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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1933-07-06, Page 7'THURSDAY', JULY 6, .1933. THE SEAFORTH NEWS. PAGE SEVEN V eta 1 I -�Nu�•mi��pa�oo-_-au_nr ui,��un�un��nP�HO. 1' : 1 Also beset quality Metal Hinged Sec- o tion'al Post Binders and Index. t6 1 1 The Seaforth , News Phone 84 • Duplicate Monthly Statements We Can save you money on Bill and Charge Forms, standard sizes to fit ledgers, white or colors. It' will pay you to see our samples. 1 rn 1 I • 1 p11,....nneenQ.m..1• 111Ie.esell• •s.neer D. H. McInnes Chiropractor Electro Therapist" — Massage Office — Commercial Hotel Hours --tion: and ,Thugs. after- noons and ley appointment FOOT CO'RRECTIO'N ivy ,manipulation=Sum-bay treat- ment .Phone 2227, ASPARAGUS ROOTS Many of the large asparagus plantations in the country have. been planted 'with 1MtcOonneli's !Asparagus Roots. Why not let us supply our needs. 52 Page 'Nursery 'Cataiggue Free. The IvioCOINNELL NURS 'iRY Co. Port Burwell, Ont. TWO ,FISTiS EARN 23 MILLION Ted' "Kid" •'Lewis—the "Aldgate Juggernault"—needs no .. introd'uc'tion as 'a fighter. His prowess as one of the mo'st courageous and audacious champions of our time has ;carried his founded in 1900 A Canadian 'Review of Reviews This weekly' magazine offers a re- markable selection of articles and -car- toons gathered from the latest issues of the leading (British and American journals and reviews. rt reflects the current thought of both hemispheres and features covering 1?terature and the arts, the progress of science,'edu- cation, the house beautiful, andwo vaen''s interests. an all world prableme, Beside this it has a department of finance ,' investment and insurance, Its every page is a window to some fresh :vision I'ts every column is alive -wire contact with life! WORLD WIDE is a FORUM its editors are chairmen, not com- batants, Dts articles are selected for their •outstanding merit, illumination and , emterbaintnen t. 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"Lit'erally, 'a feast of reason and a flow a!f fsoul.:" fie Almost every•article is worth .ing or sharing with a friend." !Every -one of the pages of World a Wide is 300% interesting to Canadians Issued Weekly 15 cts copy; $3.50 yearly On Trial to NEW subscribers 8 weeks only 35 cts net One Year " $2.00 " 40n trial, in Montreal and sue a bs, also in 'U.S. add 'tic for every we service, Por other foreign countri'es add 2 ots.) ,bony freak, the mystery of uny thiis-. ness never being diagnosed as flue to such a rare disease as hanger, II (think iI ni:ust have been built then entirely of, tough sinew, for ,although my fraaie disp'layed no vestige of 'outside, _ I ran throuPh ' a non-stop series •series of street fights-s!ome of ahem 'fierce encounters vn which I received dremehdous punishment. For sone stra!tge reason fighting was in my blood, Wlhen I was ten I used to, amaze adults by my knowledge of the records of boxers, I would follow !fourth -rate boxers in the streets, • for miles, and would try tobnush up against them. I would be happy for days if one of them smiled at the Worsh'ip' expressed iup thy face, or Threw a gruff word at me as I. dented foew"ard to open a door for hien. II had my heroes, and never dream- ed that some of them bile keen -eyed and handsome Syd Burns, would one day aft as my sparring partner, or that others, like stoiftaheanted Matt Wells aaoul'd face me as equals in the ring. r II and .members of our gang—foe by 'that time I alas leader off a gang. ofabout twenty boys—used to attend all the big contests in. London, Not that we ever saw a single fight -from inside. We were eye -witnesses, from without, . et the National Sporting Club, the Ring, the Canterbury Music ,Hall, -Wonderland, and other centres. (But we tasted to the tfufl the reel drama el the oc'cesian., Thus I "saw ISyd Burns beat Youaig Nipper, the :tremeadaus battle between Harry ILewis and Young Jlosephs, 1kabt Wells' victory over pack Turner; and 1 was pressentt in the same way at that tragedy when Curly Watson was knocked out by Prank 'Inglis AIM died the ' same night.' lI 'left echool when I was fourteen and was appreniticed to my father as a budd'in'g mcabinetmaker. For this I gob two -acid -six -pence a week, two shillings of which I handed aver to my mother. I walked to the . work- tshop , and always took the same route; which led to many a Retie encounter. (Flo'r some ,boy was sure to pass : a Irdme-truth about my appeat'ance, or a more or less imaginative description ,af the. I was always Willing, and pre- '.ferred the bigtger• opponents, for the knowledge that I had a diffictfit jib on hand always seethed to pull out of me a ' keener concentration and a stronger determination. IBM sad ex- perience taught the not to get marked in my street fights. 'Once 11 turned up at fa'ther's, workshop with a bruise on my cheek. And I was late. Diad gave me a quick took. "Vere did' you come by dat?" he demanded. - "'I ;fall down," S said. "I know," he reputation throughout the world: • said grimly. '!again fighting. Such a He was born in the East End' Of blagatz he is. S'o. A fighter you'll be. London and fought his way fnomIVeil, den, box mel" Whitechapel through four 'continents, And then with a suddenness that and achieved world-wide fame, was bewildering, I was -,subjected to IHe has faced fighters at every a slaniebaniging' cuffing -: and heavy- weight, both in arid out of the ring, handed slapping from all angles until from flyweights to heavyweights, and 'I, m'anaged to duck into safety. with his two fists -'has earned at least (Thereafter these training', bouts with '£I500,000 (2,1500,000)• . my father were frequent Aocording :No other boxer before him has.hield to the 'rules of the game, my hands three titles in his. own country. Kid were supposed to be non-existent. My Lewis was the 'welter; middle and sone d.etence had to be my feet, and light•heavyweigltt champion e` kite' when I Was corhered,. all the talent ain at the same time. !for dodging, ducking and swerving ,The story Of tine eventsleading tele thatI could tug out of myself, to the first of his 600 fights, he 'tells 'When he was displeased, there was as follows:1 now often no warning and no chance It was Solomon M•cnd'eloff, the cab- of ducking. A long lath of wood inetmaker, who first taught the to would be whipped up and I would re- fight. He had 'a sure eye, and a heavy ceive a "stinger" before I could wink, hand and .a very peppery 'temper iii ;When. I learnt that trick, he took to addition. And well I should know it, aiming sudden shots ' at the with Per Solomon Men'deloff,,or "S'holem,",'blocks'of wood or whatever was near - as he was called, was navy father. To est to hand, which would came in those who knew him, this charge of quick succession and set Inc leaping being a boxing instructor will come nsany a time until I learnt ho'w to as something of a Shock. !look out for them. Ili Dad had known Boxing for money was a shameful that he was rapidly helping thealong thing in his eyes, and "fighting" was the road of pr'ofes'sional boxing, he ,the those incounprehensi'bie .anode 'w'ould have` been. horrified. And it Sky Line Hiking in the Rockies • Organized trail hiking in the Canadian Rookies, will be'in- augurated for the coming year by a hike slated to start at Lake Louise on August 4t1. An in- creasing interest is being taken in trail hiking in the Canadian Rookies, and a committee consist- ing chiefly of experienced mem- bers of the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies and the Alpine Club of Canada, has undertaken the organization of a new order nailed the Slcy Line Trail Hikers. The inaugural hike will start this summer on August 4th from Lake Louise and tramp over the Saddleback through Paradise. Val- ley and over Sentinel Pass to Moraine Lake, where the first night's camp will be made. On Saturday, August 6th, the party*. will hike from Moraine Lake over Wenkchemna and Opabin Pesses and will have the thrill of cross- mg two glaciers before arriving at Lake O'Hara: On Sunday, the hikers will be able to take in the magnificent scenery around Lake Macarthur, Lake Oesa, and 11lount Odaray, and members of the party will be'able to enjoy the excel- lent fishing in Lake O'Hara. The Pow -Wow will be held on Mon- day, August 8th, after which the members will hike to Werpta' and catch the evening train back to Lake Louise, Tho magnificent scenery of the Canadian Rockies and the pure joy of achievement, together with the comforts assured by the ar- rangements made by the Cana- dian Pacific Railway make this one of the finest and most health- ful of holiday outings. II said, reply, it was made somewhat clear, The next clay I turned up at the that it was not only no one's business, Judean Athletic Club well before time. !but that he hadn't made an income It was good fortune for me that I ,tax return. did so, for the match was off. Young "Then you have a taxable income?" 'Samuel, my rival, had backed out. t ' ("Barnum was right," was his only "I3ut I want a fight. Isn't there reply ashe blew on bitterly cold anyone you can put me up against?" hands. iI asked, almost imploringly. "Yes.' iIWe wonder if the depression has We can' fix you up• And before the brought beak the old "feather man." afternoon's up we will knew whether IHo never operated in the city, even you can fight or not. And so will you. lin the old days, but travelled the back Johnny Stharpe'is your optp,onent, and icon'ceseions where beds were beds it's esix-rounder:. The purse will be and had downy feather mattresses, one -and -six to be split up. One sihi'11-'The "feather man" iniade his round:, ing for the winner and sixpence for 'with a horse and tight wagon, but the loser. Are you at'?" I was on and 'the most valuable piece of equipment said so with'ou't •dr'aeing,'breath, in his possession was a smell article, "J'o'hnny Slharpe and Kid Lewis— ostens?bly a lead pencil. reedit" I found myself ducking un- /Arrivin'g at a farm house, he would der the ropes. Laughs went round, enquire if any of the mattresses were and they were all directed aga'ins't Me,in need of a cleaning, invariably, the The gong sounded and 'I stripped answer was no, Did the good lady Irani my corner: 3 remember very know—had &he exlamisad the feath- dittle about the details of that en- erg ? Naturally, no! He volunteered counter. `T' know bhat,,daring the .first to inspect them at no cost to the good round I kept running up against a lady. The feather tick was then op- ened along a seam and the consider- Stetraveller scooped out several 'handfulls. If the mattress had been made with cheap chicken feathers, he went no further. But if the first ex- 'ani'inetiou disclosed the valuable down from ducks and geese, he comment-. jotting arm, but I also know that I t kept hitting some pant of my oppon- ent at a fast pace. The gong was wel- come. 11elft tired, My second was Alf Goodwuu, a good )fighter of his time. , He growled as he rubbed my thin eernis: "You're all right, you are, ed an industrious sea•rcli. And he al - ,you're all right. Bull try boxing with your left arm and left leg forward, I tried it the next round and Some -how although it was awkward, my - oppon- ent could not get itt so easily and his blows did not have the same force. cil" and it was pointed directly' at After the fourth round, it seemed to the .offending intruder. - There, the be a question of who could last out, :lady saw it now. But what she did and when the final gong was struck not know wa3 that the "lead 'Pencil" I know that it was joy -,music for, us was an ingenious contraption filled 'bo't'h• with lice and that the "feather than" That was the start of that _'£500, merely had to press on the end of it 000. Jtoihsny Shane won that in:atch, to free, a specimen, but I was happy to kn'o'w that I Then he would pile . the mattress could last ottt six rounds at a fairly on the wagon mid depart. A few days hot pace. The sixpence I• received for later, he re'tu'rned it, properly cleaned. m'y share of the 'purse gave me a and for the trifling sum of one dol - purer joy, I - truly believe, than any lar. But what the good wife did not other I have won since.. 'the m'amy eeeange customs he eis,eee_ l was he, too, wiho un'witting'ly !arced ered in the land that lead :given ltimime to change my name and become and my mother refuge from' the iron'I'Kid" Lewis to the boxing world in - rule and the Jew, hunts; elf Russia. lI think` that my father was the anit' oeaed in a queer way,; matt I have ever really fea're'd. The My first fight was ,a needle -fight hand knocks he had received in life about a lady. One of my gang Hynnie had sourced him He had escaped with Schwartz said eagerly: 'Why fight stead of Gerlslhom Illencleloff. Int leap - my mother from R!uelsia after .a '`p o- or nothing when you can fight for groin," in which he had seen some of enoneyc'.' I1 sou'nd'ed good advice'and his friends and relatives killed and we acted on 1± stnaight away. The others terribly injured. The horror of Judean Club ,was then attracting thosea days never left hi'm. .rough notice by reason of the good Sty .parents came ower in a cattle 'boxers it was prod'ucfng and the keen bola,t, sleeping .on straw audit 'was and' vig',orous contests, ,that it s'faged there that Mather gave Girth to her Lt had once been a c'ow shed. NOW no race' olti f ' remains orwas o i 'ways found something I There, could the good lady see it ? A minute member of the bed -lice family! No, the shocked lady could not see it. Out carne the "lead pen - ()Loam= SPSIELER The depression brings old-time ped to a •soft (fineness by a special spieler and seller of magic bargains 'machine in the home shed of the i",feather main." The goose down, in the meantime, had been sold at a haudclom'e profit in the city.. The "feather man'.' called. only once nne in a life-tul .You gotta eat whether they respond or not, as "Shorty" puts it. (Shorty is the `home -on" for the magnifying -glass man. He sets up his stand nearly every day that the wea- ober is warm enough. When he opens hie case and starts` footing around with 'a deck, of cards, 'Shorty wanders up and looks interested. When he says, "Step right up, gentlemen," Shonty setts the •good example by us shuffling closer. When he asks for assistance ,or asks 'anyone to examine, know this .time, was that half the goose down had been removed and replaced' with chicken feathers, chop back in our midst—Open for business, on downtown city 'streets. , "'Step right up, gentlemen!" Every day, ;weather permitting, they are stepping right up in the city streets, putting drown their .d'i'nes and their quarters and helping the cunb- side merchants ride the ' depression tide, Tihe old-time medicine man of the . villllage market square has come back. With a little satchel ,a deck of play- ing cards and a , knb'ck-em-in,lthe-eye spiel, -the boys ,with the winning smile IItt London Dad seemed to Se steep- the War. We :explained at the elle!) land ;the sales' gab are drawing more ed in ;ill -luck from the start, andi that ourswas a needle -fight about a attention than the siren on a fire lady,' and within, a few seconds we chief's roadster, found: ourselves matched to aPPear• in e four -rounds glewe contest to take place' the following aftennaon, 'What names?" asked bh'e mlatclvem,aker. 'For a moment I was flustered,- It flashed on me that It 'Would' 'be dig- estrous to give my true name, Ger- slhlolms Men'd!edieff, My ;father might see .it, and tike prosp'ec't' of firs anger was too disturb'irlg for me to face. At that penied my boxing idol was that 'brave and .brilliant ring cea!ftlsman, Harry B'ester'mlann, known to the lboxinlg world': cis Marry Lelwis, an IAimerican, "Piet doiwn Kid Lewis," tireltehiiild, whielh died before the boat t t � , t b- rdach'dd poet. liter.ated by a •German bomb during IPersion B'a'lm, Cool and refreshing. Soothing and protective., 'The perfect. aid'ta.beauty. ,lUsri,valled in its soft- ening- and beautifying effect on the skin. IEtr'padbs a fresh and fragrant charm to the • loveliest complexion, 'Banishes roeghnes's caused by weath- er conditions. (Safeguards the skin ., and 'Teeeps it smooth, softa'nd flawless Useit Inc. the hands and face. Al- ways results :in the 'highest expre'seion, of''beauty, Tell not all you know nor ''judge' of 'alt you see ,if you would Eec in peace: Want and For ;Stade Ad's, 3 ,bim i 50C. whenever h:e felt that things were ;on nine mend, disaster would' come, so that''h'e invariably found himself and his Iamlil'y on 'the tragic side mit 'the poverty line, But he used r'bo say that OH had been ten 'times, worse it 'would heave been heaven in compari- son with ' lite in Russia. To live in a free and 1ib'eaty-l'avinn'g 'land meant (much to hien. lP•ale and scraggy, I, was believed to lbe consumptive, ,and 'four times' +a week my „mother took me to the Lon- don and other hospitals for treatment. Later, when the fear of don'sumpfi'on "head been dlislpelled, II still remained a r9Step right u,p, genit'lemen,";a-nd the city stickers who gulled think that a the artid'le (to see if it is gentaine). sucker ca:rrlies a carpet bag'and chews a hlay-sltraw, step up and the here -by - day and 'there -by -might merchian,t turn an'other 'penny! - 'They e'ame back to the brightly- lighted ri 8' `htl - Y lighted way's when the first faos!t tinged the pumpkin. They returne'd, some to )!make Money in sizeable !turns in time to do the whole thing chunks, and other to rake inti„atu exist- over again before another ; gnouip of ence. ''prospective buyers, "'How much do you maike a week,” When 'ISIhorty's overcoat gets full one was asked, of gtlasees or be rues .out of two-bitOut of `a concise and'well-word d 'Pieces he and lr'' ' ! another stand and exchange magnify- ing glasses and quarters as they go. 'The partners know a thing or two about buying psychology. They have brought that new slant on the .curb side game. Theirs is no cheap stock, they say. No, sir, it is genuine and is only offered tothe public at this ridi- cislonely low figure because it was "bought for customs' duty only." They know it is hard to resist the bargain sounding offer of an article at customs duty prices. One would ;think half the novelty firms in the country had failed and were unable to pay the duty on articles that were being brought through the customs to hear Nhe 11932.33 edition of curb merchants. THE INOONSID'E'R'ATE LOVER The young man and the girl were standing outside the front dloor hav- ing a final chat before he took his leave. 'He was 'leaning against. the door post, talking in low tones. Pres- en,tly the young lady looked around to discover her father in the doorway clad in a dressing gown. "Why, .father, what in the world is 'the matter?" she inquired. "John," said the father, addressing himself to the young man, "you know I have never complained about your staying late, and I ant not going to complain of that 110,W; but for good- ness sake stop leaning against the bell push and let the rest of the family get soome sleep," A LIKELY STIORY. While three Irishmen were .rowing in a river, their boat upset, Only one of them could swim, and he promptly made for the nearest hank, leaving his companions clinging to the bottom of the capsized craft. Soon, however,'the swimmer returned and one by one rescued his imperilled .friends. When they were all safe on the +bank one of the men inquired of the rescuer, "Mulvaney, why didn't ye. take wan mf us the first trip ye made to shore 'stead o' gain' empty-hand- ed?" "Sure, an.` didn't I have to save me own life first?" demanded the acute Mulvaney: Protect the child from the ravages of worms by using Mother Graves' \Vorm. Exterminator. at is a standard remedy, and years of use have en- hanced its reputation. Shorty is the man 't!hat does it, When 'tire climax comes an'd the article is offered for sale, Shorty is • 'the one 'who steps right up, lays' leis two -hit piece down and ,buys the lfirstt glans; ;Shorty walks away, usual'l'y around 'the 'block, borraws a smoke, and 're - e I• ns `par her move to. Painful Piles Quick-No 'Cutting—No 'Salves, 'Itdhitag, bleeding or protruding piles go quickly and don't come back,. if you really remove the cause. Bad blood ,circulation in the lower bowel and hemorrhoidal veins causes piles by making the .affected parts weak, flabby, almost dead, !Salves and sup- positories 'fail because ,only an in- ternal medicine that stimulates the circulation and drives out the impure blood ca nac'tually correct the cause of piles. Dr. '3. S. lLeapliaardt discovered a •reel internal ']Pate .remedy, Alter prescribing it fore 1',000 patients with; success in over' 900 cases, he named it HEM -ROM. Chas, Aberhart and druggists everywhere sell Ham ROM Tablets with guarantee they will end your 'Pule 'misery or.'money back.