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YOUR WORLD AND MINE
(Copyright)
by JOHN C. KIRKWOOD
Rightly or wrongly 1 hold the view
that in most towns in Ontario of say
4000 and over population there is real
need for small apartment houses --
to accommodate from 2 to, 6 families,
and having only one bedroom, or at
most two. For in our larger towns,
as well as in our cities, there are
persons who want and need compact
living accommo'dation, preferably on
a single floor. Thus •a mother and
daughter, two sisters, two friends,
two old people, or two young people
just married, can get along with a
single bedroom, 'a kitchen, a living
room, with a "dinette" off the living
room, and a bathroom—a total of
four rooms, or at most five.
In Toronto at the corner of the
street on which I live, is being erect-
ed an apartment house of 40 suites.
The majority are 3 -room and 4 -room
suites; there are about six 5 -room
suites. The owner -builder told me that
the big demand today in Toronto is
for 3 -room suites.
So, holding the views' as above ex-
pressed, and in the light of what
the apartment house builder said to
me, ); was much interested in an art-
icle which I saw in the New York
Times.' This article had as its title,
"New Apartment Houses Reflect
Changes in City's Way of Life."
This article says that New York
has now standing nearly 55,000 apart-
ment houses, built since 1901. I quote
from this article as follows;
, "Houses reflect with deadly accur-
acy the way people live. The story
of a deep cultural revolution is told
by the contrast between Stuyvesant,
the oldest apartment house in town,
and the newest apartment houses,
Seventy years ago, when the forerun -
her of the 'modern apartment house
was starting, people stayed home
More, did all of their living except
work, around their own firesides.
They had to have separate rooms for
everything. They .never dreamed of
getting along without a front parlor
where the rest of the family retired
when callers came. Children scamp-
ered ,home after school, and •brought
their friends, and a playroom where
they could hammer and cut out paper
dolls was needed. It was unthinkable
not to have a sewing room. Pantries,
dining rooms, maids' rooms and lib-
raries were "musts."
Those of 'us who are 50 and more
years old can recall houses like those
described above. Not only were cosn-
modius houses a necessity, but also
ispacious gardens, with perhaps sheds
and outhouses..—for' wood, and tools
and storage. Also, cellars were a
necessity.
But in the modern: New York apart-
( ment house the average number of
'rooms is three -just . three! Thus,
there is no playroom, far children,
even from two years old, -are sent to
a mastery school or kindergarten.
There is no so-called parlor just a
common living room -where all the
family assembles—but, of course, it
is not a big family. Young people
who want to court and be courted
go to the movies, it is said. ' There
is no sewing room, because nowadays
people buy ready-made clothing.
There is no pantry. The dining room
is lacking being an ell, or a jut -off,
of the Iiving room. There are no fire-
places—no real fireplaces—in the
modern city apartment. There may
be a "pretend" fireplace—where an
electric heater, with counterfeit coal
or logs, is set. The bathroom in these
New York apartments is windowless.
The big aim is simplicity and economy
of structural features. To cut down
labour, and to have as many built-in
devices as possible, to make certain
pieces of furniture unnecessary, —
these govern the planners and build-
ers; these make it easier to rent an
apartment.
"Nobody denies", says this article
in the New York Times, "that per-
fection inapartment houses is still
around the corner, but builders and
architects have made tremendous
strides in giving people what they
want most—quiet, morning sun, cross
ventilation, uncramped rooms, grac-
iousness of surroundings. Progress
has been made against heavy odds.
The high cost of land, the inescapable
necessity of making a profit, are hard
to beat. Somehow) slowly, the goal
is being reached,"
TIIE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
About the dining room. Many insist
on having a separate self-contained
dining room; they do not favour the
ell or jutted -off dinettee, connected
by a wide archway with the living
room. But a majority of the plans
one sees, for small arouses, show the
dinette type of dining room.
A windowless bathroom, even
when well -ventilated, will not be com-
mended by most of _us. Fireplaces,
can, of course, be dispensed with. But
there is ane feature which many
women want, namely, a laundry - a
separate laundry = adjacent to the
kitchen.- This' may seem to be an
extravagance, yet if one had to choose
between a separate dining room and
a laundry, I fancy that a woman
would choose- a laundry.
In some apartment houses there is
no tradesman's stairway - com-
municating, with each apartment, for
the reception of gzoceries and milk
and other things, and down which
garbage can be taken. This has to
be regarded as regrettable. Many
apartments do not have dumb -Waiters,
for the reception of parcels, and other
things, and down which waste mat-
erial and laundry can be sent; and
via which coal, can be received for
grate fires from the basement.
Of course, the most costly room of
all can be the kitchen, with its great
variety of equipment. It is *wholly
right that -the kitchen should receive
major attention from architects -and
builders, and that it should be fitted
with all the labour-saving and time-
saving equipments and appliances
possible. It should be well -lighted,
and should have a'Ieasant outlook,
,
if at all. possible.
In duplex houses the kitchen can be
placed at the front, so as to permit
the living room to look- out on the
garden. All ugly lean-to's should be
banned. The back of the house should
look as attractive as the front=
I am surprised that some persons
with $10,000 or so do not build duplex
apartment houses, or even 4 -family
apartment houses, to rent for $40 or
so—this to earn from 6 to 8 percent
on theircapital,—this net—after pro-
viding for heating, janitor service,
repairs, depreciation, and so on. It is
hard nowadays to get a safe 5% in-
vestment in stocks and bonds; yet an
easily -rented apartment house of
small size can, be made to yield 6 to
8% net, and it is a kind of invest-
ment which has stability and security
to recommend it.
Far too many persons with money
looking for investment 'turn away
from the suggestion that they should
build or awn small apartment houses:
they have not looked- into this par-
ticular furan of investment. And most
of us think that a 5 -roost or a 6 -room
hoose or apa1;'tmeut is about the
smallest unit which is rentable. Yet
inevery comrnunity there is need for
the 3 -rooms and the 4 -room suite in
a small apartment house.
THE HOSPITAL NURSE
Woman in white —• how softly you
tread.
Efasiing the pain and (soothing the
head
Of those who lie sickened in body
and soul,
Forgetting yourself, that these might
be made whole;
Binding nip hearts that are weary and
sore,
Serving the rich just the same as
the poor,
Thinking of others—halt soult mount
to flight
As you, toil so faithfully=wornan in
white. - -
Woman in white — how -softly you
tread
Down through the corridors, up to
the bed
Of those who are lying so sore -racked
with pain,.
Some of whom never may rise up
again.
Still, onward you go, though the path
may seem dreary •
—
Your. hands may be tired, your feet
may be weary.--
Working
earyWorking so valiantly life's lamp to
i t
lgh
We venerate you—woman in white.
—Ethel Proctor Davis, Windsor.
FLAX' MILL TO OPERATE
AT BLYTH
Mr. Will Collinson has disposed of
the Blyth Flax MW, which for the
past few years :has been idle, to,Mr.
T. A. G. Gordon, who is now in pos-
session. Mr. Gordon is equiping the
plant with all new machinery, which
is being shipped in from Belgium. It
is the intention to manufacture fine
flax fibre. Mr. Hatter of Ailsa Craig
is the foreman of the plant, and is
in Blyth now. 400 acres of land have
already been secured for the planting
of flax, and if the proper seed can
be secured the proprietor would like
to secure 1,000 acres. At the pres-
ent time the Dominion Government is
limiting mills in respect to seed, and
it is difficult to get more than a
certain amount.
ate ballot,..and
They cast a Priv
equals or exceis
remiw; iricedgasolines
o perfirtnanc l
ililESTtONNA1RE
Comparing this new gasoline.
to the premium -priced gasoline
you have been using:
In kllockless performance
As good? Wet? Sed as good?.
On pick-up, acceleration,
As good? Beu,? Not as goad?
For power, especially on hills
so good? terror? Not as good?.
For all-around perto lmance
AS goad?
9L2% said
As Good at aetrer
93.7 % said
As Good of Bettor
94.9% sora
so Gena of Better
90.3% said
As Goad or Beller
It was tested, not against ordinary gasolines but
against premium -priced fuels . in an impartial
survey among 1475 motorists in 14 cities.
More than 250,000 miles of severe road testing !
Before a single drop of Nu -Blue Sunoco
was sold, 1475 users of premium -priced
gasolines tested an unidentified gasoline
which was Nu -Blue Sunoco with the
coloring left out. These tests were con-
ducted from Florida to Canada by in-
dependent, unbiased research authorities.
The returns showed that these motorists
voted p to 1 in favor of Nu -Blue Sunoco 1
9 out of 10 proclaimed it equal or superior
to premium -priced' gasolines in road
performance.
TO MAKE A FAIR TEST,. don't dilute
Nu -Blue Sunoco with other gasoline. Let
your tank run practically empty. Then
put in Nu -Blue Sunoco. Compare it
particularly with premium -priced gaso-
lines. We'll rest our case on your findings
The quicker you start using Nu -Blue Sunoco
Watkins' Service Station Blyth Service Station
CLINTON , BLY'III.
C. H. SCOTCHMER
BA'FIELD.
A. BUCHANAN
VARNA.
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AS ROSS HTJ'I`:ION finished telling
his little daughter the story of
Christmas, of the shepherds and
the Christ child, and had as Iactfull.y
as poesible explained about Sante
Claus, Polly heaved a sigh. "Well. 1
think there's a Senty Claus and 1 hope
he brings the a sheep like the ones in
the story."
T11e day before Christmas, Ross saw
a white woolly' lamb in the window of
a toy shop. Be was glad he had walked
to his office. Otherwise' he might not
have seen the lamb. He would stop
on his way home. and get it, But one
of the men in the office offered to drive.
him home, so` the lamb was forgotten'
until he heard Polly its she was being
put to bed tell her mother she -hoped
'Santy"- wouldn't forget about. the
'Sheep." Ross looked at his watch and
decided the shop would probably still
be open. Anne called to him to ask
,where he was going, and he answered,
;'Brick' in a few minutes."
When be parked his cur before the
shop, the thought that the lamb might
not be there, struck him for the first
time. He felt much relieved, there-
fore, when be saw the lamb in ° the
window.
As he tucked package the t l ]: • s
c ui,e under his
arm and turned rn leave the shop, a
Santa Claus Had Brought Her a Sheep
and a Baby Doll.
little boy came In, Ross heard him
ask the proprietor If he still hail the
lamb that was In the window that
morning. Be was told the gentleman
just leaving had bought It. "Oh," the
disappointment he felt showed In tie
voice. Wasn't there something else be
would lite? But there didn't seem
to be anything else.
As he got into his cur Ross caught
sight of a small boy standing before
the window, his gaze fastened on the
place where the Iamb had been. Be
seemed so disappointed, it was too bad
there wasn't another lamb for him,
(toss thought as he drove away. But
probably something else would catch
his fancy and he would forget ail about
the lamb. Children were like that.
Ross wondered though if Pony would
have forgotten so easily. Be scarcely
thought so..The poor little thing would
have been mightily dtsappolnted, He
was glad he 1)ad remembered before it
was too tete. '
But try us he would he couldn't get
the picture of the little fellow out of
his umbar Haifway home he turned
his eau' around and went tacit to the
shop. The boy had left, so Boss asked
the .proprietor if be could tell hltn
where the boy lived. Eke lived jus(;
around the corner. Ile often canoe Into
the shop, Tonight he had come to
buy the little lamb for his small sister,
and was so disappointed when he
found It gone. The proprietor haat tried
to interest his( In something else, but
he hadn't been suceessful in doing It.
Ross interrupted to know In just which'
house the boy lived. Then in order to
have some satisfactory excuse to offer
at home, be bought a baby doll for
Polly,
When somewhat liter he came into
the living room where Anne 10(10 base
trimming the Chrlsttaus tree, she want-
ed, to know where on earth he had
been. He shook his heed and put lits
Huger to his lips es at warning not to
waken Polly. Be plated the paelntge
under the tree and with a happy smile
he begun helping with the work of
el mini ng. •
The nest morning he was awakened
by Polly's happy cry that she knew
there was a Santy Clatie" (100111Se Ile
had brought her a "sheep" and a baby
doll lust as she asked him to, Russ
sprang out of bed and into the living
room. Where cebid the "sheep" have
tome from? For there was fully with
a Iamb under cue arm and the boil
tinder the other.
"Where?" (toss ash ed, pointing to:
the Minh Anne wlus(ered that she
had bought (t,
"There le a Saucy Clans• isn't there.
Daddy?" Pullyb voice implied .elle was
giving Information rather than risking
it.
Ross nee u-t(ly egaeed with tier:
"'there certafoly Is a Soma Claus be-
yond n cl"ubt."
& western Nowsp'eper Usloh.
Christmas Boxes
(livini Christmas boxes 18 said to
Turing from en old casanm or priestt�
putting on board of fall out -going ships
boxes for alms. These were opened at
Christmastime 1001 messes said for the
elvers of the alms. The box was
Idled Christ mess box and from this
'orales the custom of 'Christmas- boxes
end gifts.
MAID OF THE, MONTH
(Birthdays which occur 'between
November. 21st and December 20th)
DECEMBER'S maiden ase you? Thus
Daughter of Sagittarius.
Your middle name is surely Hope,
For with all things you're keen to
cope;.
Yet, social climber, please be told
All coronets are not pure gold!
Your faith - so strong, your heart . so
warm
Will carry you 'through any storm.
CHiliSl'MAS in the Rockies! 1
felt thrilled, excited, as our train
wood Its' waY In and trot
through the mountains, thundering
through the crisp, pine -scented alr.
tiow, we were ejimhing au airmen pre:.
eipttons grade, now; slowing down for
a dangerous curve, whileevery little
while SAS a stretching plainwas-reached,
the steady hand upon the throttle sent
the long line of cat's speeding like art.:
arrow through the bright December
sunshine.
We were on our way to spend Obrist•
mas-with Uncle Jerry and Mint Emma.
They had sent a heartyinvitation for
us to come out, and now we were al-
most there. 1 held
my breath at the
sheer beauty of the
scene that stretched.
before our e y e s.
Mountain peals
that seemed• to
touch the sky, can
yons dropping thou-
sands of feet, lakes.
covered by glitter
Ing thicknesses of
ice, vivid green
pines, looking line
giant Christmas
trees, 1 had never
ween, )sever twee
visualized anything so beautiful.
A loud shriek from the big whistle
a slow crunching and grinding of
brakes, and our train came to a stop.
Uncle Jerry, rosy anti .smiling, stood
waiting upon the platform, giving dad,
mother, Helen and myself a true west -
era welcome,
"Aunt Emma is all excited about
your coming," he beamed.
A short drive through a wonderland
of beauty, and the big sprawling ranee
house came in sight. Aunt Emma
stood in the doorway, and a cowboy,
who was grooming a pony, looked curl-
ously at us. I wanted to look mound
before goingindoors, but tantalizing
odors from the kitchen made me sod-
denly realize how hungry I was.
All was bustle and excitement, hurry
and preparation. Even the horses and
ponies in the corral seemed excited, as
if they sensed something in the air.
The afternoon and evening went by
oa wings,
Christmas morning dawned upon a
world that looked even lovelier than It
had yesterday. A million jewels hong
on bush and tree, a sky of turquoise
stretched Itself across the snow -coy.
erect mountains and valleys.
Inside the ranch house a Bre of
crackling logs threw Its ruddy glow
over the living room. The dining table
was spread with tempting foods. Break-
fast of home -cured ham and sausage,
fluffy flapjacks and syrup, steaming hot
coffee with thick cream.
Tlten a short drive to the little
church, an inspiring talk by the pastor,
and the strains of
the old andbeautlfwi
Christmas hymns;
neighbors and
friends stopping
Unci e Jerry and
Aunt Er1nma to
wish theta "Merry
Christmas."
Back again
tlist/�laOtt dear,
frosty 'etr, orad In-
ter the big Christ-
mas dinner. Golden -
brown turkey and
dressing on a big
blue platter, a. huge
mound of snowy potatoes, native vege-
tables and relishes, tempting pieces of
mince anti pumpkin pie. And best of
all, an appetite that only the moun-
tains can give.
A hundred things to see during the
afternoon, the !torsos and ponies, the
ranch equipment, the silver fox farm
that Uncle Jerry had just started; and
a special show the cowboys put on for
our benefit.
Food again In the evening, and af•
ter, a happy time around the lire. The
cowboys standing around the piano,
where Helen played the old Christmas
carols, their lusty voices joining In the
beubtil'ul words. I thought of the
beautiful setting outside
s they sang,
Silent Night, Holy Nlghtl
All Is palm, an Is bright,
Bound yon Virgin Mother and Child
Holy. Infant so tender and mild,
Sleep In heavenly peace!
1 stole outside for a few minutes as
they trent on to the next lines, ,A new
moon was sending .its slivery light
down upon the word, a million stars
added their smaller gleam. Around me
I telt the faint, mysterious noises of
night' in ,Sit: open places, the stirring
of unseen, ltnknnwn things, My lips
end heart joined in the words that
flouted out from the warm, lamp -lit
roouu
event Night, holy Night!
ahepirercls quake at the sight!
Glories stream from heaven afar,
Heavenly hosts sing Alleluia;
Chris) the Saviourlo born!
1 hove spent many a happy and
memortlble Christmas, but never one
us wonderful, its uuforgettsble, as this
Christmas spent in the Rockies.
it westeni ngeWaryadsur.tgwtteal.
IT WAS 'Christmas eve and Jane. •
Harrison was preparing to 'close -,
;
the Book and Gift 'shop after tt .
busy day.- The door opened and en,;
elderly man ,wearing spectacles and 5
white _muffler entered hurriedly.
Setting aside, his gloves and cane,;-
and hastily scanning shelves, he
sail; "Il have but a fewthe moments to..•
make; a selectiou; ,perhaps you could
assist me. Something, for an, elderly-
lade:"
lderlylade:"
Jane was more thank bookseller;.,
she was reader. And, too, she 'could;
quickly sense the literary taste of as
indlviduali Delving into a case she.
' brought forth Mrs. Caskeil's "Life of"
Charlotte 13ronte'; also "Sonnets from.;:
the Portus" and "Out of. Doors 1H-.
the Htolylangued,"eall ln. new holiday bind
logs:
"Here are some delightful gift: -
books," she remarked.
The gentleman raised a pair of sae -
prised' eyes and wonderingly surveyed
the girl, rather than:.,
�
� the books. Draw-
/ ,!ng a wallet front
;' his Inner at he --<
C'4= replied:
kji "My dear young
»
t) lady, your excellent:-
�iu
• t , ,I choice has tempted•.
IS me to take all:,,
�� three." Bantling!
r• l '' .lane a eard tie con-
tinued, "please have--
mMi4 them sent over to
��• � Miss Adelaide Per-
il bins, Surto» street, ,
tC""�»s�- number 7x3-"
Thanking her he—
dashed out to his cab and was gone.
"Seventy-eight Burton: street!"•
gasped Jane, "and the delivery boy
gone for the night on his last round I" -'
Locking the store and with bliss Ad-
elaide Perkins' gift In the hollow of -
her arm, the tired girl started off on ..
ber errand.
Jane and her widowed mother had .
lived In Edgebrook on a small income,
She attended Miss Edmonds' School for -
Gh'1s as a day student and received g...
luny thorough education. .In the eve•
sings Jane worked 10 the town library,
Her mother passed away and Jane had
gone to the city. 'I'hls was her tirst
Christmas to be alone.
At the Perkins address the .door was .
opened by an elderly laxly. "My good-
ness, eh11i11 A package for mel 00.
step in But before site could close
the door a boy called out:
"Telegram for Perkins."
"Yes yes." she said. all bewildered,.
".Mercy ale, whore are toy glas-v,.s 1"
and she rumbled around in her pot'Itet,
"I'll sign for you, If 1 may," sold
Jane,
"Yes, please' do—dear, dear, where
are my giasses1 (lh, here they tare,"'
and 3.11as Perkins' tine pe tient hands
trembled as she opened the envelope,
"It Is from m1' nieces, the Bosworth.
girls. They ere driving down front
ldar•tlamd tomorrow tt'teruooti and will
be here for tea with me around live;"
"Your nieces the Bosworth girls;"
exclaimed .lane; "not Emilie anal
Susan 1 Why, they were my best
friends at Miss' emends' school," and
thoughts of Edge -
brook flashed
through her mind.
The June com-
mencement —Itic11- ,
and Bosworth, the
tali brother, up
from the city for
the festivities.
"Anti don't for-
get, tomorrow at
five," called Miss
Perkins as Jane
a vas - depai•ttng,
The next after-
noon Jane helped
Miss Perkins put
the finishing touches to 0 table set in
blue china of willow pattern. There.
was
('here-
was the sound of a motor, then merry
voices in the hall, Emilie, Susan,
Richard, (JoOle Carroll, the elderly gen.-
tleman Who hncl sent the books, were -
greeting Miss Perkins.
s.
"Why Jane Uurrison 1" gasped the
'Bosworth girls In one breath.
Then followed such excited exclama-
tions; the bliss of renewed friendship.
With a rustle of her silken shirts -
Iriiss Perkins lett the rutty to the dining -
room. Jane sat opposite Richard. She.
liked the strength in his broad shoul-
ders, his well modulated voice and his,
elear honest eyes. 1Tmotions of newly
meatsw.
aakened interest roused her send -
Richard was beaming across the ta-
ble at the young woman in the blue•
frock; her quaint charm, rippling
laughter, the glnnee or her brown eyee.
and the 11ft or Iter pretty shoulders.
As the balmy .gathering moved into
the sitting room Jane felt the warmth-
or
'armtl(of ti large hand gripping her own slim.
one. Loohing up, she smiled into Rich-
ard's limn and understanding face, .
Uncle Carroll, with an approvi)lg:
nod, stroked his beard like 11 prophet,.
and reflected upon the words of the.
5001:
Charms strike the sight
But merit -wins the soul.
Christmas Twenty Days
In Norws1;v the Chrsatmas celebration
rontimtes for 20 days.
Your twinkling feet, in rain or sun,*
Will never walk but always runt
For, though we watch till we are
dizzy,
You're always moving, ever busy.
By Luck you'll certainly be kissed,'
Oh ost inveterate, optimist!
Alsomby men -for how they'll- woo
Compassionate, plucky, liviely yowl
Birthstone, turquoise; lucky day of
week, Thursday; luck colour, °aneroid;
green lucky Slower, the carnation.
—The Blue•Boll.