HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1950-01-05, Page 7Pretty Tough Going, Eh, Kid? --A Lhinese boy, hungry, hurt -
and tired, wearily seats himself al, .ng the curbing to eat his dish
of food, probably the first he roceived that ,lav, supplied by
the United Nations international Children's Emergency Fund
(UNICEF). Canada and a score of other United Nations
member -countries are helping to feed the sick and hungry
children now living in former theatres of war. The postal ad-
dress "UNICEF, OTTAWA" is accepting funds from Can aill ans
to buy Canadian food for sic' million hungry. children,
A Happy New Year to yon all!
A new day, a new week, a new
tstontlh—and a New Year ... what
will it bring? So much to think
about, isn't there?
Of course, there Is plenty to talk
about ... I could write about the
sudden drop in egg prices, or the
gloom -spreading news that another
depression is in the offing; or the
increase in hydro rates, ditto ear
insurance premiums—but I aan not
going to write about any of these
things, except to mention them in
passing so that you will know I at
least know what is going on in the
world. But this much I will say—if
and when hard titres hit us, I don't
*hink you will see the farmer being
pushed around as he was in the
_4 pression days of the '30's. He has
conte a long way since then. His
standard of living has been raised
considerably. He has his radio to
keep him informed on world affairs
when he is too busy or too tired
to read. He has his car to take
him around the country, and as a
result, many farmers are as much
at home in the city as they are on
Sleek own property. His sons and
daughters also get around and have
just as good a time as their town
and city cousins. His wife often
has a better home and more con-
veniences than her friends in town.
Young mothers have a much better
chance to raise strong, healthy
youngsters than their city counter-
parts. Oh yes, the farmer and his
family certainly go places and see
things these days! ifaybe they
"go" too often and see too much—
but that is another story.
There is another change that is
all to the good. The farmer, now-
adays, keeps himself pretty well in-
formed in regard to government ex-
penditures—particularly in munici-
pal affairs. There have been sev-
eral instances just recently where
miners have gotten together and
thrown a monkey wrench into the
proposed lavish spending of their
township council. Generally speak-
ing, the,farnter world lose a day's
work rather than miss the chance
to vote for the men of his choice
M a municipal election. Xow he
has also reached the point where
he is just as quick to call those
same men to account if they fail to
:measure up to his expectations.
Yes, our men of the soil are stak-
ing their voice heard in the land—
through Farm Forums, public
meetings, letters to the press and
an intelligent exchange of opinion
with their fellowmen. Certainly,
they are not sufficiently powerful
to prevent a depression if one is on
. its way, but they have become suf-
firiently progressive •-- and aggres-
sive -- an that they will not be left
holding the bag entirely alone. If
they hold one end, they'll want
someone else holding the other—
eta they won't expert to hold on
indefinitely. If things get tough,
farmers will be asking a lot of ques-
tions—questions to which they will
surely want the answers.
So, I think, with our families and
friends, we can safely allow our.
selves plenty of enjoyment over the
holiday season. .After all, it will be
another 12 months before this Les..
live season rolls around again and
between now and then, We shall
have plenty of time for serious
thinking.
What would we do tvithout our
Christmas and New Year? So much
fun and excitement, and when we
get away from it all, such a quiet
sense of peace. In these moments
of reflection, it is impossible to lose
our faith for very long. \\e know
that the wisest of the wise may
err; use are consta"tly d"<ntr; e I at
the tangle we poor humans get our=
selves into: and yet, through it all,
if we pause for a minute, we are
conscious of a Higher Power con-
trolling the universe, and once more
our faith is renewed that eventually
peace will -cone to this troubled
world.
And then you know, getting
down to ordinary, everyday affairs,
there are always bright spots on
the darkest day. .Even 30 -cent eggs
have something to commend them!
At least we won't have to feel we
are robbing the family treasury if
we are a little generous in our use
of them. Farm folk don't snake
omelettes when eggs sell at 60
cents a dozen, but with eggs at
30, well, we can live on omelettes
and angel food, should we so de-
sire. And when we have the folks
home for the holiday season, it will
be no hardship to thein if we feed
them generously with omelettes. To
city folk, it is food fit for the gods.
That is, if you can make a good
omelette and serve it straight from
the stove to the ta.bie—with a thick
sprinkling of cheese, chopped ham
or bacon. Yum . mutt
That's all friends . I still have
a few things to do. Happy New
Year, everybody! And don't forget,
it can be a happy year if we help
to make it so. Chin up, folks—we
are not in Russia, Communist
China, or occupied Europe. We arc
in Canada .. , and that should
mean a lot.
In Red Jam—The Stitt a 1)cp.u•t-
Inent angrily denounced Com-
munist -dominated Bulgaria for
accusing U.S. Minister Donald
R, Heath, above, of 'conspiring'
against the government. De-
claring the c h a r g e s 'patent
falsehoods,' the U.S. warned
that continuance of diplomatic
,relations is in danger.
Edison Had A
Practical Mind.
Genius is the• aI,illty to do 1''e
hardest thtugs the easiest xray. 5', t •
day, whet' Edison was working oe
a practical lamp for his newly die-
, covered electric light, he found it
necessary to get the cubical content
of an irregular glass bulb. '1'o„ Intel;
himself to attend to the •ie,h, he
called in his most brilliant tuathe
ntatician to help hint, Arming him-
self with many sheets of foolscap,
the great savant sat down to work.
A reek later Edison asked ;tint ho44
he was getting along.
"Very nicely, \I r.• Eidson. Inst 1
ate not finished yet."
Ellison- looked at the formidable •
array of charts amd figures snhntit-
ted by the mathematician. "flow
notch longer will it take yon r0
solve the problem?"
"Olt, another wrelt, I expect."
"Let me shots you how to do it in
a minute," said Edison.
-11e filled the bulls with water.
"Now measure the water, and
you've got the answer." . .
Edison possessed not only a Roark
for hitting upon the obvious, but
an infinite- capacity for taking pains.
In his effort to perfect the storage
battery, he made ten thousand un-
successful reels on various chemical
combinatiotns. "Isn't it a shame,'
said a friend, "than with all this
trcinendons labor you haven't teem
able to get any resnitsi"
"Why, ;nail," sttitl Edison, "I've
got lots of results. I've Gist, 4 (Ted
several thousand things tleo won't
work." •
Here's Some Real
"Bedtirrte Stuff"
Most of us la%1 iaVtl'ile pusirou5
for sleeping, but few people would
choose 10 sleep sitting upright in
a chair as 51 -year-old 1311d•i1iist
ntissiotlary,.'tbe Venerable Ie,lan-
atha, does.
lie recently • ;node on a three-
month visit to Britain from • Anter-
ica, where he has been living since
he WW1 fnnr. He was born near
Naples.-
\\'hy does he sleep aprig;n? He
say s it is to strengthen himself
against too touch dependence on
bodily comfort. On his voyage here
in Ole Queen Mary, his nights
were spent in a chair in the cinema
or the lounge. Ile hasn't slept itt
a bed for 16 years.
Scientists who have studied hu-
man sleeping habits would probably
applaud the Venerable Lokattatha's
method on the grounds that it
saves the colossal amount of energy
which- so many people waste by
eontinnally turning over during the
night.
Experiments at the Mellon In-
stitute, Pittsburg, have shown that
the average healthy magi changes
his position up to 45 tines during
sleep. He remains in half of these
positions for less than five minutes.
And the more generally comfortable
the bed is, the more often he
changes bis position.
British doctors arrived at torch
the same conclusions in 1930 by
means of an ingenious appliance
and the co-operation of a number
of sleepers. The appliance consist
ed of a pen which -marked on a
roll of paper each successive posi-
tion of the sleeper, •and a camera
which recorded each of his ntove-
ment&.
Science has also found that if you
sleep with your head to the north
—in line with the earth's stain
magnetic field of force—the spectre
of insoannia is likely to be banished.
Says one scientist, "Magnetic and
other cosmic forces undoubtedly
influence the processes of our
bodies and minds. A great number
of forces have effects on human
beings, and if you believe that by
sleeping with your head to the
north insomnia can be cured; you
will bring about a state through
auto -suggestion which will encour-
age better sleep."
So, before turning in tonight,
just have a -look at the direction in
which your bed lies!
One Too Many
Policeman in a Johannesburg
court said he saw man' (charged
with being drunk) "stagger in front
of a ear and noticed that both his
eyes were bloodshot:"
"Both eyes?" asked the accused
man. "Btltb," said the policeman.
The accused man removed a glass
eye and showed it to the Bench.
"Cave dismissed," said the judge.
Old proverb re -written; Nothing
recedes like success.
Modern intuette
Ify Roberta I.ee
Q. flow should a woman be goy
erned about rising from a chair to
show respect to an older woman?
A. In most ea,cs. she should rise
for a woman more than double Ler
o4'11 age. Much depends, of coarse,
,trm the "older wouttltt." Older 1/11-
Mee
utette oho are trying to appear very
young ;night rt sent any such show
of deference, t)ldiashioned, root
fot'tahly elderly wotnen would prnh
ably lil,e it very onto..
Q. Do you consider it necessary
to have the approved "salad forks,"
or do the medium-sized regular
forks serve the same purpose?
1.
One may provide any shape or
size of fork she wishes. ;l'he tned-
itm• size,; fork is in very good taste
•4 4 e
Q. Should a woman wear gloves
to a formal dinner?
A. 1'es: she should take them oft
at the: table and place theist across
het• lap.
Q. When you are in a group of
people and someone makes a de-
rogatory remark about a certain re-
ligion. and you know that one or
more of the i:,tt?up is of tl;;:t f;ttt.
what s.'%oti1d vein de?
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hlttttth, i")le pr^,on 'a
/III t',a1- es a1tr1'i
u re41:114i1: ie ",''41'I.+itflt i1� Sr,811.
Q. When a woman is marrying
for the second time, should she in-
vite the family of her first husband?
A. 'f has ilr pt•11ds 44:1-14 ri,t'.ech, ilii t the
laruont fila' oriel, ht.,4•,,,-t her
atilt her first lntebo1? l's people. 14
perfect harmony e':i•4s, ;,•s.
Q. When you have given some-
one a gift, and he expresses delight
over it, is it all right to say, "1 em
glad that you like it?"
A. "i"]tis ie ,_ ,cry at,p,opriale
•
e prrs ion.
Q. Is it proper for man to cross
in front of a woman, when walking?
A. No; the unman should have
the right of way whenever possible,
and the matt should erose behind her
instead of in front of her.
A *
Q. At a double wedding, should
each bride have her own maid -of -
honor?
Yes: although they may itave the
same bridesmaids, and each bride-
groom has his own best man.
Q. - Is it all rig''tt, wilco dining
1110^. in l,vl;lfs pl:i r„ to read a
l salt or to .ve.paper while at the
tt:bic?
Q. If the men in 1, weedier; re,rty
are to wear formal morning attire,
is it neee1" ary that they weal
gloves.?
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411,: left 4;11/,e 1',11) cher) the rich.
hand glove in the Irl4 band
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111,; Ftreptitin.
WAKE UP YOUR
LIVER BILE
Without Calomel—Md )'0111 Jump Out of
Bed in the Morning Ravin' to Go
The liver should pour out about 2 pinta of
bile mire into your digestive tract every day.
If this bile 18 not flowing freely, your foudmeg
not digest. It may lust decay )n the digestive
tract, 'then gas bloats up your stomach. You
get constipated. You feel sour, sunk and the
world looks punk.
It takes those mild, gentio Carter's Little
Liver Pills to get these 2 pinta of bile flow_
Ing freely to make you feel "up and up."
Get a package today. Eueutive in makutg
bits flow freely, Ask for Carter's Little Liver
Pills, 856 at nay drugstore.
General Statement
'otic Novenobeg, il949
ASSETS
Notes of and deposits with Bank of Canada . . , , r6
Other cash and bank balances . . . . . .
Notes of and cheques on other banks . . . „ . .
Government and otherpubli'securities,not exceeding
market value
Other bonds and stocks, not exceeding market value
Call and short loans, fully secured . . . . .
Total quick assets , , , . ..
Other loans and discounts, after full provision for
bad and doubtful debts
Bank premises -
Liabilities of customers under acceptances and lettema
of credit
Ocher assets
564%494,7470,0
66,1198,042,807
88,5210,196,041
W48,6610626. ed
316,817,0414K
69,097,880.043
1,677,489,485,5''
184,168,935'8
D11,601,961.9-9
x1,790,695,118
7,934,275.8a
p 2.654,985.354.1'
LIABILITIES
Notes in circulation . . . . .. . . . . . . . i,706,77.9.56
Deposits . . . . . . . . . . . • . • . . . . • 2.192,140,578.60
Acceptances and letters of credit outstanding . . . 581,790,695.26
Other liabilities 14,558,112.20
Capital
Total liabilities to the public . . 0,251,198,115,66
»,000,000.oa
44,000,000.00
931,924, 5,
11,860,313.95
Reserve Fund
Dividends payable
Balance of Profit and Loss Account .
$2,'52,4,985,854,14
PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT
Profits for the year ended '30th Noeembex, 1949, befoxe
Dominion and provincial government taxes, but after con-
tribution to Staff Pension Pund, and after appropriations to
Contingency Reserves, out of which Reserves provision for
all bad and doubtful debts has been made . $30„918,243.15,
Less provision for Dominion end provincial
government taxes 144,455,000.00
Less provision for depreciation of bank premises 655,721.51 5,090,721.51
Dividends at the rate of $1,00 per share
$ 5,827,521.8”
3 500 000 00
Amount carried. forward....................$ 2,327,521.8'
Balance of Profit and Loss Account, 90th November 1948 . . . 1,532,792.06
Balance of Profit and Loss Account, 30th November, 1949 . .$ 5,860,513,93
JAMES MUIR.
President
1r. I'l. ATKINSON,
General Manager
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