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The Clinton News Record, 1938-04-28, Page 2RAGE 2 ioGood For The Giri' (By .W. J. Makin) "Of course, she's not nearly good, .enough for Peter," declared Mrs. Cle ments, as she lay comfortably prop- ped against two pillows. -,A break- fast tray flanked her, strategically. "'And now that Peter is away in Paris for a few days, this is the time to deal .with her." "Yes, I suppose I've got to deal with ilex "' sighed John Clements, eyeing 'his thinning hair and ageing face in .the flaunting dressing -mirror. "But ,you know, lay dear, she's a very good .secretary" "Maybe, but she won't make a good daughter-in-law. She might. Yes, I'll grant that. Bub I intend Peter to -marry a girl of some consequence, a girl of . good.family, someone who means something socially. I've made •my plans." And, like a general comfortably as- sured of victory on the battlefield, Ms, Clements extracted a piece of .toast. 9 think we're ignoring Peter," ven- tured John Clements, stretching his -pyjama-clad Iimbs between a yawn -and a feeble attempt at eaiercise. "He's likely to be upset when he returns --and finds the girl has gone." ""Nonsense," mumbled Mrs. CM - -nitwits, crunching the toast. "He'Il for- eget what she looks 'like in a week, If The Clinton News -Record With which is Incorporated THE NEW ERA TERMS cJ SUBSCRIPTION 43l,50 per veer in advance, to Cana- dian addresses, $2.00 to the U.S. or 'they foreign countries. No paper discontinued until ail arrears are paid awnless at the option of the publish- er. ublish-e . The date to which every sub- acrintion is paid is denoted on the tabes. ADVERTISING RATES - Tran- sient advertising 12e per count line lar first insertion. 8c for each sub- uequent insertion. Heading counts a lines, . 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(Few Doors west of Royal Bank) Hours -Wad and Sat. and by appointment. - FOOT CORRECTION day manipulation :Sun..1 ay Treatment Phone 207 you hadn't been such a fool as ''to have a pretty .girl working' in the of- fice as your secretary, Peter would never have looked twice at her." "I can't help her looks," defied John Clements, bending and nearly sprawling on the rug. " S op doing'dose ridiculous. exer- cises cises and listen to me," said Mrs.,Cle- ments, crooking a finger towards a cup of coffee, "When Peter told me that he was going to ]Harry this girl; I told him that of course whoever my son chose as his wife would be wel- comed warmly by me." "I thought you agreed with the id- ea. I'm . sure Peter did:" • "As though I would fqr one mo - rent,"" snorted Mrs. Clements. "I needed time. I made inquiries. I found that this girl -what's her name by the way?" ES ... Judy Baxley." An Orphan "A ridiculous name. I found that this Judy Baxley did not even pos- sess parents. She's an orphan. As for relatives, she told me herself that she never bothered about them." "I don't see that because the girl is an orphan-" "I knew you don't, You never do. But Peter needs a woman who'll Iead him into the right social circles, With your money and a wife who knows the best people, Peter should go far." "I -suspect you've already found the wife you want for Peter." "I have my eye on one or two like- ly girls," declared Mrs. Clements. "For the moment I'll keep by ;flans to myself. All that concerns me at the moment is that you get rid of this secretary of yoms. It's obvious she's been setting her cap at -Peter." "But I can't just fire her without an explanation." "Give her a nice cheque. -That's all the explanation she needs. And now for goodness' sake get along to the bathroom and shave, You look disgraceful-" Fortune Had Smiled Two hours later, John Clements entered his office in the City. As a merchant of textiles he could sou- gratulate himself on having emerged from the depression more successful than ever. It had been harder in the early days, when he bad begun with a small drapery shop in Nottingham. On a profit of some eight pounds weekly he bad married a girl in a stocking factory. Then Peter had come blinking into the world. The trio moved to London, Beginning as n commission salesman, John Cle- ments had risen to the position of an importing and exporting firer of cloth goods of some consequence. Fortune had smiled. Mrs. Clements had shown herself capable of rising with their fortunes. She developed social ambi- lions. She had great plans for the future of Peter, now that he had left Oxford. "Thank God I'nr no snob," she would assert regularly to her husband. "But if I can afford to mix with nice peo- ple, why shouldn't I?" John Clements, who often returned home to a drawing -room swathed in cigarette smoke, stained with cocktail drippings and littered with the debris of bridge games, would wonder if these people whom his wife cultivated were really nice. He never knew, for he was never allowed to meet them. And now Peter, his sen, wanted to marry. The girl was Judy Baxley, the old man's secretary. The old man looked older this morning 'as he pres- sed the button that would conjure the secretary to his presence. World of Youth She entered the room with smooth 'Yoi.'th Vice president, William mode, efficiency. As . she stepped across 'Londesboro; Secretary-Treasu5:fer, 1V1, the office carnet to take her usual A. -Reid, Seaforth, Directors, Alex, seat at his desk, it was as though 3lroadfoot, Seaforth; James Sholdice he was seeing her for the first time Walton; James Connolly, Goder+ich; W. R. Archibald, • Seaforth; Chris. Leonhardt, Dublin; Alex. McEwing, GEORGE ELLIOTT iUcensed Auctioneer for the County of :'Huron Correspondence promptly answered iatunediate arrangements can be made "tor Sales Date atThe News -Record, SL,Ii5lton, or by calling phone 203. -Charges Mbderate and Satisfaction Guaranteed. THE MCIUULLOP MUTtTAL Fire insurance Company Head Office. Seafortb, Ont. Officers: 'President, Thomas Moylan, Sea - instead of the last. Grey, wide -set eyes regarded him coolly. • Slightly rouged lips gave him a morning ldlyth; Frank McGr, egor, Clinton, smile. The Brun gold of her hair List of Agents: E. A. Yeo, R.B.. 1, caught the dusty London sunshine, oderioh, Phone 603r31, Clinton; And the well -fitting frock garbing her James Watt, Blyth; John E. Pepper, slim formgave him the impression of Bruceffeld, R. R. No. 1; R. F. MclCer- a streamlined, chromium -plated. World •cher, Dublin, R. R. No. 1; Chas: F. of oath to which old -age now back - 'Hewitt, Kincardine; R. G. - Jarmuth, balled him. 1Bornlholm R. R. No. 1. Any money to: be -pard may be paid 'to the Royal Bank Clinton; Bank .of Commerce, Seaforth; or at Calvin -Ctitt's Grocery, Goderioh. Parties desh'isag to effect insur- aece or transact other business will be promptly attended to on applies - ion to any of the above officers ad- diessed to their respective pbst offi- ces. Losses inspected by the director "Good''morning,. Mr. Clements." "Good morning, Miss Baxley - et -please sit down." She flicked open a notebook and looked up expectantty. "Yes," "Yes?„ John Clements took a deer) breath. who lives nearest the scene. lie had to play the tyrant and knew •^s+' it. He had done • it on other oecasions, and succeeded. He would succeed again. "I want to -talk.' to you about my son, Peter." "Yes?", "Of course you must realize I can- not possibly allow' this marriage-" "Zit Mr. Clements-" "Please listen to me," he flashed at her. She avoided his gaze.' He saw victory ahead. "I realize that to 'a woman like yourself, marriage with NADIA. TO A AILWAYS .,111V%ETABLE: ., 'Trains will arrive at and depart from Clinton as follows: 'Buffalo and Dederick DMT. =Going East, depart 7.03 ate. al,oing East, depart 8.00 p.m. 'Going West, depart 11.45 p.m. Going West, depart 10:00 :p.m. London, Huron & Brace Going North, ar. 11.25 lye. 11.47 p.m. Going ,South ar. 2.50, leave 108 p.m. THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD THURS., APRIL 28, 1938. my son means a good deal.. "Really, I-" "But on the other hand, •I cannot Five my' consent. I'm sure, Miss Bax- ley, you're not entirely to blame. Do not think that, Peter is at an inpres, sioneble age. He meets a pretty wo- man on several occasions, and thinks he's in love with her, Well, we've got to alter that." "Can you?" Qnce again he took a deep breath, "It can ,be altered by, the termina- tion of your servicee in this office." "You intend to fire me?" He did not know whether that glint in her eyes was anger or amusement. This time he avoided her gaze and sought the cheque he had' just signed. Bought With A Cheque • "I realize that there may be some unfairness in this, but I wish to be generous. Here is a cheque for four hundred pounds. I think it will com- pensate you for the loss of your job." "But, please, Mr. CIeinents, I want to tell you-", "Not another word," he declared sternly. "It's best that the matter should end like this. I; think you'd better leave the office at onee. Good- bye." ood- bye" Something like a sob wasin her throat as she took up the. cheque. Then, abruptly, she turned on her heel and went out. He was left in command of the polished desk and victory. But the sweets were: sour to his taste. He looked at the tele phone and decided that the news could be given to Mrs. Clements when he felt better. Deep in his heart was a nagging sense of the world's injustice, He could marry a. factory hand, and be- cause he succeeded, society withheld its painted frown. But Peter on the threshold of his career ... this was pure feminine logic. He shrugged, abandoning, not for the first time, the labyrinthine mysteries of his wife's mind. There were important business letters challenging his attention. That afternoon Peter, unsuspect- ing, breezed into the office. He had settled the business in Paris a day earlier and promptly left for London. "Where's Judy Baxley?" he chaI- lenged his father, in greeting. They're A11 Snobs John Clements lumbered heavily into this new encounter. "Naw, Peter," he began, "you must not take this affair too much to heart. I know what first love is ... and ..." "Yes, but 1. really love that girl," raid Peter, a suspicion of tears in his eyes. "But I know, I convinced myself, she doesn't love you, Peter. She walked out of this office and she isn't coming back again. I think you've had a narrow escape." "I only know I" loved her, and she doesn't consider me good enough," said Peter, with a savage twist of his young face. "What makes you think she doesn't consider you good enough?" asked John Clements cautiously. "The letter I received last night in Paris from her," replied Peter, "She broke off the engagement because she's decided to marry that damned Communistic agitator we fired from the factory last month -Tom Hill." "You mean to tell me," said John Ciements, heavily, "that Judy Bax- ley has thrown you over to marry that fellow with the red tie and long hair?'" "That's the news I got last night. in Paris; and they're to be married to -morrow evening, But didn't' you know?" "I only know," said John Cle- ments, in an expiring sigh, thinking of his wife and a counterfoil in his cheque book, "that all women are snobs." ,Pearson's Weeldy, - To Prevent Damage To Strawberry Plants In . view of the fact that much greater attention is being paid to the -production of strawberries in Canada as a commercial crop, the pamphlet on common strawberry insects, just issued by the Dominion Department of Agriculture, will be found particu- larly useful at this time of the year in safeguarding the plants. It has been prepared by R. P. Gorham of the Dominion Entomological Laboratory at Fredericton, N.B., andgives sig. gestions on how to prevent injury by+ these destructive pests. Strawberry production in Canada in 1937, estimated at 24,300,000 quarts exceeded all past strawberry crepe except that of. 1935. The 'quantity produced in 1987 was about 18 per cont greater, than the. 1936 crop of 20,600,000 quarts, and 13 per cent greater than the average 21,500,000 quarts produced during the live -year period 1931-35, In 1937 alsothe ex- port shipments of fresh and proces- ted'strawberries represented •an in- crease of nearly 96 per cent over the average for the years 1931-35. The most common enemies of the strawberry plant are white grubs, strawberry weevil, strawberry leaf roller, strawberry root -weevil, straW- berry root -worm, leaf chafer, 'straw• berry mites, and slugs. The pamphlet on these insects may be obtained free on application to the. Publicity and Extension Division, Dominion Depart- ment of Agriculture, Ottawa, Mistress: Mandy. have you swept under the bed? Mandy: Yassum, everything) VY■�Li°�"ii■'�a"■�P�Fr"rrrYi i .i'e"i',i'r�i d''■'�ir'J'w'.�■�1■i"i■Y■W�1'r'i r'��i i .l'T. YOUR WORLD AND MINE (Copyright) by JOHN C,' KIRKWOO'D Recently I met a man .who quite rworkers, and finds himself among the boldly declared himself to b e a unemployed, he is apt to get surly "Red". I am glad to say that it is very,' very seldom that.i consciously meet a "Red". I don't want to meet Reds. I don't want to read about o■ and bitter -is ant tc, become a "Red". If he hears that there are too many, doctors, too many lawyers,,too many school teachers, too many architects, them.I avoid v ad hooks about Russia too many stenographer -typists, his because Russia is a "Red" country. cynical attitude is, "That's 'their bad I am uneasy when I read about the luck. They should have stayed out the British Labour Party, because I of a class of employment which it was have the feeling that it is a "Red" easy to see was ;over -crowded. party. So far as the United States T have no animus against printers Toronto Maple Leafs Open Iing ball players in the Lea1's. He is is concerned and about the eternal any snore than I have against car. At BOme Ida 5 t the spark plug of the 'Leafs and is. battle between organized labour and penters, .machinists, school teachers, showing the same old fo}m that made employers, and the current battle }ie- doctors, lawyers. I write about print -him such a stand -out err the Inter - Dan Howley Lias well balanced club national League when. Boston bought tween organized labour and employ- ers chiefly because the man who far international League g - ers, and the current' battle between rousedw me. to rite this article is him. the American Federation of Labour connected with the printin Campaign But Howley has a: number of other industry, and the 0.I.0 party, I am numb, I is a spokesman for printers, and is a colorful and hustling players. -Jack Bill Urbanslci, whose professional Burns, the drew first baseman, "Flea" have acquired. the idea that affairs in. sort of cry-baby; When things go baseball' career stretching the United States are in such a state wrong` he begins. bawling and wants ec over the Clifton, second baseivan, and several of confusion that years must pass be- to run to mother-meaningthat he past 10 years has been confined to of the .yovng'sters who made last two Leagues, the International and years Leafs such a sensation in the fore sanity is restored. The Areal- wants the state to take over all in- theNational, cans appear to me to be a vast mob, dustry and assure' all workers a week- was gossiping' with a wast couple of months of the league number of baseball writers in a Jersey season. Joe Gantearbein is playing with reason fled, and that one mast Iy allowance, when they are out of City hotel recently when one of the brilliantly at third, and Bobby Porter, just have patience -must let patient work, scribes ' asked him what he thought Ted Petosky and Mayo Smith: have Time restore national peace and alar- ,ii✓.rf..^✓✓iii. .r✓✓...r.�.i.�.i✓:.✓..•-.�.irr� .r THE WORLD'S FOOD NEWS will come to your home every :day through • THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, As l,itervatienal Daily,Ne uspaper It recordsfor you the world's clean constructive doings. The Monitor. does not 0xploit crime or sensation neither does 1t Ignore therm, but deals correctively with them, Featuresfor busy men and, o11 the family; including the Weekly Magazine Suction. The Christian Science Publishing. Society One, Norway Street, Poston, Massachusetts Please enter mY subecriptlon to The Christian Science Monitor for a period of 1 Year 50.00 0 months i4.00 3 months 55.25 1 month 760 Wednesday issue, including 84ngazine Section; 1 Year S2,00, 0 iss0es 250 Name, Address Sample COPY on; Rermost el 111 LSl7 --.- of the Toronto Maple Leafs, cinched the outfield jobs. They are ity of vision. 13111 is not only a native of New improved players over last years Now, I do not want any reader of It is a s0r07 country -Russia is an Jersey, but he isshortstop of the showing. .Howley has uncovered a The News -Record to think that I have example -that tries to mother every- Toronto team, and the five years he couple of, young pitchers who should no sympathy with the working mean. one of its children. A state, like a spent in the .International League, become popular favorites with the I am a working man myself, and have parent, which undertakes perpetual before the Boston Bravesurchased fans inr been so all my life. T have to earn motherhood, this in relation to all its p an 'Walter Lan Francon and Geo: him from Montreal in 1931, should 7�livak. Joe Sullivan, southpaw, one my living by labouring all the time. children, from the cradle to the grave, I am "on my own" welly nilly. I have will have a lazy family. Just as birds qualify him to give something of an. of four players Howley perchased expert opinion on the calibre of the during the winter months, will also to make my living -or try to -by my' and animals let .their offspring shift Shaughnessy circuit clubs. , make a welcome addition t e the "I like 'emi', replied Bill. "I've mound staff. • seen a lot of ball clubs in my time . It is the opinion of all who have and you can take it from Inc that seen the Leafs this Spring, that the Dan Howley has a good team this team is one of the best balanced that year. And I'm not saying that just Toronto has had in a number of years. because I'm on it. It is true that we One or two, additional players may didn't win many ball games in thejoin the club when the major league South during the Spring training teams cut down to ,the player limit series, but never judge a team on around May 15th. what it does in those exhibition The Leafs will open their home games. Even the Yankees were get- season on May 5 after a trip around ting knocked off in the South this the southern end of the circuit. They Spring. Howley was doing some ex- may not "start off as sensationally as best government. Men cannot become perimenting with his young pitchers last year's team, which won its first strong vbye state motherhood of them and we were more concerned about seven games, but it is guaranteed not front first to last, getting into condition than in winning to fade in July and August when the I don't like Reds. To mo they are games that don't count. Wait until going is toughest. cry don't and Lazy -grouching "are the old bell rings on the International Toronto club officials are making whole time -wanting the state to League o• pening. When the boys start big preparations for the opening pen: Always I must be writing, and for themselves when physically able trying to find buyers for my writ- to do so, so should the state do, in Ings; and Canada is a very, very bad respect to its children.. country for writers. I have to sell, It is all right for the state to op - what i write, meaning that I have to erate certain public services -the post perfortn the double service of mak-' office service, by way of example; ing and selling my wares, without as- but is not all • right for the state td sistance, I have no sure and Mime- operate all sorts of business enter. diate market for most of my writ- Arise. Much must be left to individ' Ings. 1 must seek out buyers, and ual initiative and enterprise, with the must do this by correspondence, for state safeguarding the welfare of my logical customers are publishers both, employers and employees by of daily and weekly newspapers, means of laws. It has been wisely spread all over Canada. said that the least government is the I am telling about myself with this thought in mind; " namely, to make clear that I am in ne favoured posi- tion, and that my financial necessi- ties are as acute, and as large, as are those of the 1150 unemployed printers of whose lot the "Red" man to whom I have referred told me. This "Red" man is an official of the international Typographies.' Un- ion=a most efficient man, I would say -a man of proven competency and fidelity. We had only short con- versation, but it was long enough to make each of us see into the other's mid. The "Red" wants all industry state-controlled. His word was "col- lective", He is not very friendly to the independent, every -man -for -him- self -and-the-devil-take-the-hindmost, way of doing business. He wants all workers to have the shelter of the state. He doesn't believe in free and independent competitive trading, This man gave me the impression that somebody is to blame for the circumstance that 1150 printers in Toronto are unemployed. Of course these men get money from their un- ion white unemployed, so they are in a much better position than I am, for if I dont work, I get nothing front any source. I belong to no union. Most printers, like most artisans of other classifications, are subject to the vicissitudes of business. If business becomes bad -as a conse- quence of alack ' business -then it is inevitable that many will be put out of wage -paid employment; but it does not follow that an unemployed print- er need remain unemployed. If he cannot find employment as a printer, then why should he not try to find other sort of employment? Why should he take the position that the only work for him is printing? What is to prevent hila from seeking tvork 5n a depatment store, or becoming a taxicab driver, or a painter, or a farm labourer, or a salesman, or any'. thing else -if he can earn money in these classes of employment? Of course the printer will say: "It is just as had to find work as a painter as it is to find work as . a printer" -which is probably ;true. Probably there are more painter's on relief or out of work than there are printers. Then, too the printer' may say: "My hour -wort' as a printer is greater than is the hour -worth of a painter or a taxicab driver or of a farm laborer.. When I work I get from 75c to $1 an hour. I ani not wil- ling to work for less. Rather than work for less, I'll remain idle". A printer, 'a painter, a carpenter, a machinist,, does not blame himself for being in a class of workers of which there is an over -supply. When one is young, one takes up some class of work printing, by way of exam- ple -for special reasons, or for no special reasons at alI-only to find out later on, that be has entered an over -crowded class of workers.- that industry cannot possibly employ all printers, all carpenters, all painters, all machinists, When an artisan finds himself in an over -crowded data of PICOBAC PIPE TOBACCO FOR A MILR,COOL"SMOKE cushion their life. Of course they dress up their theories to make them look good, but below masks and fine clothes you will find a lacy man? All of us have to be ready to take knocks ---the knock of unemployment, for example; but none of us has to lie down in confessed defeat when the knocks come. I ant quite ready to let 1150 printers die, of starvation, if they just sit clown and weep and curse when unemployment overtakes them. If they find a degree of .pleas- ure in sucking red sugar'sticks in their idleness, then that's all right with me, playing for "keeps that's the time you against Jersey Gity on Thursday, May get a real line on a team." 5th, and Maple Leaf Stadium may This is quite a long speech for hold a larger crowd than the record Urbanski. The Perth Amboy resident one that turned out en Coronation, takes his baseball seriously and he is Day Iast year to set an all-time at - noted for being one of the best bust- tendance mark for that field, ROUND TRIP - RAIL TRAVEL BARGAIN From CLINTON, MAY 7TH To WINDSOR, ONT. and DETROIT, MICH. ..... _..$3 75 Equally low fares from all adjacent O.N.R. 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