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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1924-06-05, Page 7�.l For the P4'n' s and Girls GOOSIE GANDER LEARNS TO WANDER, Once upon a time an old gander, who had spent all his days in the poultry yard, became restless and de- cided that he would like to get out and see something of the world. Being timid about taking so bold, a step alone, he invited the farm dog to accompany lam, Of course the dog was agreeable to anything in the na- ture of adventure and, on the follow- ing day, the gander made his escape from, the poultry yard, met the cleg, and they sot out across the fields, "You see," said the simple old gan- der,"if 1 had attempted to take this trip alone, I could not be certain of finding my way home again," "Oh, that is easy, replied, the dog. "Of course, I go largely by scent but your sense of scent is not very keen. If -I were in your place, I should keep ' my eyes open and take notice of things along the way. That will be a help to you in finding your way back," "A' vary excellent idea," said the gander, with a look ,of wisdom and understanding that meant nothing, for he had very little of these two qualities. They walked a long distance over fields .and through weeds and it was late in the afternoon when they turn- ed their .steps toward home. After some minutes'- the gander said, "Are we going in the right direc- tion? I remember seeing a field quite like the one over yonder but there was a black and white spotted cow in the field, I recall."_ The gander was for turning back { which lie pays for without a murmur ' because'lio knows that a wife With a settee of humor Is worth anything she. costs him. A"sense"of humor is just the sense of prop'artion that enables us to see thinge M. their true relation .-to life. et is the thing that keeps us from Milk - Mg mountains out of molehills, and that gives us the courage to smilo'in- eteactf but the' dog said, "No, let us go on." So they went on their way. An hour passed and the gander spoke again. "I am quite sure we are' wrong," said he. "I remember seeing an. in .tree similar to the one over in that orchard but the tree I saw was loaded with nice ripe ap- ples. I think we are making a great mistake and are getting farther and farther from home." "Have no fear," said the dog. "I am thankful "T do not have to trust my safety to people like you." Again they went on their way, and it was nearly dark when the gander spoke for the: third time.: "I knew we were wrong," said he. "This is what comes of not insisting on ufipg my own good judgment. Do you see that fence to the left of us? I should say that it was the same one, we saw shortly after we started out this morning, if it were not far the fact . that I was keen enc sgh Web - serve that there was a crow sitting on that other fence. You have' had your way twice and see what has come of it! Now -I insist on turning back," "Very well," said the dog, who,was, by this time, quite out of patience. You may go where you please. It is past time for.my supper and I am in a hurry to get back home, •but before I leave you' I will take the time to tell you something that may be a help to you in the future. A cow may not spend its whole life standing in one spot. Ripe,apples are very likely, to be picked. And it is possible'for a crow to fly away, The next time you select landmarks to help you in find- ing your way, try to choose things that. are not so likely to disappear!" o cry, Taking Title. To make this house' my very own Could not be done by law alone; Though eovenantand deed convey Absolute fee, as lawyers say, There ere- domestic rites beside 13y which this house is sanctified. 1. 1. THAT IMPORTANT FUNNY -BONE! A man told me (writes Dorothy Dix that he did not marry until he was forty -fire years old because he was de- termined not to marry., any woman who did not. liave a sense of humor, and it took him that time to find one. A wise man! It is a million times' more important for a woman' to Have a well-developed funny -bone than it is for her to have a Grecian profile,' yet when ureu decide to marry they pick out a girl for a wife because she has soulful blue eyes, without observing whether they look on the funny side of life or take a dark, pessimistic view of it. Which Is one reason why domestic life is no merry jest to the average husband. It is absolutely essential for a wo- ' man to have a sense of humor if she is to be an agreeable partner, because a woman's existence is made up of lit- tle, nagging things at which she must either laugh or cry. If she cannot laugh them off, they get on Iter nerves and she goes to pieces, Women Who Wreak Marriages. Neurotic, haggard women, who can- not see a joke, fill asylums and sana- toria and ;divorce courts. The women 'who wear the smile that won't come off get to be fair, fat, and forty, and you couldn't get their husbands away from them. It is the lack of a sense of humor that causes women to make tragedies instead of comedies out of trifles. Take the servant trouble, for instance. We - By kindled fire upon -the hearth, By planted pansies in the garth, By food and by tho:quiet rest Of those brown eyes that I love best, And by fri'endship's' gift divine I dedicate this house of mine. When all but I are soft abed I _trail about my quiet stead. A wreath of blue' tobacco smoke (A -charm that evil never broke); And bring my ritual to an end By giving shelter to a friend, These dope, 0 dwelling, you become Nat juet' a house, but truly Home! —Christopher Morley, —o+-^ men worry themselves over the mis- takes of au inexperienced" maid, and it never occurs to them that the blunders are screamingly funny incidents that they pay money to sec imitated in the theatres. Of course, no one wants the soup to be seasoned with sugar instead of salt, but the mistress who can get a laugh instead of a headache out of the mis- takes of her maid saves her own face and that of the girl, whom she later. trains into being a good servant, Whether a woman makes a success or failure of matrimony depends alto- gether on whether she has a sense of, humor or not. If she can see her hus- band as one of the most mirth-provolc Ing, side-splitting, uproarious human jokes that Nature ever perpetrated she will be happy. But if site sees him as an Awfni Problem, or a subject for re - fort -nation, neither 'one of them will ever know a happy hour. The women who wreck marriages are the ones who take their husbands seriously, and who get tragic every tints their husbands look at another woman, or fail to come Home at the appointed hour, and who weep w1eA their husbands forget an anniversary or fail in some little attention they consider their due. The women who keep their husbands. enslaved from the altar to the grave' are the women who laugh over their little faults and peculiarities. They make a joke of their husband's weak- ness for a pretty face; they have a dozen funny stories to tell about how they helped their husbands out of scrapes, and, .instead of feeling ill- used when their husbands forget their birthdays, they go out and buy them- selves : a particularly nice present, ARE Y U A TYRANT AT HOME? Dorothy Dix on Domestic Un happiness That is Unnecessary Kipling speaks of "the unnecessary 1 hells" that we make for others, and that 'others, make for us. A great phrase, that. The unnecessary hells in which we all writhe. The needless tearswe shed. The needless burdens Mostly our unnecessary hells are Made for ue by aur own famillee. It is the people who love us •beet who - torture us most. Parents malice unnecessary hells for, ' thein children by their petty tyran- nies. They' are determined to snake • their children oapies'of themselves •mattaihow differentlyNatur " s and they„.:,ce the U created them, youngsters into their'owetitould, even at the cost of crushing initiative and wreckiug Selflshnsas of Youth :With the average father -and mother the standard 0f right and, wrong is what they like to 16, and what they .111 when; they were ,y0nnk. Every time their children want to do what they enjoy doing, and what young pe0- isle aro doing now, it is at the price of stormy scones and mother's tears and father's anger. t- enet a little personal iberty; just a little -sympathy with the craving of youth for pleasure; jest a little evi- deuce that father and mother aro friends, all well as _parents, whp want to help them on to a good` time, would make home.. a heavenfor many a boy and girl whose parents are 11015, nrak- Ing;11 it purgatory out of which they are struggling to escape; Children make unueeeseary hells for their; parents by their ooldness'and begleet, ' They are so intout 0)1 their own 11ves so oecupied'With breir own Pi interest§, so eager in ; the pursuit of Pleasure, . that they ,fogget the fathere and mothers Who have toiled and sac- rificed for theta, and who :can be re- paid in no other coin than love and gratitude. Nor 1s there any heartbreak maze cruel to endure than that wh^' comes of happy and prosper•o;awx,luidrenMet forgetting—the lies otuatl looking .for the, letter the a busy Irandoes not take thg'lme to write, the longed -for visit,. -that the daughter peeps putting Wives make unnecessary. Bells for their bnsbands by their selitahnese, A woman will marry . 02 roan knowing that he is poor, and instead of mak- ling' the best of her lot she whines and frets and complains .:because she has not everything that a rich woman has. Many a woman is too lazy to keep house; too indifferent to her husband's comfort to, see that he has decent -seals) too thriftless to spend wisely the money be earns. Many.a woman never says one word op appreciation to hes Intsband, or gives hint one sign that else looks upon him' as anything but a slave who is bound `tosupply her. Letting the Angel Out. There is a story of a sculptor wito while he was engaged in overseeing some dten unloading g large bloclt of marble at the door of hie studio no-' ticed a email boy standing near'^by, In- tently watching. When the piece was dually in place the eculptor examined it carefully and angered it reverently as he thought of the possibilities hid- den, away in it. Observing that the boy was still watching, be asked him good-naturedly what he thought, of the block. "I don't think it's very pretty yet," was the reply, "but I suppose you ex - pact to make something out of it, don't yOn?„ "No;' answered the artist whimsical - la, ."I don't expect to make anything out of it at all. I expect to find some- thing in it." Then, seeing the look of incredulity on the boy's face, lie add- ed kindly. "There's' au angel in th. block, and all I have to do is to knock off the outside pleces and let the angel out." • Oluistian mu and woni.on ought to remember that their work is closely analogous to the sculptor's.: Wiiat is it that confronts God's children every- where? Is it not, the task of taking the rough,,unattractive material of Marian life and character and through prayer and untiring effort and patience, bring the hidden angel out? Could you imagine any work that is more im- portant or more pleasing in the sight of God? Yet we should not forget that the successful accomplishment' of it pre- supposes something, it presupposes, vision. We can never bring an angel out of: the block until we have first seen it within, and to see it we, must look with the heart as well as-witb the eyes. Itis the heart of love that sees Possibilities beneath the rough ex- terior. `I1 was thus that the Master saw Matthew, the publican. . He saw a man, whereas Matthew's: own coun- trymen could only see a hated publican and hireling of Rome, But mere vision is not enough. We must also have patience, sympathy and forgiveness. Angels do not spring from the rough block in a moment. Sinners do not become saintsin an hoar. Day after day the Christian Sculptor must lovingly ply his chisels and mallets of faith and prayer. One Poor Artist. Landlord—"I've, come to collect the rent" Artist -"Stick around—a miracle or something' might happen." A fence lasts three ears; a clog three fences, a horse three' logs and a man three horses. This halibut being landed at Prince Rupert by these B4O. 'fishing boats will some make its appearance on dinner tables from oue end of Canada to the other. quick, Impetuous stroke may spoil it all; one reckless blow may undo everything. What if the,work is slow, the chirelings small! Little by little yen will see the hidden' lovelinees emerge, the unfailing harbinger of the noble character that is to be. The Sinner's Progress. A boy was haled before a magistrate by a farmer for killing one of his ducks with a atone. Witnesses were called`to prove how bad he was, , In solemn accents, the magistrate' addressed him; "Boy, you have heard the evidence against you, and you see how one thing ieade to. another,. You began by cursing and swearing: and blaspheming, andyou have ended by throwing a stone et; a duck." 0 Some of the best trained dogs are those which have never been torched by a whip. No 'sunshine bot hath soma shadow. The Cottage Craft A novel and unique feature of Cana- dian artistic endeavor and industrial art, found•at the British Empire P1x- hibition, is the New Brunswick' Cat' tage Craft exhibit installed by Miss Helen G. Mowat, who has been the in- stituter and promoter of this work. Whilst it does not represent any broad phase of present-Canadianaetivity, it is of considerable interest as the only Canadian art idustry originating in, and being entirely circumvented by the farm, combining in the most ad- mirable manner modern industry, na- tive tradition, and artistic "expression. Ten years ago Utak Itlowat, who re- sides on a farm in, the neighborhood of St, Andrews, New Brunswick, and is an artist of some ability, training, and vision, gave herself up to the pro oration of this novel combination of art and industry by reviving the tra- ditional industries of the Maritimes of weaving, rug making, and embroidery. Her object in so doing was manifold, and in itself a combination of the ar tiatic and practical. She visioned through the encouragement of artistic expression, and the promotion of an intensive industry in conjunction with the agricultural life, the development of a sense of beauty in immediate sur- roundings and the intimate things of everyday Iife, and through this a great- er content and satisfaction in farm life, she aleo visualized the material profits to be derived from the more ex- tensive and diversified utilization of home products,' - Artistic. Expression of Farm Life. Men make unnecessary hells- for their wives by their, silence; by their grumpiness: by their tempers. Many es 'woman- lives in terror of her bus - band. Malty a woman .pines for a word of affection. Many 0 woman's whole married life, is. it ,cold, miserable, lone- ly journey, full 111 disappointment, of dreariness, of vain regrets and long- ings, just because her husband with- holds all tenderness and understand- ing from her. .Just because of a few words he does not take the trouble to say In the grow'th of the work no phase of it has ever extended beyond' the immediate sp3iere" of the agricultural worker-;, d3'tithing is utilizd but what to in the province, in fact„upon,. or in the vicinity of the homes of the Workers.' Those engaged are trained toflndthesO r e Of their expression3e9 ioIIn eat which the Beautiful in the beauty "f y 0 Surrounds them, ie the engaging land- scape of New Brunswick,. in the fa - miner scenes and objects of the daily life. upon the farm. The work has from the outset been the natural arta- tic expression of New Brunswick tarm Ole, based on the fundamental belief that the greatest tradition and inher- ent loveis a love of.the, iand. A commencement welt made with ®f New Brunswick Here is the mother of a song that has Won its way into a million Hearts, "Perfect Day," She is Carrie Jacobs BondofHollywood, Calif• rug staking, and through the develop- ment of the.artistio sense a nigh de- gree of beauty combined with utility in the product of the spare -time hours of the farm. Later the wool of native sheepx'as spun on the farm, dyed, and used' in embroidery, the sense of color Combination and design instilled re- sulting in the production of very beautiful and novel work. Homespun had been made: there for years, and a development of the new trend was the making of homespun bags, and it was here that this article, which has be- come so'popular over the continent, or- iginated. g . Miss Mowat is herself the only art director of these farm folk, and her teaching consists mainly in merely di- recting their attention. to the natural beauty in their lite. She goes round the farming districts tributary to St, Andrews, the sphere of her activities being of about forty miles radius, and teaches' her pupils individually, Where oae .'shows `particular aptitude, on roaches au unusual degree of prodci- enoy, she places him or her in charge of a small group to carry on the work. Products Finding Ready Sale. She is likewise the only marketing agenoy of the industry, transacting all the sales for the farm workers. The products were fleet sold .on her awn farm, and later abonse for the purpose was purchased in St. Andrews, which she finances. A. great deal' of material is sold to local tourists, and orears are received from all parts of the American oontinent, and are inci:eas leg as these artistic farm products are becoming more widely known. A recent turn Miss Mowat's activity has taken has been to utilize the New Brunswick pottery clay in the seine satisfactory manner. An expert was secured. from England to organize a ceramic industry, and last year this hada turnover of 920,000. Workers in this phase of native industry are trained aloncl the same artistic lines. 311, Miss Mowat's opinion. Chia work has only commenced, and she plans elaborate expansion in this combina- tion of native industry with artistic ex- pression. Family weaving is planned for the farm houses, r wood carving, making jewellery from ,pebbles, and various forms of woodwork. Where - ever native materials are found close at hand this dwellers on the farms will be trained in their economic utiliza- tion, making their leisure more profit, able, developing an appreciation of the beautiful in Maritime associations, and bringing about a contentment and satisfaction in rural life. The exhibit at the Empire Exhibi- tion consists of an assortment of pot- tery, woollen and worsted products of au artistic nature, all decorated: with scenes from New Brunswick lite. In addition there are also rugs and em- broidered pictures depicting the same. Iife, the work of Miss M:ogees pupils. Suggesting the origin of these pro- ducts is a model of a New Brunswick farm scene, showing the countryside early ,in .Tune with the lilacs and ap- ple- trees in blossom. Altogether it Is a very- adequate representation or a very novel and unique Canadian in- dustry, and one which it is to be sin- cerely hoped will experience consider- able expausion.as having a very im- portant place In Doiuinion:life. CANADIAN WOOL. CLIP The'; total wool production in,l anada, from 2,755,273 sheep and iambs in 1923 IS placed at 15,539,416 .pounds. Inthis industry Ontario is the leading pro- vince with a production. `of. 5,024,339 pounds, followed 'closely by Quebec with 4,692,60,2 pounds. Nova Scotia occupies the third place with a pro- duction of 1,455,585 pounds, Alberta ,being a close rival with au output of 1,387,247 pounds. hollowing in busier - eornse , New Brunswick' % with 893,555 pounds, Saskatchewan with 717,409, pounds, Manitoba , 520,678 ,pounds, Palace Edward Island 476,075 pounds and British Columbia 290,934 pounds, On Indian Reserves a total of 7,992 pounds was produced. The outstanding feature -mf this situation 11 the more important place' sheep are coming to occupy on the farms of Western Canada. Last year, west of the Great l41ees, there were 522,192 sheep and iambs clipped which accounted for a wool production of 2,- 993,268 ,099,268 pounds, or nearly twenty per cent. of the total clip. This is eon crate evidence of the greater atten The Trees. tion being paid to the Sheep industry The weather had been unpleasant in the Western Provinces, and the all the week, but Saturday was the beneflts wbich are following in •the worst day of all; it was dote and wake of the importations of high grade sultry, and everyone was ea edge with stock which many of the provinces the strain of it. At the notion counter have undertaken. Mary Crosser had kept herself steady With 00 average price per pound of only by counting the hours till she wool' of 23 cents to the growers, the could get home to her trees. total value of the 1923, clip is, provi- sionally estimated at $3,674,000, which • is $325,000 higher than the value in 1922, and the highest' aggregate re- corded since the year'1919. The pro- duction .of wool is lower than 1922, but. the increased value accounted for by the higher pries prevailing in 1923, the 23 cents obtainable in 1923 com- paring with 17.5 cents in 1922 and 13 cents In 1921, the lowest in the post- war period. Mary's home was a dreary fourth - story bedroom in a dreary boarding house. in Waverly Place,; but she had taken it because of the trees. Waver- ly Place was 'a narrow cross street, and the trees' on were poplars. Many people did not like them, but to Mary, especially now in April, the trees with their vivid new leaves were the love- liest thing the city held for her; and later through the dog days when other trees were still, hers were always full of soft. whisperings. When she lay oh her lumpy bed and' gazed out the win- dow the city all fell away, and, look- ing into her treetops, she dreamed' of a world of wide country spaces. At last the long day dragged to an end, and Mary was free. Hot as it was, she hurried through the streets. Twenty minutes later she was stand- ing stunned at the corner of Waverly Piave. Where in the morning she,liad left leafy green pillar's there were two rows of bare trunks with stumps of branches. The trees had been cut back. Mary ate no dinner that night. A miserable weak followed. She shut her heart :, against everything. She was bitterly angry. Nearly tveo.weeks .after the cutting of the tree s a quotation that she had onoe'read began bauntieg her: "`There is no such thing as tragedy' to the brave," Mary frowned. If you ac- cepted tragedy, then you were a cow- ard! She 111 not like that. 'Besides," she acknowledged to herself, "I've tried being miserable for two weeks, and it hasn't been a success. I be- lieve I'll try the other way for while." The next evening a frail white-faced girl across the street waved to her. Three days later she beckoned her across and tossed a rose down. "It looks like you," she said. "I've been waiting to give it to you all day." A month later Mary was sitting curled up on her newfriend's bed. The girl, Alice, was in the big chair by the window, where she spent her days. "And to think," Mary said with a long breath, "that we've lived opposite each other for nearly two years, and NEW, CAR' RUNS 014 STCR;AGE BATTERIES ent is this storage 'bai!.ery car operatic over Canadian Pa- cific new iu the way of passenger'. equipment g g ainilten and alt. nt. The motive l ower is derived, from tour 25 IY,p. motors, and 510 0.3r crfic lines between Ti G O p a develops s eed. of 35 miles an- tunOf all -steel coustructien, it has three conmpartments,"general passenger, smoking and baggage. „ "I knew it," Alice retorted. "I used to come around the corner and wish- wieh-that you would look across at me. But you were always looking up at the poplars.” Mary's hands dropped from her knees. She. turned a startled face to the girl who had grown so dear. All the time this friendship had been wait' ing behind her trees. Youths' Com - Industry on Sounder Footing. It is interesting to note in recent years the 'increase in the number of sheep kept and the annual output of wool, and wbilst the value of the year- ly crop does not show the same incre- ment, this is due entirely to the nue tuation of prices which hoe character- ized the years since the war. The in- dustry is, es a matter of tact, on a much sounder footing and exhibited a: certein gratifying development, This is exhibited in the progress of the 1u- dustry since the war be spite of the various vicissitudes it has sustained. In 1916 the wool clip of Canada at an average price of 28 cents a pound was worth $3,360,000.. In 1918 • and, 1919, with the extraordinary price of 60 cents a pound prevailing, it .reach- ed a value of 912,000,000, Since that time the progress hasbeen towards normalcy. The clip of 1920 eras valued at 95,280,000, at an average pries of 24 cents. The 1921 clip was valued at $2,976,000; that of 1922 at 93,149,000; and 1923 at $3,574,000. Canadian wool produots for 1924 are considered satisfactory There are 84,- 000,000 4,000,000 less sheep iu the world to -day than there were in 1913,- The present production' is at least 250,000,000 pounds of pre -was production as com- pared with an average rate of con- sumption equal to the pre-war rate of consumption. This is considered to be of great benefit to the Canadian wool producer, who, according to the Canadian Co-operative Wool Growers, has dons better financially with his sheep than any other phase of his term operation. Importations High Grade Stock. In the past few years e. great deal of progress has been made in the sheep industry of Western Canada, where the real development of the fu - tura is to be expected. A great deal- of attention is being Raid to sheep rearing there The establishment of the Prince of Wales' ranch, and .the subsequent importation of high grade stock, has had ite effect upon the Indus- try. The governments have exerted themselves in providing the farmer with a higher grade of stock for breed ing purposes. Throughout the area more attention is being paid to this phase of •animal husbandry than for some time. An innovation in the Western 'nein* try which promises to have important developments in the future is that 0; the movement of Western Canadian slieep to the head of the Laket for feeding during the winter months' on the grain screenings of the elevitore there, A few Soiitb,ern Alberta ranch• ers, who have so far followed this practice, fattening thousande of sheaf, in the winter, and having them' avair- able for spring markets, have found It very successful, In generalthesheep and.wcol indus- tray of Canads may boconsidered to be in a sound way, with more and,lntelll- gent attention being paid to theinaus'' try than ever before- The w,ork;of the Departments of Agriculture sail the Canadian Co-operative Wool Growers bas resulted in a uniform grading al. the product, which' makes it of Devote able enin•'y to every market, and 913 - suras a better 'pride' to the Canadian producer, The establishment of the Dentin -ion Combing Mills at'Trenton, 'Ontario, assists the domeetia utiilaa- tlaii to SUMS extent' df. the Canadian pl'odoet, and, !a a pleasing heg1113i1es, ' Ore the whole, the Canadian farmer is itiilizirig there is a future io fhb rats.. lugof snoop in the lit miliioll, and a prod table In arkot fbr 1 1 prod -clef. They at',eoninand isle most ens . . jay thettlaeivei leasf Mostly Sweet Sound. 'Trow sweet those words: "Home Cooking.,, "Yes --tile savor- is more often in the sound' than in the taste." Stone Production in Canada, During 1122, the production of stone. from quarries in Canada had a total value Of $5,074;993, The Tallties of the chief kinds of stone ;Married were: limestone, $4,175,941; granite, 91,406,- 250; 1,406;250; • marble, $231,094; and saudstone, $00,905, The output of. the priociiial producing provinces was valued as. fol- lows: ol-lows: Ontario, 22,919,920; - Quebec, $2,- 3:42,510; British Columbia, . $324,091; Nva Scotia; .$1',19,498'; Manitoba,. 9106,- 683; New Brunswick, 9104,730 Al- berta, 97,300. 'Ve nest secceseful operationeration de - gins with "Co,", .stead thio sill ovo1 again,