the Dominion Government has launched to raise $150,000,000 "to promote the economic and finaueial welfare of Canada," as it is aptly put in the official &cuter containing details of the 1931. National Service Loan. Owing to world-wide conditions, ceonomic problems are confronting Canada, which require the public to respond with the same promptness and in the same measure as when Canada faced the darkest days of the Great War, That is why the present appeal for funds is being made. One of the important features of this issue is that the public will re- ceive a little more than 5 per cent. on their investment. The bonds are being issued to mature at the end of five years, aceorcling to the wishes of investors. The five year bondti are priced at 9014 and the ten year maturity at 99. Both classes can be obtained in denominations .of $600 and $1,900, but the five year issue can also be obtained in $100 lots, which will appeal to people of mal- es' means. The interest dates are May 156 and November 15th, the interest rate starting to acerue from Nov. 15th. 1931. Fully registered bonds of larger denominations running up to as high as $100,000 ate also obtains able with the interest payable on these direct to the hoidei by 'Govern- ment cheque. All the banks in Canada and their branch offices are authorized to ac- cept subscriptions as well as all re- cognized bond dealers throughout the Dominion. General feeling in well-informed financial circles is that• there will be adequate response cn the part of the investing public to make this issue a great success. There is profound confidence among bankers' and other leaders in the realm of finance, that Canadians can be depended upon trr� back up their country with their money when call is made for theiy assistance. GODERIOIL--Dr. 1i I , Mabee veteran nitnt'od, returned oe Thurs- day fiiotn his annual hunting trip Anel broughb 'back .a fine 100 -pound buck. Ile hunted at Hardy Bay on the French River and his party of seven got their full quota. It was too warm;to hunt with pleasure, he says. etODERICI-I:—Dr. A. H. Macklin, for over 'twenty years a, medical pra- titioner in Goderich'arid an ex -may- or, last tveelc underwent an' operation for a stomach disorelee in a Toronto hospital: . Word has been• received that the patient. is progressing fav- orably. Dage 3' GRAN J' I' ebtratikoogriationop TIM -FLEMING,' AR. D,. +•.. ,ASSOCIATE SE,CRE,TARY' HEALTII IN WINTER During the -gummier season, there are, in general, less illness and -few- es' deaths. Such diseases as the eom mon cold, pneumonia and bronchitis are present though the year, but duringthe summer, their oeeuience is so lessened that they seem, came paratively speaking, to disappear. t The coming of the cold weather, how- ever, finds them returning in force. It appears reasonable to suppose that this is due, ate-leastin part, to our failure to live as healthy lives in winter' as in summer, and so our bodies are•not as' physically.fit in winter as they 'are ins the summer, time, In summer, 'we spend our time in the fresh. air. We are either out c.► doors or, if we are •indoors, our win- dows sue open most of the time. Ir, winter, many persons cut themselves off from fresh air as much as pos- sible. They never go out unles'1 they are obliged to do so, and they keep their windows and doors tight- ly closed. Fresh air is .just as ese sential to the health in winter as it is in summer. According to the weather, bedroom windows should be kept open the year -round sufficiently to allow for a gentle circulation of aft' though the room. Many persons who exercise regi-_ tarty in summer, discontinue doing so during the cold weather. The re- sult is that there is a let -down in their physical condition. The big muscles of the body need to .be used regularly if they are to be kept able to do their work, They should be given the opportunity for exercise, throughwork ar elate in winter as, well as in sunned•. Ano"then case of lowered health in winteris that, together, with less exercise, the same amount of food is taken as when the body was •being kept active. Over -eating' and tacit of exercise result frequently in an upset of ,the digestive, system, constipation. and loss of health. If bodily active• ities are decreased in winter, the food - intake should be reduced accordingly, Overheated rooms in winter are responsible for some of theseason increase .in colds, pneumonia and, bronehitis. Thetemperatureof tea rotten should not be over 58 degrees Fahrenheit. There is only ene way to keep a proper cheek on the room temperature and that is by having a. thermometer. It alone settles the- argument when qua person says the• rcom is ton hot.and another claims it. is- too cold: If people would live In winter more like they live in summer, there' would be less winter sickness than, there has been in past years. Keen. the body in good condition by exer- cise, bring the, big muscles into use each day either at work or pliiy. Do• nat alliew your home to he overheat- ed; sleepen a room that is filled with, moving fresh a r, dress according to the weather,. do not shut yourselves in, but, go out as much as possible. Health can be had in winter by living a healthy life. Questions eoneernlng Health ad- dressed to the Canadian Medical As- sociation, 184 College Street, Toron- to, will be answered personally by letter- GbKWG�NEWS (01. Hu: tiCI The increase in the price is a good thing fee people who own wheat that they did not raise and never 9Aw. Seeing that Icon. N. W. Rowell is president of a trust company and di- rector of several large corporations. we readily accept his declaration a• Vancouver that he is not a Commun- ist. Gloria Swanson plays bridge seme- titnes with her•ex-husbands. She is not bound to conventions and they cannot figure out whether she dis- eards from weakness or from strength. Winston Chrn'chil] must admit that at least a government functions without him. But to accomplish tlsat the premier had to draw on the three parties. A witness giving evidence in To- ronto admitted under cross -examine - tion that communists in Canada take their orders from Moscow. That's not so bad. We were always under tlse misapprehension that they intended to run this country them. selves, "What party am I leading now?" Said Daffy o'er the water. "A heppy little family group Myself, my son and daughter." What a babel of tongues in New Yorlc and yet see the sky -scrapers they •buildl From other parts of Canada car- loads of provisions are being shipped to Southern Saskatchewan. Although farmers generally are experiencing lean Years; yet they have exhibited the utmost liberality in their offer- ings of fruits, vegetables and other IlMsetmeler farm products. One can have nothing but admiration for people who In their own extremity are not only willing bite eager to help others who are in direr traits Whatever else may have failed, the springs of gen- erosity and good will have not dried. up A mounted policeman joined the Communists and gave them away. That was one horse on theist. The Toronto Star says the first el- ectric railway in Canada if not in America was at Windsor, Ontario, There was an electric railway at Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., before that. A num driving off from the first tee hit another golfer in the eye with the backward swing of his club. He explained afterwards that as a boy in school he was taught to stroke the t and dot the i. An official of the League of Na- tions says that a general can not declare war. Of Course not, Itven the sergeant -major can't do that. If Gandhi should come to Canada, here's an invitation for him 'to visit White River in the winter time. They kept tab on Theodore Dreis- er's movements by leaning toothpicks against his betel bedroom dour. He should write another book setting forth that the use of toothpicks in public places is exceedingly vulgar. One of the men convicted of tir- ing to overthrow the existing order of things is.:an ex -blacksmith. As we see it personally, he was only trying' to do to the existing order of things what the existing order of things did to his trade. (Copyright -1931) it a "The value of your telephone it just what you make it." - lijr OW much is a min- ute worth? Nobody can say, 'for it may' be worth everything;, Your telephonegives you many extra minutes for living every day. • Its value can- not be measured in dol - Urs, for it is worth` what• ever time is worth.