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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1935-11-07, Page 3• THURS., NOV. 7, 1935 WHAT CLINTON WAS DOING IN THE. GAY NINTIES 190 YOU REMEMBER' WHAT HAPPENED DURING TRN Lk$T DS-' CADS OF THE OLD CENTURY? From The News -Record, Nov. 6th, 1895: Several of our lady students, who without permission, witnessed a wed- ding last week are warned not., to do it again. We understand that a committee was appointed at the last meeting of the local union to circulate a petition to have stores. close, at ninetp.m. on. Saturday evenings, The ; feeling seems to be that it will meet with appraisal of our merchants. At, St. Paul's church on Wlednesday afternoon an event of special inter- est took •peace . the marriage of Miss Lottie Twins to Mr. Herbert Laurie of Hepworth, formerly . of 'Clinton. The Rev. WI. J. Craig of. Petrodia conducted the ceremony, assisted by Rev, S. F. Parke. . Goderich Township:—On Tuesday evening at the regular prayer meet- ing eeting in Zion church MTs. S. L. Scott was made ,the recipient of a silver fruit and glass fruit dish with a sil- ver stand, accompanied by an; address expressing ,regret at the earljy re- moval of the family from the com- munity. From The New Era, Nov. 8th, 1895: Mr. and M'rs. S. L. Scott and fam- ily of Goderich township, move'onto Clinton this week. Stapleton Salt works is now run- ning full blast, Mr. and Mrs. M1eGarva, who were expected back front British Columbia a couple of months ago, are still there awaiting the return of the seal- ing vessel on which their son is ex- pectd. We are now enjoying Indian Sum- mer. ' The output of the Doherty Organ factory is now ten complete organs a day. • Mrs. Weir of Ridgettown and Mr. R. Manning of Exeter were in town last week visiting their brother, Mr. W. N. Manning. On Thursday last week Mit 1dowat entered on the twenty-fourth year of his premiership, To the Editor of The New Era: Dear Sir: I have made a bet here (Hamilton, Montana) of $10 on two L' things and it is left for you -Co de- cide in your paper.—lst---Are the schools free in Ontario and Mani - the. or not, and who is the Governor of Canada at the present time?—J. B. The Pubic schools in Ontario and Ivfianitoba are free. Canada has no "Governor" in the sense in which -a state hast governor, but it- has •a Governor -.General; ; who is appointed by the British' Parliament; the pre.. sent occupant of the position being Lord Aberdeen. --Ed. The New Era. WVIJEN THE PRESENT CENTURY WAS YOUNG From The News,Record, Nov. 3rd, 1910: Mr: Grant Beaton of Zurich Pub - lie .school spent the Thanksgiving holiday at his home in town. Mr. John Rumbafi of the Toronto University spent the festive holiday with his aunts, .the Misses Rudd. Mr. John A. Cooper ,editor of the Canadian Courier; Toronto, with Mrs. 'Oboper and two sons, Norman and Jack, spent Thanksgiving as the guests of the feriner's mother, Mrs, W. Cooper. Mr. Bert Johnson of Mount Forest was home over the holiday. Mr. A. F. Johns of Rockwood came up Friday and spent - the time until the evening of the holiday with re- latives in Tuckersmith and Clinton. Miss Annabelle MicEwen, medical student, Toronto, came home' for the holiday week -end. Mr, John T. Noble of the Huron Road, East, about beats them all for vegetables, say for mangolds and sugar beets. He had one mangold which weighed twenty-six pounds, which Reeve Clarke carried over to Constance to show them what the Huron Road farmers can ,produce. A twenty>ound mangold and sugar boet weighing the same to an ounce, he brought into town and they have been on exhibition in Castle's win- dow. Mrs. Chown gave a Hallowe'en party en Mond* evening for Kath- leen, Bessie and Roy, to which a number of their young friends were invited. Frons The New Era, Nov. 3rd, 1910: 1'fayor Taylor and wife were in London for Thanksgiving. Miss Maude Livermore and Mas- ters Willie Sloman and Willie Apple- by were in London for Thanksgiving, Mrs. Walton and 'Miss Walton spent a few days with Mrs, J. C. Armour. The Collegiate Institute football team was defeated at Listowel on Monday by a score of 3-0 in, an en- deavor to win back the Hough Cup. WHAT OTHER NEWS PAPERS ARE SAYING DO YOU REMEBER 1931? The fog which blanketted this part el the country on Tuesday night was very similar to the fogs experienced in the fall of 1931. Could it mean that we are going to have a• winter similar to the one we had that year? We do not want to get prophetic a- bout It, ;but we certainly hope so. NO NEED TO WORRY We note a paper comp•Iaining that 'Gideon Bibles placed in hotels are being carried off by guests as mem- entos of their stay there. These• Bibles are placed there by an organ- ization of comme1oral travellers. Probbaly these thieves think that they are the only thing that won't be missed by the hotel management in. time to follow them up. But we don't believe the Gideons will wor'r'y, providing the people who take them will read them. A thief can get as much -good out ef these Bibles as anyone: Hespler Herald. NO DANGER The Toronto Mail and Empire is exercised lest Orillia should burn its fingers by embarking in banking as a municipal enterprise. Our esteemed contemporary need, not worry. At this juncture, there is no more likeli- hood of Orillia setting up a bank than there is of a cow jumping over 'the moon. To begin with, even if the attempt were made, wecannot eon eeive that any person who valued his savings would commit them to the keeping of such an institution, under municipal management. --,Orillia Packet: Times. WE SHOULD DO OUR PART. Many deplore the so-called educa- tional "frills''; still there can .be no argument against the value` of the essentials of education. The impor- tance of education cannot be under- estimated and M most cases parents are anxious to have their children receive the advantages, they were de- nied. The future. of ;.the oncoming generation rests to a large extent on. R6 the foundations of the elementary and high schools of the nation, and we should do our part in assuring the future well-being of the rising gen- eration.—Listowel en- eration. Listowel Banner.. WHAT ARE SANCTIONS? When Signor 'Mlussolina said that sanctions mean war, he •really meant that he would interpretsanctions as war. For sanctions do not mean war in the sense that thote are equivalent to war. Indeed, if they were applied against Italy, their application would be in strict conformity with interna- tional law. Naturally, Italy would object to the procedure and try in ev- ery way to resist it.. Who could do otherwise in a similar situation in private life? In all probability It- aly would fight the sanctionist. But she would have -no reason for justify- ing retaliatory action on the grounds of a wrong committed against her b'q the sanctionist—Kincardine News, CRIME ON INCREASE' IN HURON COUNTY The sentences handed down in magistrate's court for the present Year as compared with sentences giv- en Jest year for the same period of time would seem to indicate that there is a marked increase of crime of ra more, serious nature in this county according,to figures in the re- Cords of the court clerk. In 1935 the yearly, monthly and day :sentences are: 12 years, 65. months and 99 days. In 1954 the sentences were: two years 60 months and 117 days. Pines collected this year fall far short of those collected for this per iod Last year, $2,033, having been col- lected so far as compared : with '$3,- 006 in 1934.—Goderich Star, OPPOSITION The opposition: that awaits tho Liberal leaders ie formidable. In the first place Bennett never' had- to face more than one lady. King has got to face two. Then he 'has Rt. Hon. 11. , B. Bennett . and Hon. H. ;H. Stevens, There is, Woodswerth 'too,. CLINTON NEWS -RECORD COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE AFFAIRS • INTERESTINGLY •wit' 'TEN UP BY A STUDENT We are sorry that ^we didn't get our news in on time last week, but we had a foot -ball game to write, and then to get it censored and what with this, and what with that, we were too late. However, we are putting it all together this week, and some of it is rather old. We have three foot -ball games to describe; one of these is rather de- pressing, one quite cheering, and the last . is neither. If; 'you remember, our team, suffered a humiliating, de- feat from Seaforth recently, with a 3-0' score. Naturally, they were frightfully ashamed of thisand were determined to make it a differ- ent story in the return game. As a matter of fact, they did, but not quite diflierent ,enough. The score at the end of the game was 1-0 in favour of Seaforth, and while this is an improvement, we fear that they are not quite good enough. The second game was held in Clin- ton, between Mitchell and the C.C.I. team. In a preceding meeting, Mit- • chell had taken our team out to the score of 1-0, This time Clinton turned the tables on them and made the score 1-0 for the local team. This was an excellent game and worth seeing. George Elliott scored the deciding goal. Of the third game we may say no word, good or bad, partly because we, did not witness it and partly •because neither Clinton nor Goderich won. It was a drawn game with a score of 1 - all, We hear that there will be no more foot -ball this year; we have all enjoyed the games, and we congratu- late the team on what they have done, and condole with them on 'what they have not done. Here is how they compare with the other teams: iSeaforth, 4, Clinton, 0; Mitchell, I, Clinton 1; Goderich 2, Clinton 5. The Hallowe'en Party was held in the School Fridaty night, and was considered a great success. The in- itiation, the first item on the pro- gramme was pro- . diverting. Each form was in charge of an item on the programme. Upper School's contribution was a 1 -act play entitled: • "The ,Tale, of the Mule's Tail." This was very•amus- ing, especially the vocal efforts of the caste.' -Miss Beattie was mana- ger 'and the caste included Andrew Mackenzie, Mildred , Folliek, Edison Forrest, 'Sybil Mackenzie, Ian' Fil • side and Hazel Cowan: Next was a song by a Second - 1! rra chorus, coached by miss: Bry- done, entitled "Howdo-you-do," in, which t they greeted the members of the Literary Society, the staff, and Mr. Draper, with Solicitous inquiries as to the condition of their health. We especially, liked the one with the pleasing alliteration—Mew do you do, Dougy Dougan---" After this came Fourth Form's , dramatic .at- tempt, which was a presentation of Major Bowe's Amateur Hour. Ran- dall Pepper was announcer, and al- though the microphone kept slowly revolving in a rather alarming man- ner, his remarks were quite audible. Dougan was Mhjor Blotves. The amateurs were Irene Robertson, who gave a piano solo; Cora Streets and ,Dorothy Holland. "The Tuneful Twins," who sang "Why don't we get along?" and were greeted with the gong; third was a full -piece orchestra, Benny Sutter and his C. C.I. CoIIegians; the orchestra mem- bers embers were Bartliff, Levis, Sutter, Johnson, Biggart, Dixon, and Hovey. The Latter played (or rather played at) a rather decrepit bass viol, with strings of area wire. The Collegians were also gonged off the stage. Aud- rey Murdock tap-danced next and was greeted with much applause. A sextette consisting of Agnes Agnew, Ellen Charlesworth, Agnes Camer- on, Norma Cook, Faye Lindsay and. Dorothy Holland sang "Stars of the Summer Night," following which. was a reading Iby Violet Fremlin en- titled "The Wlalrus and the Carpen- ter." Last on the "Amateur Hour" and although these latter represent only a small following apiece, per- haps they are all the less impeded for that. Never was circumspection In the face of opposition so essen- tial a thing in the make up of a premier before. Is any measure pro- posed? Versatile and neterogeneous opposition will declare on one hand that the 'measure goes too far. An- other will say it does not go far e- nough. A third will say it is no good anyhow. Opposition promises to be capable even though small in num- bers.—Listowel um- bers. Listowel Standard. BIGGEST CATCH TO DATE Local Fishermen Bring in Four Tana or Perch The MacKay brothers, John and Norman, made what is believed to have been the biggest fishing catch ever brought into Goderich when they lifted 3,600 pounds of perch en Sat- urday. (Whey had their nets set in about thirteen fathoms, four miles dee west pf Goderich, • and had to make two trips to bring in the . catch, us - Mgt three boxes to a net. The first cargo,about two tens, was placed in the fish shanty and the boat made the second trip for the remaining nets, realizing an e- qual number of fish. There was no place to put the second load when it was brought in, so the then cleared the nets on the boat and the wharf, Ten men worked on into the night clearing the fish from the nets, Mary persons, on hearing of the unusually large caitchl gatthered at the dock to watch the men at work. At the time Perch realized three cents per pound.--Goderich Signal. APPROACH OF CIVILIZATION Mussolini made it plain in his pro- clamation that it was all right to kill Ethiopians, since they were bar- barians, "unworthy of existing a- mong , civilized people." This seems to be accepted as a; good enough jus- tification in some circles. Arthur Brisbane has pointed out that it is silly of ue to worry about "Italians killing Ethiopians, because Et'hto- pians ,are so backward they don't even year shoes. We thought and thought about that one. As an ex - barbarian who sometimes gets •home- sick for the old life, we resent the slur. Givilization, in the long run, becomes more barbaric than barbar- ism. It, is civilized. to dine well, go to a play and discuss the plot be- tween acts with somebody .else who has shoes on; yet there have been times, barefoot, when we have felt more alive. In theory, an Italian ma- chine -gunner, with his high-school education and wearing size 9 oxfords, should be thirty-two times as high a type of man as an Elthiopian night fighter, barefoot, inhis long white robe, because the Italian,, with civil- ized equipment, can destroy thirty- two times 'as many enemies in one minute. .Yet all the accoutrements of the higher life ----literacy sanita- tion, shoes, modern field equipment— lead in the end to the same killings; and culture erupts in a pimple of ex- treme savagery, as in Mr. Brisbane's paragraph, It must be strange music in the ears of a barbarous Ethiopian woman, standing at her door, shoe- less, hearing the terrible approach of oncoming civilization. —The New Yorker. VOTE OF 1930 STILL HIGH- WAT- 1 ER -MARK FOR LIBERALISM IN NORTH HURON It is worthy of note that, although the riding of North Huron on tato, ber lith last for the first time elect- ed a Liberal representative at Ottawa, the vote of the election of 1930 still remains the high-water mark for Liberalism in the Federal riding as it was then constituted. Mr. Deachman's vote on October, 14th was 6,508, to which Clinton and Goderich 'township contributed 484 and 282 respectively, or 766 combin- ed, leaving 1,742 votes for Mr. Deach- man in that part of the riding which made up the entire riding in 1930. Mr. Robertson's 'vote in the 1930 election was 1,927, Mr. Spotton's vote in 1930 was 6,- 160; in 1925 (excluding Clinton and ,Goderich township), 4,949, The total vote in the riding in 1930 was 12,087. In 1935, in the same area, it was 12,056, a difference of only 31 votes. '0f this total vote, however, 1,365 went to Mr. Hender- son, the 'Reconstruction candidate. The 1930 vote remains at the top, therefore, not only as the high mark for a Liberal eaididate, but also as indicative of the hardest -fought cam- paign, as three candidates in 1935 polled 31 fewer votes than two can- didates did in 1930. As compared with 1930, the Liberal vote fell off in 1935 in Ashfield, Blyth, (Goderich town (1192 in 1930, 1037 in 1935), Howlett West Wlawa- nosh and Bast Wawanosh; and. In- creased in Brussels, Colborne (a dif- ference of one vote) ' ,Grey, Morris, Turnberry and Wingham. -4Goderich• Signa?. HOW IT'S DONE IN BUFFALO A St.. Meriysite who visited Buffalo the other day reports, that the cam- paign agahs t . motor ttecidents in New. York State is having a notice- able effect on the speed of motorists over there. After viewing graphic show windows and public places, representations of fatal 'accidents in with dead bodies hanging out of car' Windows, the public have takon the thing to' heart. J. C. Furnas, who recently contributed an article "—And Sudden Death" to the Read- er's Digest, is credited ;with having, initiated the campaign through his startingly vivid pictur'e's of highway horrors. He has made a real con- tribution in.. slowing up fatalities on the road. ---,St. 11l;arys Srojurnal-Argils. PAGE 3 was another piano solo by Ellen Charlesworth. Miss" Nixon was • ii, charge of this item. Ater this, F pacer, Thompson ' of First -Form told of a Halloween ex- gorience ' which was very laughable. Miss DepeW assisted hint in his pre- paration of this. Cecil Mimes played "Cheek to Cheek," (which ;is a song, " not a contorition), on his cornet, and Alma: Tiewartha'told a very blood -chilling' »ghost story:, These. formed 'Third, Form's contribution, . sponsored by, The last item on the programme was "The G.C.I. Broadcaster," read by the Editor, Sadie Elliott, which'. was an excellent paper. This con- cluded the programme, and "•God. Save the King" was sung. The Costume Parade came before`• the programme. A great many were.'. In costume and the judges had a d.if ficult time,,1 reaching a 'decision.; Best Comic Couple were Ruth An- drews and. Marjorie Steepe. Best. Comic Single ' Was ' won by Mary Thompson. Best Fancy Dressed Couple were Margaret and Kathleen Middleton; Faneydressed single was captured by Virginia Harris. Most original costume' was won by Alvin Corless; who appeared as an Ethic', pian Soldier. Bdb Passmore, president of the Literary Society, was 'Chairman, and proved himself to be an exetrmely capable one. We shall expect great things of our Literary Society in the future, with hint as its leader. Af- ter the programme we had lunch and dancing. • Here we, shall recite a few items from the C. C. L Broadcaster. We should like to put it all in, but we find our report has already reached alarming preportiops,; besides most of it wouldn't be allowed and we have Virgil to do. (This last not in- tended as a bitter side -glance at the private life of the C.C.I. reporter.) The Cover, a Hallowe'en picture was drawn by Sheldon MiacMath. The Editorial was on "Success." It was very interesting, and gave a few words of excellent advice to First• Formers. We hope they were listen- ing. The fiction we should love to publish here; it was about George Elliott and Norma Cook at the mov- ies, but it is., too long and personal Here is the poem which we consid- ered best. It is entitled "Souven- irs." After they had finished eating, Dixon and Lavis kept their spoons. The salt and peppers, both were found in Johnston's• pantaloons. El- liott took a menu card, and Finch took a knife, while Garrett thought that a small tea-pot would be useful later in life. Glancy and Neilans bor. rowed two forks; Biggart a cup col- oured green. The lump, one guessed, 'neath McInnes' vest, was really a soup-toureen, Mustard took a fruit dish --the proprietor wouldn't mind, Rip Mutely wanted the table, but it wasn't the folding kind. Draper and Pepper each carried a plate. A bunch of thieves, you say? No, merely the G.C.I. football teamwhen they dine at some Cafe. The jokes were contributed by Hack .7ohnson. For a long time they didn't put in an appearanre, and Sadie 'began to think that she would have to call Johnson up to the plat- form, have him make his bow and take his seat. In this manner, every- body could see the joke. However some were forthcoming: Mary Turner: Is Fonie Holland a reckless driver? Audrey Mlndock: Wiell, when the road turns with her, it's just a co- incidence. Can You Imagine Randall Pepper plaiying hop- scotch? Ken. Dolman not talking about girls? Violet Fremlin using small words? Mr, .Fines really shooting someone at sunrise? i Benson Sutter playing rugby? Hack Johnson with nothing to say? Izzy Powell six feet tall? There is a great deal more, but those are in our opinion, the beet of them. We think we should say a word a- bout the decoration of the auditor- ium. It was made to represent a penitentiary with bars on the win- dows and ,doors which were number- ed as cells. The lights, as a pleasing' variation, were decorated with skull - and -cross -bones. Placards were plac- ed on the walls, running as follows: WaantedI E Hoggart for stealing a ..glance at Ohev. Levis. Reward for R. Pepper. anted far assaulting Mustard. Reward for, May Smith, for teasing Cecil Holmes. Wanted! Big Filshie, for taking' a spare. Wanted! ' R. Passmore, for run- ning away with the C.C.I. field meet. Well, I guess we •have pretty near- ly gone the Iimit. It never rains but it pours; either too much or two little. One consolation, if we are severely censored, we. shall 'still have plenty left. ,Enoughl , Enough! We are really milting now; MS'long! Five Nines and Whiz Bangs .By The Orderly Sergeant in The Legionary Tucked away in a corner of m garden, troops,, is an apple,tree, legitimate pr+y'•for all the youthfu bandits in the neighborhood and di rect source of a distressing epidetni of tummy -aches which laid these felons low about the middle of Aug ust. I noticed the other -day that the bark ,of this noble arbre was peeling badly. Not that that means a. 'thing to you at all; but it just reminds' me of the weird order posted up in the artillery lines in France during 'the last imbroglio. The stawff used to Bit up nights concocting' orders and, so I'm told, prizes were at one time offered for the stupidest, These prizes, however were won so often by brass -hats who hadn't entered the competition and were'just putting things down naturally that the prac- tice was diseonttnued. The bark peeling off my apple -tree reminded me of the particular order stuck up in the wagon -lines, which, won the leather medal. One laddie, intent on winning the war, noticed that when. horses were tied to the. trees their hoofs would scrape off. the bark, There issued from his Napoleonic mind the following •gem: "Al! ranks are requested to ensure that horses are henceforth not to be tethered to fruit trees as they bark and destroy them." War correspondents were a gifted tribe, and none more so than E. Ash - mead -Bartlett, I ran across the fol- lowing a few weeks ago, a letter which he wrote in September, 191T, to R. D. 'Blumenfeld, then Editor of the Daily Express. After subjecting the missive to a close and penetrat- ing study I decided that. what Ash- mead-Bantlett desired to srjy was that he didn't like generals. (Readers may now pick up the story from this point.) "Dear Blumenfeld: mind. He was, reaching a momen- tous decisiofi. "Reg," he said, in that voice which • t presagbes a grim resolve.' "I'm going, o t uy a couple of these." ,He turn ed to the .business magnate do the sidewalk. ,"Oombien?" 'he asked -' 31es ons , Chacune dix francs," was the swift. c p Bencoughed, But Reg came to his rescue. "He means," said Reg. helpfully "ten francs each.',' "I know perfectly well what he means;" said Ben in offended tone§, "You dont have to:,tell' Ynie." Taking off his shoe Ben extract- ed xtract ed four 5 -franc notes from the toe of his sock. To waist,- .him, the trader wound the things up again, They hopped and .pecked—and sang their fool heads off, Be'n grabbed `them ihefore` the Frenchman could raise his price. Reg took another. Feeling they had contributed something at least to! the cause of Franeo4Canadian trade, they moosied on to their hotel. They occupied adjoining rooms, theconnecting door being open. Ov- erjoyed, 'Ben took out his mechanical' . birds and wound them up. Setting• them carefully ,on the chiffonier ,. he•• watched and listened. They jumped all over the place and did lots or cute little things — but thier singing voice had gonel Incredulous, Ben tried them again. Nothing doing. The birds just would- n't sing. With grave misgiving, he entered Reg's room. ."Rog," he asked "does your bird sing?" "Certainly. it sings, said Reg. "It twitters, too." "Try it out." "I don't have to. Didn't we bobh hear it?" "`PIease," pleaded Ben in agony: Reg extracted the thing, -wound it up, and it did its stuff. But, alas, lbs voice, too, was silent, The Pilgrim Fathers looked at each other, long, silently, with deep emo- tion. "It leaks as if we," said Ben, "have been stung." "That big-time business man was a ventriloquist,". sighed Reg. "I've got a better name for him," Ben gritted. "He's a--" "Don't sty it," protested 'leg, 'Af- ter all, we've got the birds." "What you mean to say, Reg, is— wo got the bird." THE ORDERLY SERGEANT. "These d--. optini stie generals, who live in French chateaus, who can save theirr pay, who are having the time of their lives, who are cov- ered with variegated ribbons, who do not have to go over the top, who are, with few exceptions, 'nen of the most indifferent intellect, who long to keep the war going as long as tho Government will send them human fuel—so as to 'prolong their own feeble hour of imaginary glory — have succeeded in the last five months in: killing, permanently maiming and wounding 21,727 :off1' cors and 344,614 N.0.O.'s and men. "They have hardly moved the Hun an inch, "Eaeh of these 376,34.1 human be- ings has, or had, a soul, a family, and his own particular interest in life. The entire population is, in fact, being handed over to Ekecu- tioners in Red and Gold, who • In normal times might earn, after mary years' service 400 to 1600 a year as clerks to those whose destinies they now control, • "The world is full, and is fed up with, swaggering nonentities. "Yours, "E. Ashmead-Bartlett," Yes, re -reading the letter I eon. elude E. A. -B, was a bit annoyed at the big shots. What d'you think? You've often seen those budyant, merry devils invade the city from the back concessions during Exhibi- tion week :Aid get the kick of their lives watching the lad pulling rah- bits out of the hat, We1I, I am not talking about them: I'd like to relate an episode in the life and work of two other gays. As you'll see some- where else in this issue, our friends Reg. Bowler, the general secretary of the Legion, and Ben Allen, Dom- inion organizer of the Vimy Pilgrim- age, made the Grand Tour to arrange some preliminaries a few weeks back. Ben tells the story in his own way: but here's one Ben hasn't put down. These two Pilgrim Fathers were in Paris, and one night, returning to their hotel. they bumped into a small crowd on the sidewalk. The natives were greatly charmed by a ragged looking Frenchman who was winding up mechanical birds, setting them down and making them strut, and peck all over the place, What in- trigued our heroes most, however, was the fact that these birds were twittering and singing their heads off. • "Marvellous,!' ejaculated Ben, "Isn't that just too cute, Reg?" "Wonderful," agreed Reg. approv- ingly. "Simply- wonderful." "Never saw the like of it," pro- ceeded Ben expansively. "I got a couple of .mechanical canaries at the Ottawa EXhibition last year for e dime each—hut they don't sing.' *Do they twitter?" asked Reg. politely. "They do not twitter," Ben said. At that moment a 'couple of gen- darmes hove in sight, and the pee- dlar grabbed his wares and made oft. When the cops had disappeared, he returned. Reg and Ben were still there. A thought of exceeding •'nag nitude was taking form in Ben's DOINGS IN THE SCOUT WORLD Admiral Viscount Makoto Saito, former Premier and for some years a member of the Japanese Boy Scouts Association, is the new Chief Scout for Japan. A Lucky New Scout Group The new 8th Fredericton, N.B., Scout Group are the fortunate pos- sessors of a club room headquarters comprising a library and reading room,' a W,tkshop, a, photographic room, a Court of Honour room, and an assembly hall. The Group is fos- tered by the Brotherhood of Wil- mot Church. Tokyo's Kindness To Animals Week Interesting features of a "Be Kind to Animals" week in Tokyo, Japan, included collection of money on a street corner by a famous dog, Tan- is,, a Kindness to Horses meeting, a Day for Draught Animals, when. over a thousand Boy Scout treated; the animals to carrots and• water, and a parade of children and their pets. In preparing for the week Scouts and school girls distributed many othusands of leaflets. A Country Where No One Wants Speaking of the 'World tour of Lord` Baden-Powell and herself which recently ecprcluded waght their visit to Canada, Lady Baden-Powell men- tioned their stay in Java, and added: "I might say there isn't a poor per- son in all of Java. Of course the native diet is frugal --a handful of rice and a couple of bananas is suf- ficient each day. But we could learn a lot from the attitude of these Eastern people. Their kindness,. their friendly spirit and their good- ness shine from 'their eyes." A Busy Renner Two rescues from drowning with- in a half hour was the feat of a 15 year old Scout, Patrol Leader Jack ,Holmes of Blackpool, England, For the first rescue Holmes leaped from a 'breakwater and ,swam .some dis- tance through .a rough ,sea to bring in ' an unconscious woman bather. While resting with a . companion there cairn a cry for help from an exhausted man, and the Scout, with his chum, again plunged in, and brought the man ashore." The unus- ual rescue 'tat was recognized by the award of the Scout Silver Cross. Hunters and Trappers I am in the Farr -Buying Business again for another year and can pay you the highest market price for all kinds of raw furs. Dont be misled by trap elling buyers or ,wild -cat price lists. Norman East, Fur Deal- er, i•. R. No, 1, Clinton. 52.5-p.