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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1927-11-17, Page 2Ways For Boys to Earn Once epos a time the '=gives for earning and saving money were given to children in terms of disaster, "Save for a rainy day," "Save for old age," "Save for sickness," et cetera—but modern economists are agreed that it in and the �i habit of sal. 9s he thrifty g t Y self-discipline thereby involved that is important to youth rather than the j' :tatted cash stored away, I Children are trained today to sacri,I flee a present good for a future bet- ter and the immediacy of the reward le tempered to suit the type of young capitalist, A group of boys in Tor- onto, who were earning money, plan- ned just what they wanted to use the savings for. Theyagreed as to the childishness of imposing -worthless articles or service upon people who are pleased to help a boy merely be- cause he. Is in earnest.. They also eliminated the salaried "job," since most of them were less than 14 years of age. Finally they classified the types of money -making opportunities passible to them. Two Ways to Earn. The firstmethod, and it le far- reaching in its lessons of construc- tive thrift,is to discover and sell all the laid -aside material that aeeumu- bees in every household. One boy sold three old flslipoles for 50 cents. Another eold four "15" batteries for $1. -Old papers .brought 26 cents a hundred pounds, bottles brought 5 cents for three in the quart size and 8 cent:; tc dozen in odd lots. They did not have to bo clean and did not re- quire stoppers, Old tires brought only 5 cents but .r•bitt!rry sold for $2 and a Ford 'coil" for 03. Metals wero readily disposed of. Lead sold for 5 cents, copper for 7 conte, and copper wire for $ cents. An Old stove in the basement yielded a good profit . An indiscriminate col- lection of broken Jewelry, of no value except for metal, brought $4.57 to one boy. Oue neon permitted hie con to sell and haul loans from his vacant lot. at 015 a load. Manure was profit- ably disposed of to the near -by gar - (Innen:. _A new house. had 42 -cement begs In the barentent. Triose were re- Icr.;r.l the company at 15 cents (wet,. flags were eagerly purchased h"p agde wh r (0. (0 p:.,•lctri>; 1%) move. 1)1! rilvo one boy his first - earn, I .:ipirul. F.,111,1,(0,-, 1110 hep of f a parent or an1)1,11 r 110.)111,‘r waF, This happened ((1111 a Iloy \'t., W04 gold int 11 ; m(tnrai tntining we :i, st=elicaol. Ile repairer, and painted a 1!-14eatd1'l tabl . toil sold it for til. A neighbor eta, nwving to a distant 1ity and el - meet gave away a battred bedroom set. With :.ono- help. it was scraped, paint t, incl now 110110 pat on. This eleldc 1 t profit. t o. e15. Indt r,ltet.te eta:, it.: constructed, and after n p"i n tP rmatrre was sold to 0110 of the emitenc•e for ti80. The Second Method. Selene 1111 0 ice is a sure return. Work well done 10111'"( tun: taut 11" MOO for more tnuk, ('ad(1)ittt;, hunt- ing lost halls, motvine; Towns, watch -- lug -parked cars. trashing ear.: at a dollar nen,helping people m000, gathering daa dr:lion greens, weeding gardens, w tail ,t(s, carrying water to gatnes, refuting. worsens, cleaning ynrds and basement;O, delivering paek- egoe, folding advertising circulage, clietribnling handbills --these are a fez, of the many ways this group used to fist money. Seneelmes two methods were com- bined es in the case of selling the oversupply front the garden, running leinonad" stands near the tourist routes or rupplying the traveling p'ilt lie whit e,,monable demands. Partnerships Between Boys. Often pee oewhips between boys are an added incentive to work. One case of this kind resulted most hap- pily. The two boys bought old roller skates from the ju1(11 man at 5 cents a vette/ They converted them into "sk001ere" by adding a grocery bog `and a rmaing board and sold them for 50 cent : apiece. Soon the long hili that is used fur coasting in winter was once more alive as a "skeeter" fleet raved down its enehantiug length. There is it market for well-built bird houses" cud alter the family is sup- plied from the efforts at school in woodworking and sheet -metal work there is elilt the neighborhood market to be utilized. Most large banks to -day have a Christmas Club or other savings Plans, and supply devices for contain, ing small coins. This is a help to the beginner, for it dignifies. Itis small sums; It is no pongee ]"ust a dine," but an integr'ai part 0f a do11tr, and it moans -more. Often Often parents unknowingly discour- age the young earner by saying, "'Use your own motley, you made 50 cents to -day." This creates the feeling with the novice that: it is useless to earn it 1P it is to be used for the supply of noels that would be forthcoming with - Lout any effort on his part. Laughter at wage-earning efforts has often discouraged beginnings. It is a serious matter to tile' boy, and he close not distinguish between laughter Mat is ridicule and the indulgent, lov- ing mirth that is the by-product of ap- ipreciation. He is sensitive, and "he laughed at me" puts a brake on his earning epeed. Encourage him, help him, create incentives, and then keep "hands off" when the spending time Comes, Now You Tell One 1 , Here is an incident raised recently by a correspoucient to one of New York's large city dailies, Who wrote: "I. am considerably disturbed dur- ing wcrehip by a man behind me, 1n the neat pew, who sings rather loudly and out of tune, and when not singing is chewing peppermints. I do not know the man to speak to, but I have given him a dirty look once or twice. To whom ought 1 to complain?:' The newspaper is question offered the following advice to the corres- pondent: "What matter's it how the man sings, in tune or out of it, so long as he is not silent in the :sanctuary? It is the heart that makes God's music. there The late Archbishop Temple had a voice which was anything but melodious. Yet he joined in the hymn with such vim that his amateur roarings .greatly amused the boys when he was headmaster "f Rugby. Atter lie became Archbishop he quiet- ly entered a country church, and when the psalms were chanted raised his enthusiastic, but discordant, note, "See here, gar'n0r," said a working Hurn at his elbow, "you're holt the ice`" "It's all right,' replied Ills Croce, "I'm singing in the spirit" "1t ought to be 0 deaf and dumb spirit," retorted the interrupter. "Nevertheless, the Archbishop slid rightly. A person may have no sense of harmony, but he or site has the right to make a joyful nolle unto the Lord in ilis house. . Perhaps the of- fender in question (:hews pepper- mints to stimulate hie vocal cords for their next attach, Have sympathy with hint, and keep your dirty looks for your unconfessed sins. If he is beyond ;our endurance, complain to nobody, change your seat, and let Iltat end the difficulty." "Do you think smoking la bad for the heart?" "Whenever I smoke, my boy friend nearly has heart failure." The Wheat Pool Calgary Herald (Ind. Conte): The immensity of the pool's operations in the prairie provinces is seen by the total figures for the years in which it has been operating. This total is in excess of $574,000,000, paid to mem- bers by the pool since its beginning, Next to the Dominion Government the western pool does the biggest cash business in Canada, its revenue for last year, for instance, being 11. larger than that of either the Cana- dian Pacific Railway or the Canadian • Nationa, "MUTT AND JEFF,"—By Bud Fisher, ( WHAT Atte You DpjNG) tAVTT? SN -Ht x'M MAkti4 A WISH ON, Ti31S t--1410 PIGcd or -40 ea-ereeY oOD et di stele' -s jxy s,nlo l:u1su•�, • Sunday School Lesson November 20, Lesson VIII—MIcha Champlons the Oppressed, Mlcha 2: 1 $, 6; 1-15. Golden Text—He hath showed thee, 0 man, what is good: and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do Justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?--Micha 6; 13, ANALYSIS. I. eowea'UL OPPRESSORS, UNJUST RUL - PUS, FALSE knOPIiETS, chaps. 2, 3. II. THE LORD'S OONT Roved Y, chap. 6. III. THE SHAME OP JUDATT, INTRODUCTION—The four prophets, m whose books we find the lessons of I this month, all lived in ties middle or , latter part of for eighth century B.G., that ie between 760 and 700 B.0, The I messagee of Ainm and Hosea were addressed. to the people of the north-. ern kingdom of-Iereel, those oe Isaiah and Micah to the people of the south -I ern' kingdonn of Judah. Micah was probably -latest of the four and a younger contemporary of Iesdali, He was, .apparently, a man of the coun- try. His native town was Moresheth- gath (1:14), some distance southwest of Jerusalem and he chows keen in- terest in the cruel oppression of the country folk by rich land -grabbers., and in their suffering when the land is invaded by a foreign enemy (2:1-9; 1:10-16). Like Isaiah he predicts the coming of the Assyrian armies into Judah, ansi it is probable that he him - nett witnessed' their coming (cf. Jer. 26:17-19, and Micah 3:12). I. POWERFUL OPPRESSORS, UNJUST RUL- ERS, AND FALSE PROPHETS, Chaps, 2 and 3. The prophet pronounces woe to the rich and powerful men of Judah who with covetous greed plot by night the crimes which they commit by day, who covet fields and seize then, and houses and take them away. They practice this wicked robbery because they are able, because it is in the power of their hand. Therefore, trouble is surety coming upon them, a yoke of bondage which will humble their false pride, 2:3. Then, when the nation has gone down to its ruin, when they are robbed and spoiled and led cap- tive, men will recite a lamentation for them (cf. Amos 5:1-2). The He- brew text of v. 4, is broken and im- perfect, but with the aid of the an- cient Greek translation (the Septu- agint), it may be amended to read as. follows: The portion of my people is measured out, None to restore it. To our captors our fields are divided; We are utterly spoiled. The "cord" of verse 5, is the meas- uring line used in surveying and di- viding the fields. The meaning is simply that, the land having beenthemtaken from theand given over to their enemies, there will be no longer any dividing of it among the families of Judah. The word rendered "pro- phesy" (2:9, is frequently used with that meaning. It means literally, however, to "keep on talking." We may understand vs, 6, 7, as follows: The cruel oppressors of the poor bid the prophets to cease talking of these things, to leave off their never-ending reproaches. They ask, "Is the spirit of the Lord (who is supposed to speak se through theprophets) a narrow, earplug, fault-finding spirit? Are these calamities, Which the prophet is foretelling really his'doings? They are very skeptical. The prophet re- plies that Jehovah's words put no re- proach upon hint that walket'h up- rightly, but rather commend him, or do him good.Ile refers pointedly (vs. 8 9), to outrages of which they and their kind have recently been guilty. They have attacked peaceable travel- ers and stripped then of their cloth- ing. They have cast out women from the houses which they have seized, and driven their young children into slav- ery or exile, robbing them of the glory of their inheritance in Israel. He bids these rapacious robbers "Arise ye and depart," for this land of Judah will no longer be their resting place. Their unclean lives have wrought their de- struction. In scathing language Micah de- nounces the men who will have no prophet but one who, regardless of truth, predicts prosperity and unlim- ited self-indulgence. Compare with verse 11 his description of the false prophets in 3:5, and, in contrast of lexmself as a true prophet in 3:8. In 2:12, 13, there is inserted a sep- arate and independent prediction of future deliverance from exile and from prison, under a great leader who will break for them a way to freedom, himself, led' by Jehovah their God. Compare 4:6-8. Chapter three begins with a Amu.indictment of the a ust rulers of Judah. They wham -duty it ways to know judgment, mut to protect the !been from wrong, had themselves been the chief wrongdoers. Their heartless cruelty ie described in terms of unsparing severity. .Their• doom de pronounced', when they in their dis- tress will cry tints the Lord, but he well not answer them. The prophets who have been fates to their high call- ing will lose their prophetic vision. To the rulers, Micah announces the conning downfall of Jerusalem, vs. 9-12, II, TIE LORD'S CONTROVERSY, chap. G. The prophet 'ie bidden, to declare the charge wench Jehovah lnake0 against his people. He is to ,call the_ mown - tains to 11seen, as Isaiah called; heaven and earth, Lea. 1:2. Ile appeals, speaking in Jehovah's name, to the history cif the, poet, and to the great, things which the Lord had done for then: Two incidents of the early days are mentioned, Balaanes blesseing in- stead of cursing (Num. 22-24), and the crossing of the Jordani;,, ,osh. 3:1. to 4:19. The remeakable passage in vs, 6-8 itouches one of the highest paints o Old Testament prophetic teaching. Not sacrificial ritual, however rich or splendid', but justice, mercy, and the humble ordering of life acoord4ng to his will, these are what God requires compare Amos 6:21-24; Hosea 6:6; lea. 1:10-20; ger. 7:1-11; Psalm 51: 16-17). In vs, 9-16, there is a similar clap/llamaclapltlas upon just we.ghts and meas. ural, Verse 96 should be rendered, "Hear, '0 tribe and assembly," of Ju- dah. In the first part of this verse We s110u1d read, "Wisdom will fear thy name," A terrible punishment will overtake those who accumulate wealth or store up treasure by such means, n v. 11 we should read, as scene ancient authorities, "Shall I re- gard as pure (or justify) one who uses wicked balances?" III. THE SHAME OC JUDAH, 7:1-6. The prophet deploree 'the wide- spread oarnuption of the social life of his time. It is as a vineyard from which the fruit has been taken; there are 1o' good grapes loft. Or it is as lig trees from which the choice fruit been picked. The description seems to us clother in extravagant language, but such was the general depravity of the age that such lane guage must have been justified. That was Judah's intolerable shame. t S -CtW teem. Do( -E1 lints p e; x THI* OuA2Telt ApAlly1YOVR I3RoW: l,Av cirri t HH1j11�JbpN `nil MAdic tis Mole 41 lee A WISite Ale ./ I, Wg l cotve,t�teste: THE VALUE OF POULTRY ACCOUNTS A poultry account is a year's rec- ord, November 1st to October 315t; of the expenses Incurred in operating a poultry yard and of the amounts re- ceivere- ceivedfrom the sale of its products. It includes an inventory at the begin- ning and end of the poultry year and should show when Closed, the a4nount which the venture has paid the oper- ator for ,hie labor, In 1915 an.effort was made by the Poultry Division of the Central Ex- perimental Farm, Ottawa, to •oncaur ago poultry .keepers to keep regards and accounts. For this purpose spe- cial sheets called `Farm, Egg and Poultry Accounts;" wore prepared and forwarded to those requesting them. Tho venture proved so encour- aging that to crate farmers, entail holders and numerate othe "eineses from coast to coast are kee•tring rec- ords on the revised monthlyforms supplied free by theExperimental i' Farm.The keeping of such a monthly rec- ord does not interfere with' any spe- cial or practical method: of care or management. He may. buy and sell whenever he sees . fit, providing that a record is kept of the change in the flock. he egg yield is to be noted each day and credited at' market prices, whether used in the house, incubator or sold. The various columns of the sheet are to be filled in at the time of the transactions. In this way the hens are given the credit they de- serve. By filling a bin in the ''hen house with grain once a month and providing a goad sized dry mash hop- per, the trouble. of keeping account of the feed is reduced to a minimum. As the summary of these records should furnish very valuable data, a duplicate copy is mailed to the Poul- try Division promptly at the end of each month. In •acknowledgement of this information, a monthly letter of hefts stressing some subjects of im- portance is mailed to the correspon- dent. Should the report contain cor- respondence or questions this matter is immediately attended to. Only those who return the monthly reports receive the letters of suggestions. All monthly records should be -ex- amiened at the end of the year to note particularly from what item the greatest income has been derived, whether from market or hatching eggs, market p0ultl7 or breeding stock and to study the expenses with relation to the receipts. Such a rec- ord ecord properly kept not only affords pleasure but is a guide forfuture op- ( -rations. Thus, the poultry man who is able to answer the following ques- tions is the man who watches every little detail and makes note of it, and only when such definite records have been kept, has any great advance fn production or real progress been made:— What was the average production of your flock last year? What is your annual poultry ex penes and income? What does it cost to produce a dozen eggs? What did it cost you to produce a laying pullet? What are your plans for the coming year? Tea Famine in Prospect As Output Reaches Limit A world, -wide tea famine is in eight. t This catastrophe was revealed here when tea importers discovered that world production has already reached its limit and that stocks are running short. While Britain is using an ever in- creasing amount, the principal trouble is that Russia has returned to drink- ing that beverage and is absorbing tremendous quantities. Russia's in- creased demand represents more than the whole annual consumption of tea in Germany, Austria and Holland to- gether. A SMART AND EASILY FASH IONED COAT. Cozy indeed is the little girl who goes forth wearing this comfortable coat. For cold days the problem of keeping warm in this model will be a very simple one. The coat is double- breasted and the convertible collar may be made short, or long in scarf style and wrapped around the throat. The two-piece sleeves are set into the armholes and are finished with deep cuffs, and patch-pocicets with tabs are a useful and attractive addition. No. 1206 de 9n sizes 2, 4, 6 and 8 years. Size 4 requires 2/ yards 36 -inch, or lee yards 54 inch material. Price 20 cents the pattern. HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS. Write your name and address plain. ly, giving number and size of such patterns as you want. Enclose 20c in stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap it carefully) for each number and address your order to Pattern Dept., Wilson Publishing Co., 78 West Ade- laide St., Toronto. Patterns sent by return mail 1F 'Mikes oq`/THIt.iG Rare- ti's A e%COPT'e(, HAUL You MADe ft ., isH ? um: Yes Use of Aircraft in Canada In addition to the forest, survey, ex- ploration, and ruining services using aircraft in Canada, the Department of Marine and Fisheries- is directly in- terested in the use of airplanes in fisheries protection work along the Pacific coast; the Department of Ag- riculture reatlzes their possibilities in fighting insect pests; and the Depart- ment of Customs uses them to ad- vantage in the prevention of smug- gling. 40 Strawberry Pints Coax d t o Give Fruit Y 11 the Fall. Commercial Growers are Now Having Marked Success With the "Everbear- ing" Variety Fresh, home-grown *strawberries' are no logger necessarily a sign of early eumener. Baskets of them keep reappearing oven in the fall,and yield up their place entirely only •aft mr the hard frosts begin. The secret lies in the marked success achieved in re- cent years with the "everbearing" var- iety. In rho past amateurs and'experi- lnenters have amused themselves with "everbearing" strawberries to. same extent, but recently in certain sections the cultivation has been on e suffi- cient scale to develop a market value. The Alpinestrawberry, indigenous to some parts of the European Alps, and fruiting from early summer to fall, has been cultivated for 150 years, but has never become of commercial. importance because' of its small fruit. Europe has developed other varieties with larger fruit, 'bat' none of these has proved desirable in the United States, Growers here have developed' their own from a plant that by chance was found one :day in September, 1898, bearing fruit and blossoms in all stages of . development. The plant was straightway set aside and chris- tened' the Pan-American, and from this ancestor a numerous family has sprung. CAREFUL CULTIVATION NEEDED. Everbearing strawberries are now raised in many parts of the country, but all of .the varieties originated in the Northern -States, where conditions aro peculiarly suited to them. Tho quality of the fruit depends largely on WO climate, the most imliortant element being plenty of moisture. They" cannot survive long droughEs unless irrigation is supplied. On the other hand, late spring frosts make little difference to them, for if their blooms are killed by frosts they will bloosn again. The plants are very hardy and their foliage is particulars ly resistant to disease, but they res quire mere' fertile soil than do the ordinary varieties and tillage must he more thorough. Most everbearers call for intensive method's of culture to return the greatest yield. They aro harvested as any strawberries are, but alio task is more costly, since their ripening period is long and fewer are obtained at one picking. Flower stems appear soon after the plants have been set in the spring. If set early they begin to bear in July, and at tho height of the season, when conditions are favor- able, as many as 1;000 quarts an acre have been known to be obtained s. day. The early summer crop is usu- ally the least abundant, but some var- ieties have been so improved that even then they yield as well as the common sort. They continue bearing through the summer 'and Fall, and some ber- ries may even ripen after hard frost, She: 8o this le lovers' leap, eh?' He: Yes, but i understand elev i didn't fold her hands. She apua, and eral married mon have jumped wove, and sewed; she prepared the over, too. , food fo rthe family, making the but- -._...._ ter and the cheese; she managed the household. And, besides, she brought up a whole brood of children, She. seer. ---- was doing something that no man could do, . She wasn't trying to imi- tate her husband, Jonathan. She had too much self-respect" "You can't expect women to go back to spinning ,and weaving, and making cheese, can you?" The wife's voice hada tono of indignation in it. "You don't exen expect them to have broods of children. Most of the mote* ere of Jonathan Edwarcls's days died early and yet were old when they died," We shal leave this coaversatiou where It is, The woman, as is right, nae the last word. Before the8 qii ations mere man it: nonplused, The Outlook. Oil -Driven Train, " s r Ottawa Route'' C.N.R. Put Another New l' Type Engine into Service , Replacing a train drawn by a steam locomotive, an oil-electtgric unit wary'" laced in 5erviee recently p Y t by the Can- admit, National Railways on the run between Montreal and Ottavea throing'h the tunnel and via St. Esus, tache sur 1e Lae and Hawkesbtrry, a distance of 114 miles, This unit is No. 15828, the newest design in the application of the .Diesel • type engine using crude oil and gene„ orating electricity far motive pewee. The typo has been developed by en- gineers of the Canadian National. Railways,' the car itself being built in the oomipanyet shops at Montreal. The single unit placed in'servece 1 dh^awat'aiIer. tillw A unit of this type was recently. exhibited at the Fair of the Iron Horse near Baltimore, and created such interest amo st railwaymen y'men that it was sent on tour over various important lines before returning to Canada. WHAT HAS GOT INTO THE WOMEN?1 The man at the breakfast table looked over his paper at his wife. table_ "What," he asked, "has got into the women?" "What do you mean?" the wife asked in turn. She was really Mu: - sled. "I mean these women who are swim- ming and flying and what not. Here In One week are three women who have 'Muni the English Channel—or said they have swum it. Here is an- other, in an airplane with a man not her husband—she has left her hus- band behind in Florida or somewhere —and has 'landed,' es she says, in the ocean, several miles from land. An. other, started on another transatlan- tic flight, has got nowhere in particu- lar besides Old Orchard Beach. Last summer two other women sailed oft in the air and disappeared. What are they doing it for? What has got into thein?" "What has got into the 'men?" his wife replied. They were all doing these things long before the women. did. They started it. Why, it was years ago that somebody—what was ,y I his flame? --swam the Channel and before him Leander and Byron swam I the Hellespont.. And as for flying— la yingla number of men have sailed oft be- fore any women, and just disappear- ed. I dent lee that anything special has got into the women."., "That's just it. What has got into. the women that they want to do all over again just what the men have' done, and • done more successfully? 1, Are they after publicity? No origin ally. The only novelty about it lo that it is women that are doing it. It's like that dog up at Columbia Unlvel'- sity that does things that any normal eight-year-old child can do. The won- derful thing about it is that it is a dog that is doing it" "They are not the only people," said his wife, "that aro willing to do any-' thing for publicity or money or a thrill --even at the risk of life. Dien do it just as much as women, These women aro conspicuous because they are few." "Well," said the man, "most women may not be doing just these things; but they are restless and"-- "Restioss Why shouldn't they be?" answered his with. "You don't ex- pect them to sit home and fold their hands," "That's just it again." And the hus- band pounced on the phrase. "Fold their hands: Why do they have to fold their hands when they are at home? I was reading the other day about Jonathan ldwards's wife. She Most Northerly Post The Canadian Government post at Bache peninsula cm the east coast of Ellesmere island, in the Arctic, is the most northerly police post, post oftiee and custom house in the world. It is 756 miles (656 nautical miles) from the Noi'tlt Pole Jeff Had the Right Dope From the &art. me: WHAT Dib `(ou c W(SHC-D T 1 C'OUIb Kc-eP i11ti QvAfeTER:, 114, fel0 You tT wAS 'A �ol'dFeuNk: IIIII 111 ereetV ai 0114P. hlwui" THERE WASN'T-"T11EN Wine (with patio meaning) : 'Yoe said, before our marriage there wasn't a fool it's your family Hubby (with ,tquai ellbtletyi.4 Ther/t. Y, j ion'S-tttjt;Il; fi-": a