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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1929-01-03, Page 2Clinton vs -Record CLiN T ON, ONTARIO rata of Subscription—$2,90 per year ii advauco, to Canadian addresses; ;2,60 . to the U.S, or oiher foreign • GOUntrioo. No paper discontinued fl til all .arrearsare, pair. unless at the option of tho publisher. Tho date to' which every subscription in 'x •ly .., paid is denoted on the la e1. CHAPTER L '';s'hoo: In the d eivsy heat of the 001Y 11101 MYLTE bj1 rAA.M.ILNE 9 r9.x t.Pnuuon Carvny a �, dvertis!ng Rates—Transient adver- tising,.,12e per count line for trot insertion, 8e ;for each subsequent insertion heading counts 2 lines. Small advertisements, not to exceed one hien, siteh as "Wanted "Lost;' "Strayed, etc inserted onto for 35c, each subsequent insertion 165 Acvsrfjtorneijt5 sent in without In- structions as to- the number of in- sertions` wanted:: will rnn,Until order- ed out and will:, be charged accord- ingly; ` Rates .for display advertising made known on appliea;tiou. 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HIGGINS Clinton, Ont, General Fire and ,Life Insurance Agent for ilartford Windstorm,' Live Stock, Automobile and Sickness and Accident Insurance. IIuren and Brie and Cana- da Trust Bonds, , Ap,iointments made to most parties at Br005g01d, Yarna and Baytleld. 'Phone 57. titiOAR T II'JIE; •TASLE Trains will arrivp'at and depart from Clinton as follows: 'Buffalo -and.Goderich Div. Goin; East,' depart 6,44 a.m. 2.52 p,m, Going \Vest, er. 11,50' a.m, an 6.05 dp. 8, 53 p.m. ar. 10.04 p.m. London, Huron Gc'"iruce Div..•- Going South, sr. 7.58 dp• 7156 am. 4.10 p.m. .Going North, depart 6.60 pm. ar, 11.40 dp. 11.51 a.tn. THE wits :l LOP MUTUAL Fire Insurance Company' Head Office, Seaforth, Ont. DIitlsaTOR'Y:. Prosldeni. James Evans, Beoohwood; vice, James Connolly, Goderich; Sec: Treasurer, 'D. 11',' McGregor, Seaforth, Directors: George'. McCartney, Seaforth; J'ames-Shouldice, 'Walton; -Murray Gib- son, Brueeneld; Wm. Bing, Seaforth; Robert Ferric, liarlock; John Bonneweir, Brodhagen; Jas. Conolly, Goderich, Agents: Alex. Leitch, Clinton; 7, Yeo Goderich; I�`d.. %Itnchiey, Seaforth; 5. A, Murray, Egmendville R, G. Jar - smith, Brodhagen.` Any money to be -paid in may be paid to Moorish Clothing Co„ Clinton, or at Calvin Cntt's Grocery, Goderich. Parties desiring' to effect' insurance or transact other business will be promptly attended to on application to any of the shove officers addressed to their respec- tive post Office. Losses inspected by the birector who lives nearest the scene.; afternoon -The Red 1iouse was taking its siesta. There was a lazy murmur of bees in the flower -borders, a gentle caving of pigeons in the tops of the elms. From distant lawns' came tho whir of a znowi'ng-machine, that mast restful of all country sounds; making ease the sweeter iri that it is taken It was the hour when even those Whose business it is to attend to the Wants - of others have -while' others are working. "The 0511 o t1 the master works, sir,':' "Works, oh? Thait's now, Didn't know he'd.: ever done a; stroke of work in his life." "Where he writes, sir," said Audrey ih w.dig'nity. The fact that Mr. Mark ,• "wrote," though nobody knew what' was 0 matter of pride in the house- keeper's room. "Not well dressed enough for the drawing -room, eh?" a moment or "I will tell the master you ace here, two for themselves. In the house- sir," said Audrey decisively. keeper's room Audrey Stevens, the She- closed` the door and left hire pretty parlorinaid, re -trimmed her there._ hest hat, and talked idly to her aunt, Well! here was something to"tell the cook -housekeeper of Mr. Mack auntie!. Her mind 'was busy at once, Ablett's bachelor home. "Tunny thing that about Mr. Mark's Brother. Fancy not seeing him for fifteen years." "As I told you all this morning" have knocked her over with a feather. said her aunt, "I've been here, five Feathers, indeed, were a perpetual menace" to Audrey. However. the immediate "business was to find the master. She walked across the hall to the library, glanced in, came back a little uncertainly, and stood in front of Cayley. "If you please, sir,"' she said in 0 low, respectful voice, "can you tell me where the master is? It's Mr. Robert called." "What?" said Cayley, looking up frormhis book. "Who?" Audrey repeated ;her question. " 1 don't know, He went up to the Temple after lunch." "Thank you, sir. I will go up to the' Temple." Cayley returned to his book. The "Temple" was a brick summer- house, in the gardens at the back of the house, about threehundred yards away. Here. Mark. meditated some- times before retiring to the "office" to put his thoughts upon paper. The thoughts were not of any great value; moreover, they were given off at the dinner -table more often than they got going over all the things which he had said to her and she sac- said to him—quiet-like. "Direcvtly I saw,him I said to thyself—" Why,'you':could. years, and never heard of a brother,( I could say that before everybody if I wab,going to die tomorrow." "You could have knocked me down with a feather when he spoke about hixn at .breakfast this morning. 1 didn't 'hear what went before, natur- ally, but they" was all talking about the brother when I went in. s Mr. Mark turns to me, and says—you know 'his 'way—'Stevens,' \he says, 'my brother is conning to see me this afternoon; I'm expecting -nim about three, he says. 'Chow him into the office,' he says, just like that. 'Yes, sir,' I says quite quietly, but I was never so surprised in. Amy life, not knowing he had a brother. 'My bro- ther from Australia,' he says—there, I'd forgotten,that. From Australia." "Well, he may have been in Aus- tralia," said Mrs. Stevens, judicially. "But what I say is he's never been here. Not while I've been here and that's five years." "Well, but, auntie, he hasn't been here for fifteen years. I heard 2,1'. Mark telling Mr. Cayley. 'Fifteen years,' he says. Mr. Cayley having arst him when his brother was' last in England. Mr. Cayley knew of him, I heard him telling Mr. Beverley, but I, didn't know wlien he was last in England—see? So that's why he :asst i Mr. Mark." "I'm not saying anything about fifteen years, Audrey. I • can only speak for what I know, and\that's five years Whitsuntide. If he's, been in Australia, as y&t say, well, T dare- say he's had his reasons." "What reasons?" said Audrey lightly. ' "Never mind what reasons. Being in the piece of a mother to you, since your poor mother died, I say this, Audrey—when a gentleman goes to Australia,, he has his reasons, And when he stays in Australia fifteen years, ho has his reasons. And a re- spectably brought up girl doesn't ask 'what reasons." "Got into trouble, I suppose," said on to paper, and got on to paper more often than they got into print. But that did not prevent the master oi' The Red House from being a little pained when a visitor treated the 'temple carelessly, as if it' had been erected for the ordinary, purposes of "Open the door," a man's voice was shouting. Audrey carelessly. They were say, ing at breakfast he'd been a wild one." The ringing of a bell brought Aud- rey to her deet—no longe' Audrey, but now Stevens. She arranged her cap in front of the glass, flirtation and ci arette-smokin "There, that's the front door," she g g• into Audrey walked slowly said.: "That's hini. 'Show hint . up to the the office,' said'Mr..'Mark. I'suppeee Temple, looked in, ,and 'wlce he doesn't want the other ladies and , back. All that walk far noaiticing.dsiotivly Por. gentlemen to see him.. Well, they're haps. the master was upstairs in his all out at their golf, anyhow—Won- loom. 'Not well-dressed enough for tier if he's going to stay—P'raps he's the drawing -room." Well, now, Aun- brought back a lot_ of gold from tie, would you like anyone in your Australia" drawing -room with a red handker- "Now, now, get on, Audrey." chief round his neck and great biq "Just going, darling." She went dusty boots, and—listen! out. • One of the men shooting rabbits. A s Audrey came stress the hall Auntie was partial to a nice rabbit, she gave a little start as she saw, Mr. and onion sauce. ' Cayley suddenly, sitting unobtrusive- She came into the house.' As she ly in a seat beneath one of the front passed the housekeeper's hoom on her windows, reading. way to, the hall, the door opened Suck No reason why ' he shouldn't be denly, and a rather frightened face there; certainly a much cooler place looked out, than the golf-lunks on such a day; "hallo, Aud," said Elsie. "It's Au- but somehow there was a deserted air drey," she said, turning into the 4)0000. about the house that afternoon. Mr. "Come in, Audrey," called Mrs. Ste- Cayley, the master's cousin, was a vete. surprise; and, having given a little ex- "What's up?" said Audrey,' looking p elatnation as .sloe camesuddenly upon in at the door. him, she blushed,, and said, "Oh, I . "Oki, my dear, you gave me such a beg your pardon, sir, I didn't see :you. turn. Where have youbeen?" at first," and he looked up from his "Up to the Temple, book and smiled? at her. - "Did` you hear anything?" An attractive smile 'it was on that "Hear what?" big ugly face, "Such a gentleman, "Bangs and explosions -and terrible Mr. Cayley," she thought to herself things." • as she went 011, and wondered' what "Oh!" said Audrey,"rather relieved. the master would -do without him. If '-One of the men shooting, rabbits." this 'brother, for instance, had to be "Rabbits!" said her -aunt scorn - bundled back to Australia, it was Mr. fully. "It was inside the house, my Cayley who would do most of the girl." bundling. "Straight it was," said Elsie. She "So this is Mr, Robert." said Au was one of the housemaids. "I said drey to herself, as she came in sight to ilirs. Stevens—didn't I, Mrs,, Ste - of the visitor: wens?e—'That was in the house,' I She told her aunt afterwards that said." she would have '.:sown 1him anywhere Audrey looked at her aunt, and then far Mr. Mark's brother, but she would at Elsie. . have said that in any event. Actually "Do you think he had a revolver she was 'surprised. ' Dapper little with hien?" she said in a hushed voice. Markt with lois neat pointed heard "Who?" said Elsie excitedly. and his carefully -curled mustache; "That brother of -his. From Aus- with his: quick -darting' eyes, always toalia: I said as soon as I set eyes moving from one to the other of any en him, 'You're a bad lot, my man!' company he "was in, to register one Aude!" She turned to her aunt. more 'smile to his credit when he had "Well, I give you my word." said a good thing, one more expectant "There!" cried Mrs. Stevdns, sitting look when lie was only waiting his up with a start,' turn -to say it; he was a very different They listened anxiously, the two man from this rough -looking, ill- girls instinctively coming closer to dressed colonial, staring at her so the older woman's chair. Toweringly. A door: was being shaken, kicked, "I want to see Me, Mark Ablett," rattled. he growled. It sounded almost like a ?.Listen!" threat. Audrey and Elsie looked at each "Yes, sir, He is expecting you, if other with frightened eyes. you will come this way." They heard a man's voice, loud, Audrey went to the second door on angry., the left, and opened it. "Mr. Robert Ab—" she began, and then broke dff. The room was empty. "If you will sit down, sir, I will find the master. L know. he's in, because he told me'that you were coming this afternoon." "Ohl" Ile looked roautl the room. "What d'you call this place, eh?" "The office, sir." "Open the deer!" it was shouting. "Open the door! I say, open the door!" "Don't open the door!" cried Mrs. Steven' in a panic, ,as if it was her door which was threatened. "Audrey! Elsie! Don't let him in!" "Damn it, open the door 1" carne the. voice again. wascelebrated ratfamous - w all am between the Collo 'ers and 'the "We're all going to be murdered St. Ai)drow's Day ace b , ed at Elton by the v game g g g ELEVEN PEN A, resident of Brightlingsea becoi pence in coppers in the mayor's -rat t church belfry. Genius inspired nee y Kilns Wrecks 4e S y3 Writer Believes Reduction of Miter-, Tho a Loa why so 'few zneri of I acy iirs$ Stop in 11/iccl- Amanullah Seeks to Educt Exceee t' gonias.1111 0 .ocsn total abstainers rind • why 5o few octal abstaine'rs have been'. ernlatiOn 1nez1 of genius is th L to iii abstainers r^ have in t1 past bn asmall minor -I. CAUSES. Q.rrr RPVOI-.1' . bon ,Dai y Eltpres , They have'rro 1 Fanaticism analsiTeal'onsy Basle i '••� ity, 0i11e, J0ncs•Douglas 'in the' Lon - s need fe 00ex of g..inius because of Afghanistan's'I•ronlile they, were fcwe0 in numbers, Is total abstinen a,cno produced 'mea of }genius we should find moro nasiof genius among the -non -drinking s rake • and religions. ,We don't. • The fast that Mr. Bernard Shaw is a man of genius does not prove that his genius' is' ,due to his abstention from alcohol, ,any nacre'then it is due' to - his ,abstention from meat or to- bacco. I-Iis o-bcco.:Ilis intellectual power id not produced by lemonade or lentils, nuts I or salads. Ole finds that his brain works better without stimulants or narcotics or cooked corpse:. That is all, Some men of genius ,have been drunkards, but excessive drinking de- stroyed 'their genius. Others have NY FREEMEN been geniuses and died of gluttony. . Any excess wrecks genius. nen afreemandepositing eleven-. U . by s p g I-kno.wa'famous novelist who I works he ceremony taking place in the pariah best without any alcohol. I also know another famous novelist who works' best with ,the normal amount of alto the two girls huddled closer, and with an arm round each, -firs. Stevens sat there, waiting. (To be continued.) Won -Ian's Rights? Frenchwoman Denied Drivers' Licence Because of • Swearing Paris. -Madame Violette '`Morris, champion French woman automobile driver, has sued the Federation Fran- caise de Sport Feminin (French -Fed- eration of Womeat's Sports) to uphold her right tc•,weal' pants and swear. Madame Morris seeks 100,000 francs damages because she VMS refused a license by the Federation on the grounds: . Firstly: That she continues to wear pantaloons or breeches despite the ob- jections,of Federation officials. Secondly:. That she personally seeks the favor of sports writers. Thirdly: That her language, and habits are shocking. and objectionable to the Federation's membership. Madame Morris said today that she is the granddaughter of a French army general. and admitted that her language contained many picturesque phrases learned in army barracks. She objects, however, to quitting pant- aloons. "Look around you and see the wo- men with their knees crossed,"she 'said. "Ask yourself, which is the more immodest, their scanty dresses or my pantaloons?" 'The case has aroused intense inter- est in smart circles in Paris, as well as in the sporting world.- The trial will come up probably in January. hoI to which he has become inured e em ess > 1 Is They are both creatures of habit. They, have both tried both regimens. One New York—Hem-line irregularity of suits the •`one; the other suits the skirts has developecl a so-called "-rem- other. leas finish;' which takes a variety of Forsome men of genius alcoliol is form depending upon the fabric, the a beneficent servant. For others it outline to be dealt -with, and the type is a, malignant, tyrant. It is impos- of dress. Even simple sports skirts, sible to, generalize. It depends on the are more or less circular, while dressy' physique and on the will. Robert frocks introduce -all manner of corn Burns is an example of the weak - plications in the way of sloping out= •willed .genius which is ,stimulated by lines, scalloped edges, ingot godets • alcohol and also destroyed by it. Frail, and other hent-bafilhng features. cis Thompson is a -other. The case of Swinburne is remark - In cloth skirts, whether'ol the tailor- od or dressmaker type, the Practice is c able. His brain was so.excitable that to turn back au extremely narrow alcohol flogged it into frenzy. • He edge' which, is finished with several drank brandy until he was at the rows of closely -set machine stitching, -Point of death. When Watts took him: Skirts: of crepe -de -chine, satin and,to The Pines he kept him alive on similar fabrics are usually finished 'champagne. Then he neronw ^.d him to with a narrow bias binding which can drink.hock•and put hits on beer. be made a decorative detail, when de- Beer saved his life. For over thirty sired, dither by using the reverse sur- Years he drank -beer at lunch and din- , of the material or repeating the tier• lie grew corpulent on beef.. ' color used elsewhere for the trimming of the frock. If carefully cut and fit- ted facing of a contrasting shade is 1, another favorite form of skirt finish, 'the elongated side being, arranged to display the facing and give 1t full de- corative value.. For the most fragile goods' the favorite finish 15 picoting, which is particularly well adapted to such extreme irregularities of edge as for he promised not to enter any inn scallops and points, both of which Are at Putney, and ho fulfilled his prom - fashionable at the moment. iso till be died at a ripe old age. With - Without the advantage of an accom- out his beer Swinburne would have modating hem of regulation width: to gone back to his brandy and perished utilize in shortening or lengthening a miserably. skirt for a customer, dressmakers Tennyson drank his pint of Port at have a clever way of concealing a the Cock. Re was a temperate poet tuck at the top of the skirt under the Meredith turned wine into prose. Most girdle. This may be easily taken out of opr men of genius have been mod- erato drinkers. - skirt should be shortened. The moth-- od is worth remembering in making A Separatist Trio' dresses for the growing girl whose Toronto Mail and Empire (Cons.) the lowerer Shinto edgel be modishly unsalted at What further use for the Imperial' while at the same time Conference can. our Premier, the Pre - without length must be provided for mier of floe Irish Free.State, and the without detriment to the style of the premier of South Africa -rave? They model. Canada's Northland ,.. Ottawa Citizen: Does the average citizen realize how his mental attitude toward the North country has chang- ed? Ole used to thing of that vast territor as Voltaire is said to have thought of all Canada -"so many acres of snow." The Hudson Bay road was regarded merely as an.al- ternative,grain route, and so its suc- cess was believed to depend wholly upon the unproven possibility of navi- gating the Bay and Strait. It looked like a rash speculation for a country t+s'Fmbark upon. But the North today is: efet merely a territory, to be tra- ,versed. It is a region to be developed. The railway' project begins to look like any other of its kind. Towns, farms,' mines and mills appear where once nothing but the 'precarious line of through 'traffic seemed possible. "Father says farmers have had a bad harvest this year," writes a bey. "He says most of the farmers will be ruined, same as last year and the year. before. Father says when ruin stares a farrier in' the face, he stares back at it; and buys a motorcar." Mr. J011 11 L. Pilgrim, of London, has crossed the Atlantic for the hundred - and -fiftieth time. Earlier Pilgrims found once enough, When I firstdined with him his nose was red and his hand trembled as he unscrewed the stopper of his bottle of pale ale: He wrote "Tristram of Lyonesse" bird many other fine poems on beer. - He kept himself fit by his ,daily 4 - mile walk across Wimbledon Common in quest of ]tis morning glass of beer, , ONE THING HE'D NEED Nurse: I know yon will be disap- pointel,she but .3,Wish to announce it's ar girl and ,you have to got an en- tii•ely new— i"a herr Living -mons suite. 1,1c)iow it, You don't haveto tell me. never had much use fon it until it was made to serve their separatist ends in 1926. They are now, as they boast. completely out of'the jurisdiction of the British Government. The Empire is now a mere name, says Mr, Hert- zog. Having "abolished" the Empire, why should these worthies pay any attention to the proposal, for another Imperial Conference. Of t:ourse the mass of the people tinder the British Crown are still heart and soul for the Empire, and want the Conference to meet and return to the tvork for which it was originally constituted, the bringing of the Empire combine into closer co-operatiin. But the separatist 1 politicians who are at the ,top in this - country, in. the Irish Free State and in South Africa have no mission of Empire. Permits for building and construc- tion tatted. in Canada for the first eleven months of 1928 had a total value Of $453,127,400. :nn inoi'ease of 18.5 per cent. over the cort'espanding 'period in 1527. Expectetione and disappointments aro, the lnxurics of idlers. -George 1 Bernard Shaw. An Oki. Cnstorn at Ari Old RSchn',, AN UNUSUAL PICTURE TAKEN P0011 THE WALL ., 'in our beds," she gitacrod. Terrified, The picture shows a scramble for the ball. Oppidans. (The author of the following article is a Garachi merchant who has just returned - ft om, an. extensive business trip through Afghanistan, where Abe tribesmen are revolting against the reforms instigated by King Amanul- lair. This article explains the reforms and the underlying cause of the revolt.: which 1$ threatening to overthrow Kabul, Afghan: capital), T aiachi, India. --Au ambitious, ener- getic Kling and his beautiful Queen are the figures against which the vie, lent Afghanistan tribesmen revolt is Working on the theory', that the first step in the modernization of mysteri- oust: isolated Afghanistan, must be ac- complished through the"reduction of -literacy, King Amanullah has set out to solve this problem with character-' istic energy. In every step of his pro- gram he has had the capable assist ante 'df Queen Souriga Against the leadership .of these two is pitted the fanaticism of native priests, who have stirred into revolt the. orthodox 'tribes or more remote Sections of the country. The age-old religious teachings and the jealousy of the priestly glass have played a Large part in tate insurrection. Extends Education. In launching his reforms originated after his toter- of Europe, King Aman-. ullah spent large amounta in exten- sion of tiie school system, which now includes 500 government schools, 2000 mullahs schools and three colleges. More than 60,000 students attend these schools. ~ Many young men are, being sent abroad -Tor training anti girls are train- ed as noises and doctors, German, French' And Persian `are taught in the schools, and English courses are soon to be introduced. The boys wear khaki uniforms at school and the girls wear black .over- alls, cut on smart lines and worh over European style clothing. Simultaneously, -the adults of the capital and some other parts' of the country are adopting European cloth- ing, loth ing.' This change was commanded by the King, and the majority of the population was quick to ,acquiesce, although tate priestly class objected wfgoronsly, Several Revolts Checked.' A number of revolts were nipped early in the westernization campaign by the execution of Ieaders. In Kabul the change was hailed with enthusiasm and plans were made for opening several smart shops on the lines of Parisian establishments. The women of the capital, following the example of the Queen and other women of the royal family, discarded the purdah, or, veil, although that was riot compulsory. The adtnlnistrativo departments of the government wore re -organized and improved under 'the Ring's direction. Nine departments of the government were created ,under the direction of ministers, Ncw Government City. Darulaman, which it is reportSd, will be renamed "Anianullah Town;" is a new city near Kabul. It is near- ing completion, and will be occupied by the government departments. It is modern in every way, with wide roads beautiful gardens and lino nubile buildings. King Amanullah is democratic and Wimple Mills tastes. }Ie moves among his'peaple like an ordinarycitizen and Is often accompanied on impromptu trips by Queen Sonriya. Some of`the Afghans are very well educated. They have a rich back- ground ack ground of Persian literature. Soi g of February Now February fills the dyke, And now the warm, soft rains be- gin,.. Bidding the quit* and dead alike For to 'come forth and go in green, To see what Travelers pass the way, For it is Mary's holiday, For now is Purification Time, . When site, the tainless One, must To be made clean. In a still chime The snowdrops ring, their bells nrow, The celandines their lamps have lit, To light the way fat' MGIary's feet. • t 'Under her mild eyes now tho levee Begin, and they 000 innocent; Linnet and lark, and her own doves, On wedding and on mating bent, And how the larks call to the sheep, Aiicl 50011 will run and •soon will leap. Come up Come' h p, in rose anti white, Ye scented darlings o'f the primo Sing a now song anti light a lig:: t, For It is Purification Time, Ansi ere her Babo and she shall lane, Light candles all for Ctiudleenie. —Katharine T: itan. The Eropire's Pests London Observer: The Research Branch of the Empire •Marketing Board is engaged on work which is at once pure science and puro romance. It is sending to'Canada insects which attack pines, and to Australia blow- fly maggots which ' destroy sheep-- ,Danaah gifts were it not that, before despatch, they were infected with a parasite fatal to themselves. There is no fear of theremedy proving as bad as . the disease, for a 'parasite -which completely destroys . its host must it-' self perish.. Such are the possibilities aset barely explored, of Imperial economic ISSUE No. 1—'29