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The Seaforth News, 1923-10-11, Page 3The daisies lo't+ed=df N11Ghitelni keep sturdily In flower; For tho' the evenings sharply fall, they line a way to harden The crop of comely blossoming that makesfor mea bower, Yet autumn wears an apron, and the prone sweet with lendings Of colors matched with 'comeliness of blcseom and lof leaf, And daisies dear to Mlohaelmas, with dances andwith bendings lroebid my heart to weary for the smailtier's beauteous sheaf, Old Time has made a nosegay. He 15 Welcome to his phioking, Of tiger -lilies, lad's -love, and the tall cathedral spires,, Of lupine, and s'napdragone• where the'. bee is fond of sucking, And all the flowery Intel -Messes of youth and youth's desires. OM Time has got my nosegay; but the gloaming finds me cheery,. Because the gloaming is itself a flower of lovely hue! The more I look at what remains, the less theworld seems dreary, For quiet breathes at Michaelmas, and well-worn friends are true. —Norman Gale. a Invented by. Accident. The automatic systemof signalling was discovered accidentally at a spiritualistic seance, The many uses of borax were discovered through' the accidental preservation of a dead horse ,in Yellowstone Park, in the "(Tutted States. The system of 'coupling signals and orktng them all from one point and with a single action was the thought of a lazy pointsenan, who hated to move. It was the burning of a"starch factory which introduced to the world a cheapgum, and it was the omission of a workman to put size into the paper he was making which produced' the very first blotting paper. To the upsetting of a tool -chest we are indebted for cast-iron cement, and l the accident of a child playing with a bottomless oil flask which his brother, a Swiss mechanic called Arvind, placed idly over the frame of his rude oil lamp, gave birth to the lame -chine ney.: Alass cutter let some a uefortis B q drop on. his spectacles, and etching on glass was the result. Howe's sight of bis wife darning, with the eye of the needle first, gave him the root idea of his sewing machine; and the school- boy son of Bessemer innocently sug- gested an improvement in the process of steel manufacture which doubled its efficiency, a missing link which had baffled the most skilful men in the business. Why Do the Old Have Still- ness in Their Eyes? Why do the old wear stillness Sa their eyes, They who in youth were amorous and gay, Breathing of life? How Dome they by these wise Glances of calm, this dignity to -day? Quiet,- aloof, almost they scorn the young; • Silence is theirs, but laughter never more. '. Do they forget their own mad chat- ' lenge flung, From youth to age in careless days of yore? TheTobaccoof Quality Manufactured by Imperial Tobacco Company of Canada Limited Ali, no! Their' calm is heaven lit with dreams, Not of their pride they walk thus silently; Out of the.past a faint, far echo teems Borne unto them—the voice of 1MIem- ory.. How can they speak, whose ears are strained to hear. Joy long since fled and laughter once held dear? —Helen -Frazee-Bower. Cr— How Marie Helped. TJnselfleh mothers too often make or permit their daughters to be selfish, more's the pity. One such mother, ac- cording to a story that. Mr. Booth Tar- kington, the novelist, likes to tell, was bending industriously over the wash- tub when : a neighbor said to her, "Hard at :it as usual, ain't ye?" "Yes," replied the mother cheerful- ly. "Yee, this is wash day, Mrs. O'Hoolahan, and washin' for eleven don't leave you much, spare time on your hands:" "Is that Marie 1 hear singin' to the ukulete, in the parlor?" Merle by the way was in infancy christened Mary and in her early youth was always known. as Mollie, "Yes, Mrs., O'Hoolahau, that's her. The help she ie, to mel 0 dear! 0 dear! I don't.lmow how I'd get along without that girl! Every 'Monday morning she gets out the ukulele or opens up the piano, and while 'I'm ecrubbin' the clothes she sings tiro ulceet, clieer)n'es,t pieces,: like Moth- er's Day, or Dear Mother, in Dreams I eve You,.or-Ligbtsn Mother's Tasks With Love; and the work Just rolls off, like play. I tell you, Mrs. O'Hoolahan, there ain't mealy girls like; our Marie." George—"There are two 'periods in a man's life when he never under_ stands a woman;" Mildred—"Indeed! And when are they?" "Before he . is married and after- wards." "Joan of Arc was ournt as a steak," wro an English schoolboy. Surnames and Their Origin FREDERICK. Variations Fredericks, Friedrich, Friedrichs, Fredricks, Frodson, Fred - sen, Frederlco, Fredo. Racial Origin—English, German, Scan- dinavian, Italian, Spanish. Source—A given name. Family names in this group are all derivatives of the given name of Fred- erick, or its equivalents in the various languages mentioned. To some it may be a matter of won- der that a given name palpably of Teu sated unless they know two or three tonic origin should be popular enoughlanguages beside their own. But fn those days it was not necessaryy to to have developed into a family name know more than one tongue in addi-' among such races as' the Italian and tion to the native one in order to eoli- ths ,Spanish. onths,Spanish. The answer lies in the verse with scholars of all lands. fact that the so-called Latin races' are This universal language, of course, considerably more Latin in. language And at one period in medieval Eng than they are in blood. While the Tete land, it was considered: more import - tonic element may not predominate in ant to know how to read and write them It is largely represented In the Latin than Norman-French. Anglo - blood of the conquering Gotha of Saxon was "deader" then, so far as medieval days, who swept over the:reading and writing went, than Latin ruins of the Roman Empire. is to -day. The given name of Frederick is of I The "latynere" itiets the man who Teutonic origin; Its original form waS could read, write, and speak Latin; in "Frlthuric, and it Was a compound short, the;soholar. At a somewhat of the words "frithe,"meaning "peace" later period, Sir John Maunderville or "peaceful,' and "ric, meaning wrote: "And men alleweys fynden "king" ori, ruler." It is. to be noted Latyneres to go with .them in the con - that this word "ric" has its counter-, trees and furthere beyonde in to tyme part in the Celtic "rix" and "righ," as that men comae the language."` well as the Latin "rex." I The difference between the sound of Among these fainly names the an "n" and an "m" is. not great, but forms Frederick, Fredericks, Fred- it is a good bit harder to say "latiner" Tieka, Fredeon are English. Friedrich; than "latimer" in ordinary conversa- and Friedrichs are German. Fredsen t tion. Hence the word, existing now is Scandinavian, and Fredo and Fred- only as the family name, has come erica are both Spanish and Italian. I down to us in the "corrupted" form. LAT IMER.. Varlatlon—Lattimer, Lattiner. Racial. Origin—English. Source—An occupation. The populations of medieval Europe had one great advantage and conveni- ence which has not been passed down to their posterity. They had a'com- mon language for international com- munication. The language of the scholar, the educated man,' was the same in all countries. To -day, it Is true, most Europeans consider that they are not well edu- was Latin, the language of the church The Touch That Tells. "Tony's not a bit smart. Somehow, his clothes always look all wrong," said one girl. "Tony's' got no sister to keep him up to scratch," remarked her friend flippantly_ Men may not dress so mach for wo- men, as women undoubtedly dress for men; ' but it is a fact thet. in homes where there are sisters you find well- dressed brothers. Of course, men won't own up to it, but you notice it In a hundred little Ways. A girl's feminine eye for detail allows her to jog her brother tact- fully when his socks and ties' are not all they might be. She may never he allowed to purchase the sacred ar- ticles; nevertheless, he hears her half - whispered comment on so-and-so's toilet, or ouch a man's new suit,and earmarks lt for future reference. One sister I'know "has good taste. 1n materials, and usuallyhas her way in the choice of her brother's new suit. And because site is his sister and takes an interest in his welfare, her bargain eye is always on the alert for a good cheap line in new soft shirts or a place where ons can get reliable gloves at less than flee sbiilings a pelt, Yes, Meters can dress brothers and dress them well, Another reason for a man's extra ,emertneee where women abound is the fact that he dislikes showing up shab- illy in their'oompany. Modern Wo- seas 1s: smart and well groomed; spur- red on by her example, man. instino tively follows suit. But the man on his own lacks this subtle feminine aid. Mother is a dear, probably, but a little old-fashioned ae regards men's dress, and inclined still to take her standard of orale smart- ness by what tether wore twenty years ago. Sc there It Is. The sisters of this world, and later on, of course, some ether brother's deter, do more than their fair share towards'seeiug that men are well clothed Keep Mlnard's Liniment In the. house Masterpieces of Fiction That Were Dictated. The man who walks about his study or lounges in an easy chair whilst his secretary takes down a dictated novel or article for the Press is sometimes regarded as a product of these modern days of hustle. Yet there are greatprecedents, for both "Paradise Lost" and "Paradise Regained" were dictated. Milton was blind and unable to transcribe his own works. His method was to compose a number of lines in his mind, and then dictate' them to anyone who hap- pened to be handy. Wordsworth, the great interpreter of nature, used to ramble over hill and dale composing poems. When, after his death, an inquirer asked an aged villager if he knew him, the old fellow said: "Aye, sure, I've oftseen him goo bnrnmin' past." He was referring to the poet's habit of murmuring his lines as he walked. In this way he could compose and memorize a couple of hundred lines. When he returned home be would call his sister or •hie wife to his side, and dictate the whole to them .whilst they wrote.... Sir Waller Scott is another example. The whole of "Ivanhoe" and "Guy I Mannering" was dictated to nacre tarles, V:110 took turns in striving to 1 Oh, no." keep pace with him. But It was not ° "Stolen?" • Scott's. usual habit to dictateere was I "No, indeed." a. per rlyer gamblers." Suoli 1$ thedea- eriptipn of Gp'itrlea Dickens, given by Prentice in 'itcconnt of tris tour of the 'Qultetd 1:1'tetee. A tendency for overdreseing"'Was always one of Dick- ens's 'oharaoterlaties, A photograph' of Dickens, taken in 1862, 'shows him In a frock -coat with a broad velvot,collar, a waistcoat made of some furry, stuff, and trousers of a huge. check. Percy Fitzgerald says the French painter's remark, ,that Dickens was "more, lilte one of the old. Dutch admirals we see in the picture galleries than a man of letters," con- veys• an admirably 'true idea to les friends, "The first time I saw Archbishop. Whately," acid the Provost of Oriel College, Oxford, "he wore apea-green coat, white waistcoat, stone -colored shorts, flesh -colored stockings. Bishop Huber was dressed in a parsley and butter coat. Dr, Arnold In a light blue coat with metal ybuttone and a buff waistcoat," Oharlea Larch always dressed In black. "I take it," he said, "to be the proper costume of en author,' When this was once objected to at a wed- ding, he pleaded the raven's apology in the fable that "he had no ether." Hie clothes were entirely black, and he wore long black gaiters up to the knees. Southey wore clogs; he had a fawn- colored all-round cope and e. cap with a knob to it. Ile never put on a ewal- low -tailed coat, Like. Southey, Par- son, orson, the great Greek scholar, had an utter contempt for appearances. When Hazlitt met him in the library of the London Inetituion, he was dressed in an old rusy black coat, with cobwebs hanging to the skirt, and with a large patch of coarse brown papercovering the whole length of his nose. --E GUARD THE BABY Some people haven tendeneY to be, come thin.blooded just as others have an inherited tendency to rheumatism, erto nervous disorders: Tho condition 1 in which the blood becomes so thin that the whole body suffers comes on is graduallyand stealthily that any- one with e natural d'i.tposition in that direction should watch the symptosis carefully. Bloodlessness, or anaemia, as' the medical term' is, can be cor- rected much more easily in the eariler, I'stages than later. It begins with a I tired feeling that rest does not over- ' come, the complexion becomes pale and breathlessness on slight exertion, such as going upstairs, is noticed. Dr, Williams' Plelt Pills are a borne remedy that has been most successful in the treatment of diseases caused by thin blood. With pure air and wholesome food these blood -making pills afford the correct treatment when the symptoms described are noticed, You can get these pills tbrougi any 'dealer in medicine or by mail, post- paid, at 500 9 box from The Dr. Wit. llama' Medicine Co., Brookville, Ont. The Shoemaker's Kingdom. He was in his way a king, that mis- erably poor slid helplessly paralyzed old shoemaker who lived in one of the grimiest streete in the squalid East End of London. He could think great thoughts, bright, happy thoughts by means of which he peopled his king- dom, the dark little kitchen in which he sat day in and day out. In London's Underworld, Mr. Thomas Holmes, who for upward of a quarter of a century was a police -court missionary, reports this remarkable conversation, which took place between himself and the cripple: • "It is a very hard life for you sitting month after month on that chair, un- able to do anything!" "It 18 hard; I do not know what I AGAINST COLDS should"don'i4t it haI couldrdfor not think. Hut isyou to do noth- . ing except think?" "Nei it is my pleasure and actupa- To guard the baby against colds tion." nothing can equal Baby's Own Tab- lets. The Tablets are a mild laxative that w111 keep the little one's stomach and bowels working regularly, ,It 1s a recognized fact that where the stom- ach and bowels are 1n good order that colds will not exist; that the health of the little one will be good and that he will thrive and be happy and good-na- tured. The Tablets are sold, by medi- cine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr, Williams', Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. Preserving Pianists' Art. To play the player piano properly, taste, mueical instinct and consider- able practice are necessary. Sufficient justification for the last will be found not only in the increased, power and. fluency of expression that result, but oleo in the vast fund of knowledge that Is rejuired 15. the process. Through a highly sensitive electri- cal device it is possible for a pianist whilst playing what appears to be an ordinary piano, to cut simultaneously an exact record of his playing upon a paper music roll. The result is an al- most =cannily truthful reproduction of the pianist's pertorm.ance which, after the roll le duplicated, becomes available to every owner of an instru- ment fitted with the; mechanism. The accuracy with' which these in-` etruments reproduce the pianist's own interpretation, the phrasing, the rhy- thmic peculiarities, the niceties, and delicacies of shading is amazing. It is Barely no trifling contribution to culture that the all too fugitive art of the pianist may thus be preserved for the benefit of vast audienoes whom he may never see, or, that the music lover of 1929 may enjoy in the seclu- sion of his home, the playing of :the greatest contemporary artists, Cigarette Commended. Dr. Royal S. Copeland, formerly Health Commissioner for the city of New York, states that the cigarette is the most suitable smoke as the tobac- co in that form is perfectly consumed,. and ae combustion is better the nico- tine ie practically destroyedf Although a non-smoker himself, Dr. Copeland says there can be no doubt that smokers find solace and comfort In the moderate use of tobacco. A Cat-aetrophe. Aunty—"What became of the kitten you had when T was here before?" Little Niece (In surprise) --"Why, don't you know?" "I haven't heard a word. Was she poisbned 9" "No, aunt" "Drowned?" unwell at the time and unable to write. It is certain- that he. Iliad of Homer, as well as most of the ballad liters. Lure of the world, were spoken or sung for years, perhaps for ages, before they were committed to writing. The Australian women have needles made of a little bone from the leg of. an emu, and they thread them with the sinews of opossums, kangaroosor emus. But aro animais dumb? They mai Unless you make up your mind to enjoy your work, you will never like it even a little. "Hurt in any way?" "No." "Well, I can't guess.,. What became at iter?" "She growed into a cat." MONEY ORDERS. The safe way to send money by mail "What do you think about as you sit here?" "All sorts of things—what I have. read mostly." . " "What have you read?" "Everything that I couldget hold of —novels, poetry, history and travel." "What novelist do you like best?" The anewer came,' prompt and de - delve: "Dickens." "Why?" "He loved the poor; he shows a greater belief in humanity than Thaokeray." "How do you prove that?" "Well, take Thackeray'e Vanity Fair, It is clever and satirical, but there Is only one good character, and he was a fool; but in Dickens you come across character after character that you can't help loving." "Flow about poetry; what poets do you like?" "The minor poets of two hundred years ago. Herrick, Churchill, Shen- stone and others.' "Why do you lilte them?" "They are so pretty, so easy to un- derstand; you know what they mean. They speak of beauty and flowers and love; their language is tuneful and sweet." "You have read Shakespeare?" "Yes,' every play, again and again." "Which do you like best?" "I like them all, the historical and the imaginative. I have never seen one acted, but to me King Lear is his masterpiece." As the missionary went out the old shoemaker doubled over farther in his chair, alone with his thoughts, alone with his kingdom. He's travelling attlithe same lif,^I That he, with ea, has trod; Merely out-dleeenced us a bit, Vpon`tho road to God. Dead? Never with a thought like thea The smallest moment spend. i-Ie's simply gone beyond our sight; He's justaround the bend! Ida M. Thomas. And the Wind Sighed She (shyly) --"Can you manage your car with ane haul?" He—"No; but there's a nice shady lane just ahead where we can stop," Irish Railway. A railway line was being built in Ireland; and to save time it was de- ckled to .begin operations simultane- ously from either .end. a Hut each gontracto • r favored differ- ent gauge, and neither would give Way. • Thus, when the two sets of track met, the result was described as "con_ netting railways which wouldn't con- nect at all, at all. d Smoking in the street was once an offence punishable by fine. A'1nEAT13r THE 110851 Get this book] Yen cannot afford to bo without it. It conte you nothing) If you own horses, It owl sere you hundreds or dollars. The book—"A treatise on the Toren"—le yours for the askh,g, et your druggist* The horse and all abort him—hie alacaa,, —holt to recuCnae them—whetto du about them—kith chapters on hrcudnlg,—aboeo and shoeing, taedIDg—and runny tried and proven horsemen's remedies. Ask your druggist fora copy of "A Treatise bII the Horse" or write tui *Urea— 12 Dr. B. J. KENDALL CO., Enosburg Falls, Vt. U.S.A. Might Make Them a Visit Mrs. Newbride—"What Is it, John?" Mr, Newbride (looking up from paper—"I'n uneasy about our foreign relations." Mrs. Newbrlde—"Foreign relations --how splendid! Why haven't you told .me you Lad foreign relations, , dear? We might manage to vieit them some time. Fooled the Barber. Barber --"Air's gettin' a bit thin on top, sir." Customer --"Yes; that's the result of too much Anno Domini, you know." Barber (after a pause)—"No doubt, sir. Never did think much of these new tangled 'air -restorers. Try a bot. tle of our own make, sir." . -'----`---w----. ' Ask for .Minard's and rakenoother.. Clever Bishop. is by. Dominion Express Money Order. The clergyman's small son was 'spending an afternoon with the Wei - 1 A doctor 'observes that a generation op's children, that lives on wheels "should eat more . "At the rectory," he said, "we've fruit and fresh vegetables than the got a hen that lays an egg every day;: 1 generations; that walked. 1 "Pooh!" said blaster B'chop, "my fatweherep," lays a founll•a.rton stens once 'a The woman c�-;work is never clone, doesn't have the right hind of a husband. Think that over, husbands.' ISSUE No. 41-'23. For Thin Falling Hair Use Cuticilra If your scalp is irritated and your. hair dry and failing out in handfuls, try this treatment: Touch spots of dandruff and itching with Cuticura Ointment and follow with hot sham- poo of Cuticura Soap. Nothing better than Cuticura for all skin and scalp troubles. Soep25o. Ointment 25 and50o. Talcum2Se. Sold throug)touttheDominion. 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