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Home My WebLink AboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1930-01-30, Page 6WINGHAM ADVANCE -TIMES Thugs y, Janrtta'y 30th, 1930' i�Ingham Advance -Times. PGtblishedi at iiiiINGIIAM ONTARIO Every Thursday Morning W. Logan Craig, Publisher xttbscription rates — One Year $a.00, Sax months $i,00, in advance, To U. S. A. $a5o per year. Advertising rates on application. Wellington Mutual Fire Insurance Co, Head Office, Guelph, Ont. Established 1844 Risks taken on all class of insur- ance at reasonable rates. ABNER COSENS, Agent, Wingham J. W. DODD Office in Chisholm Block FIRE, LIFE, ACCIDENT AND -� HEALTH INSURANCE — AND REAL ESTATE P , O. Bogie 360 Phone 240 WING1 AM, ONTARIO J. W. BUSHFIELD Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, Etc. Money to Loan Office—Meyer Block Wingham ham Successor to Dudley Holmes R. YANSTONE BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, ETC. Money to Loan at Lowest Rates Wingham, - Ontario J. A. MORTON BARRISTER, ETC. W,ingham, Ontario DR, O. H. ROSS DENTIST Office Over Isard's Store H. W. COLBORNE, M. 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ALVIN FOX Registered Drugless Practitioner CEIROPRACTIC AND DRUGLESS PRACTICE ELECTRO -THERAPY Hours 2-5, 7-8. or by appointment. Phone 191. J. D. McEWEN LICENSED ' AUCTIONEER Phone 802r14. Sales of Farm Stock and Imple- ments, Real Estate, etc., conducted: with satisfaction and at moderate ,charges. THOMAS FELLS AUCTIONEER REAL ESTATE SOLD c thorough kre t e4 Phor:e 231., Win. . RICHARD B. JACKSON : Phone AUCT10'i" ;,i lyhone 4311rir 47s R. JL 1, #;e r,e where and. ^ : ,.. ,sero George Walk,. f =:Yra .. dates. Offi •'. S'+.,F N & ;MUSTS. ai�tr lid*4,aair? j5 Licenwed` Furtct el IaDise'� t lwaanbabri +tt. Office Phone 106 Il',r;:u. latest Liinousitad aatreeral CANADA -ARGENTINA »OMINION WILL HAVE LARGEST PAVILION AT FUR.' British Empire Trade Exhibition Is the First "Axl -British" Show liver Staged In a Foreign' Country— Canada's Part. Canada's participation in the Brit- ish Empire 'Trade Fair at Buenos Aires, .Argentina, in the Spring of 1981, will be of a dignified nature, as befitting the largest and oldest Dour. inion in the British Commonwealth of .Nations, ..and is calculated to fur- ther cement the commercial and na- tional friendship which exists be- tween Canada and the Republic of Argentina. The Canadian pavilion is to be the .largest individual pavilion' in the fair grounds and will have a frontage of over 310 feet in one of the choicest 'locations of the world- famous Palermo Park where the ex- hibition is to be staged. The Cana- dian paviliou is to be placed •at the head of a broad approach, fiankiecl b grass slopes, trees and Sewer beds. On either side of the approach an; buildings which are being refaced to give the appearance of an old English village of the Tudor type. With this setting, the Canadian building, hot. - ever, will stand out in relief in a more modern architectural design with a striking facade of a dignified appearance, and housing, what Is planned to be, one of the most strik- ing exhibits of Canadian commercial and industrial aggressiveness, says an article in Power Age. Palermo Park, which is in the heart of the city of Buenos Aires, is the home of the Argentine Rural Sr'- ciety which- annually stages its stock and agricultural shows, considered nl be the biggest and most important c:f their kind in the world. The perman- ent show buildings are being adapted for the British Empire Trade Fair and the pavilion secured by Can..da s being remodelled. When remodel- led, this pavilion will be a standing monument of Canadian dignity . and aggressiveness. The British Empire Trade E xhibi tion is the first "All -British" short ever staged in a foreign cquntry and promises to be the biggest and most comprehensive exhibition ever Bald .en the South American eontinnet. The staging of the fair, which is in- tended to be truly representative of the British Empire and its mainufac- tures. synchronizes with a determin- ed extort on the. part of British and Canadian manufacturers to further develop trade,' with South Anierica, Buenos Aires, which is the most ini- portant city in South America, having a population of approximately two and a half millions and controlling approximately eighty per cent. of the total purchasing power of the whole continent of South America, is the logica.i location for such an exhibi- tion. Buenos Aires is generally known as the "Show Window of South America," and compares favor- ably in splendor with Paris, Vienna and other European cities of beauty. Canada is committed to an aggres- sive and expanding trade policy in relation to the South American mar- kets. The inauguration last year •if the Canadian National Steamship ervices from Canadian Atlantic ports to Buenos Aires and other South Am- erican ports was out of the main kcps in carrying out this policy, by making available to Canadian menu-. i'::ce.urers to display their products is the best advantage to a large pro- portion of the South American mars It ets, Furthermore, through the a,atishnient of additional trade ,.tmissioners' offices, the possibili- of South Americtan markets are 'eine more extensively examined by a s.rff of experts, who are recording, `er the benefit of Canadian exporters the most advantageous methods of s curing a fair share of the trade of theee erirntries. In Buenos Aires, .•: , t' i,. L. McColl has been instru- .,t i:; greatly increasing Canada's ti•. -i y't•1:'+ ige and has been taking an .t • par. in promoting the British Empire 'Trade Fair. Major McColl visited Canada recently and inter- viewed hundreds o1' •wanufacturers on the poisihilities of enlarging their trade connections with Argentina, Chile and Uruguay. Under A. S. Blceakney, Canadiau Trade Comutiseioner at Rio de Ja- ueiro; the further possibilities al the Brazilian market for Canadian goods aie being earefully investigated. In the past fc:w months additional offiees nave been opened at Lima, Peru, under G. R. Stevens, whose territory :also iueludee Bolivia and Ecuador; and at Panama City, Panama, under J. A. Strong, whale: territ+,ry takee in Vt riezeeia and Columbia. Canadian expo* b to South Arrrer- r•ar eninntri's In to fiscal year ended 1949. ltitalr d S32.600,000 as r eIta:a:ai vritie $27,900,,000 in the -p.a.!. Iia arts from thele Y� :6 totau?e4 $25,5411.049 iri the tnatia' Rec:r,rei A.Jg "a;aacia ptis rt sae t only ? • -- .ff PAf ore, 1-0'r r•errds. (Vr t:1r' ~.. J 2a.t4n a.l.. rte' kiy a we. t t s• iyr,irair. e,l� Ps rc 4444 rYlo," 3 d 7' F'nrtit: ef, time 1,d l,<.r tett#. 01 e e, 1,;,•t- r n•rrt. xe <aii e•r; 15 per r,>.4 pulp and e 1. k1':t I,il4tcrl. per r of off" thee. wt Rut*ES'anrl a' t.rsil taia:kel. e gg:113 producer, ;iire'c' ,snook and little 'lltta ienallty, of it/ 'ill hsa4s r f 1sf ,i.•6 is of whsle oil dy eu, tray.; the whaling Ilr'ithelt Columbia r a t;f,sen,iidated Whaling: f„ Lei., tit*, i'efsult of opera. rr' a 1;6114 of six hunting vessele rRI ss 2,rr-ton ;ender, Among the 881l s�,L.s1 . *.ken were a record hutrtbei -' ab000rctu. WHAT HAPPENED 30 FAR 1 Tom Bilbeck is time narrator. He is a fat newspaper writer who drives a tuinble-down car he calls Grand- mother Page. He is in love with Maryella, ,his rival being Jini Coop- er, The three are members of an arn- ateur dramatic group. Plans for 'a play at the Old Soldiers' Home are under way. Grandmother Page has engine trouble while Maryella is out ;driving with Bilbeck, and Cooper, passing in a big roadster, taunts him, After Maryella has left Bilbeck is able to. start his car again. . The amateur players are to give Pygmalion and Galatea at the Old Soldiers' Horne. In their version Bil- beck is .to act as the statue, and Mary- ella despairs when she discovers his bow legs. Mrs. Hemingway later flatters Bilbeck and talks to him a- bout the play, 'Bilbeck pats her hand, only to find a rough hand grasping him by the shoulder and lifting him out of his seat. • The escape of prisoners from the local penitentiary keeps Bilbeck busy at his newspaper work, so that he gets away from the dramatic group. The players arrive at the Old Sol- diers' Home, being greeted royally and meeting Pilk Henwether and others. Conversing with Comrade Hen - wether had its embarassing draw- backs at that. It is true it didn't ,nat- ter what you said to him, but on the other hand he had the trick of pre- tending that he heard perfectly and replying to what he thought you said; Thus unexpectedly when I asked him to pass the bread he responded.: "Yes. He has got a funny nose, hasn't he? That's Herb Ahlswede. But don't let him know you think so, because he is sensitive—terribly sen- sitive, Until 1 learned to be careful about it I used to make him mad when I spoke about it." The forty-four caliber look w1 ich Comrade Ahlswede shot in his diec- tion would have pierced anything but a rhinoceros -hide; but Pilk Henw th- er prattled on obviously: t r e 'It Iooks as if he `drinks, don't it? But that can't be, because he ain't allowed to here at the Horne. It's durn curious, and I've been puzzled about it ever since I come here eight years ago conte next September." Cornrade Ahlswede half rose frond his chair With a durable -looking iron- stone -china cup in his hand from which he hastily gulped the coffee. I was torn between a desire to ap- pear polite and an impulse for self- preservation which was urging me to get under the table, when Colonel Stewart rapped sharply on the table and a neighboring band drew Ahls- wede back into his chair. "That's one thing I pride myself on,"' shouted Comrade Henwether, leaning cloeer so that I could hear him. "7 ant considerate, I am, and never hurt anybody's feelings if I can help it. No natter how funny e thing looks to nig I shut up about it." `I'hcn changing the subject hastily, he observed in a confidential shout: "That's a aright pretty woman you got with you—the blond one, I mean. She ain't your wife, is she?" I shook my head frantically, "No? 'Well, I guess you are kind of sweet o nher just the same. • I'm uld but I can tell from the way you looked at her and the way she look- cd back at you --Well, 'I miss Pty guess if there -ain't a wedding pretty 50.00 t" Mee. Hermingway was blushing to her eare, 1"'ilk Henwether saw it. "Notice how she's blushing'?" he ob-' served, 1 wonder if site could have heard what I was saying to you, If you want her, my boy, go iir and win. I 'ha'.n't stop you. ;If 1 was a little younger I am blessed if I wouldn't r try it!" Colonel Stewart rapiied Orr the table again, bat 1'ilk failed to ;hear it, Fin- ally lie went one of the inert who wait - ;t1 on tilt• gable: wiilt :;erne kind of a message to my friend. The aide tap - 10,44 4.'onaracle Ffcnii'ether on the shoulder and motioned toward the wincing door at the rear of the rr,oni, rose reluctantly, ` 1 ' know what s the matter," he growled, "1 got to cat.,my supper in 1the kitchcir,, 1 'Prost always do," Then bre laughed, a laugh of fri- tterer, "But l fooled luta this tinge! I got all through before he caught mel" l?xpostulating loudly with his guide Cornrade bilk Henwether was led away past the swinging doors to the kitchen, Where a loud rtttnble from time to time reassured tie thathestill l retained the powers of speech, CHAPTER V All For the Besi AL eightaclackthe Soldier's ,Hoie Band:played an overture in the thea- tre, which was improvised from the stable at the rear of the institution. 1 will do that band justice: We had not heard them at their best out in the open, To get the full benefit of their talent you have 10 get there in a small building where there is no escape either for you or the sound. Never have I heard so much nnisit in so short a space of time.. The curtain rose on Galatea and her apprentice at work, I did not have to make up until the first act was pretty well along, so I stood the wings to watch, Maryella was resplendent in a flowing Greek robe and Mrs. Hernnringway's pearls, which added just the final touch to the soft, flowing flesh of her neck. When I had finished .any approving inspection of Maryella I alio, ed my glance to stray to Mfrs. Henimini;way. herself. She was dressed as befure, except .that beneath the skirt of her tunic she was wearing voluminously ruffled pantalets which modestly cov- ered the criticized hiatus between the tunic and the :ankle. She had said that she would fix her, costume so that her husband would not object, !me stay,. Wait until you want t4) Play another piece. Where'll your band be without inc to play the •bass.drurit? Besides, I thought something like this would happen, se I Bid all the music!" Chuckling, be was yanked through the doors. We picked up the threads of the story andtried to go ahead, I stood there with hands upraised and eyes. fixed upon the spot where Maryella would enter." It was a hard pose to .hold even for a few minutes, owing to the interruption: 1 had.been oblig- ed to stand there in that strained pos- ition for considerable time, My arms began to feel like leaden weights and a spot on my, shin started to itch, it seemed as if I couldn't possibleekcep from bending over and scratching it, 41.1: was maddening! "This is all for the best; it's all' fur the best," I kept repeating If it did- n't itch I wouldn't know it was al'ive." 13et that didn't stop it. It seems as if it would take forever for Mary- ella to make her entrance and kneel at the Foot' of the pedestal. How eat;'- erly I' waited for the words "It's my dearest wish that my :beau- tiful' statue should conte to life." I tried to think how it would be possible to snake it plausible for the first rnove of .a transformed statue to Before Our Horrified Gaze His Chest Sank Down _ Slowly and Lodged Conspicuously at His Waist acid she hacl succeeded—but at what a cost! I had just barely become -accustom- ed to Mrs. Hemmingway's concealed supports when Jim Cooper, the 'War- rior, stalked on the stage. But what an altered gladiator he was! It was difficult to tell whether he was in- • fantry or cavalry, His chest -preced- ed him by at least eight inches. If you didn't look below the waist he would scare you to death. He advanced to Galatea and told her in manly tones that he loved her. She spurned him, and when he tried to enbracc her she spurned him again. yin the sante place; rather roughly this time. Something must have become unfastened or broken, because he stood for a minute panic-strickenand then before our horrified gaze his ,chest sank down slowly and lodged conspicuously at his waist. it's lucky he wore a waistband or I hate to think of the consequences. The plot of the piece was a trifle. unfamiliar to most of our audience and the beauty of the 'lines was prob- ably lost upon them. "It ain't as funny as 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' " vouchsafed Comrade Pill; Henwether to the slide -trombonist, "but we won't let them know we think so. That's a durn pretty wo- man—the one that's in love with the fat fellow," 1 was getting ready to go out and break the big drum. over his head when a number of his feilow veter- ans made him subside by placing their hands over •his mouth. They kept him quiet, too, until the beginning to the second act, when the curtain went op on lite standin+, on the pedestal where the statue had been. - Comrade I-lenwether took' one leak ,and exploded into merriment. I' nearly burned up -with' anger. If it hadn't been for the play I would have jumped across the foot -lights and chocked the, old fool, I' tried to assure myself that it was all for the best; that I had to stand there be-: cause otherwise. I would probably have had to appear in court for as- sault and battery' the next morning; but it was difficult to do, "You can't • fooll me," said I.3en- wether in the tone of a subdued fog- horn, "That ain't to statue; That's the fat fellow that sat next to Inc at dinner, 1. like him. 1te's funny. I'rn glad they-ve get a clown in this show." We had to hold the performance while they put hint out protesting, He delivered a parthian shat at the door, "Hal You'll be sorry you didn't let 'be that of scratching the shin. At last she crossed the stage. She knelt. She looked up at ane. Siie"- paused. It seemed as if the words would never come. What was the ;natter? I -counted ten. At last • I looked down at her. She was trying to speak but could not. Her eyes were fixed with terror on a spot a- bove pay head, I turned quickly. ()lie of the borders or hanging ){ pieces of scenery was ablaze! Yel-1 low, licking 'flames were creeping ov- er it like serpents. It had not gained much headway yet, but it was a zlif- ficult place to reach. I leaped from the pedestal, My first thought was for those old nien make -It -P. crowded into the improvised audien- "The stable was fully insured,"' ce-chamber. Whatever happened, Colonel Stewart assured us, "and we "Colonel Stewart," 1 said, "will you please instruct your bugler to call as- sembly and draw your men up for in- spection outside? Please hurry," The colonel saw that there was some unusual reason for nay regttes.t:, and did a$ I asked, The familiar, blare of the bugle brought the old soldiers instantly to their feet and they filed out in orderly fashion' atthe word of command, not knowing what it 'was all about. I told the women of the company to get out as quickly as they could just as they were, and asked the bran to help mire putout the fire if pos- sible, and save whatever., property we could: The hope df extinguishing the blaze soon vanished. All water -connections in the stable were frozen up and there were no chemical extinguishers. We tried to beat out the flames, but ow- ing to the location above it proved impossible, . By thetime we decided to abandon the building the fire had spread to the ressdin as •we could and t ld save nothin but a few things that g g were standing around the stage. 'Jim Cooper ,managed e ed to rescue the barge s and 1 got out with .the papier-mache statue of myself. No one was hurt. We stood, a disconsolate array, watching while the barn burned. There seemed no one to blame for the occurence of the fire, which had doubtless been caused by defective insulation in the electric wiring. As we had not put that ...In ourselves, there seemed no reason why we should be considered at fault. "It's all for the best," said Mary- ella brightly. "I didn't know my lines in the last act anyway." Jim Cooper vies standing dejected- ly with the handle of the barge in his hand, The padding which was supposed to be on his chest had set- tled down once more and he had mov- ed it around in back of hint out of the way. It was a curious -looking place for one's chest. "I suppose it is all for the best," he said, "but I wish I had been able to save any clothes. The Greeks must have designed this costume of mine for summer weather," "If you're cold," I said, "think of file !" `•`I suppose everybody thinks I start- ed that fire," complained the voice c:,f Comrade Henwether. "But I didn't. The way I get blamed for everythit:; that happens around here ought to be reported to the President of the United States!" CHAPTER VI Jogging Back. The light snow .which bad been falling all day had been succeeded by a heavier precipitation: The air was thick with failing flakes that loomed black as they dropped between us and the blazing stable. As the fire burned itself out we became more keenly aware of the cold a'nd at'Col- onel Stewart's invitation we returned to the main building of the Horne to get warm. We made a fine motley picture with our combination of Greeks„ and. old soldiers, to say nothing of my self in white tights and white -face there must be no panic. I stepped to the foot -lights. flare and There (461) The largest passenger liner mato the port of Sabel John in 1908 was, the Parisian, of 4500 tons; nowa- days the 20,000 -ton Duchess of York is but one of four "Duebess"ships using the poet, nitid Ilugh A. Allan. founder of the Allan Line of Steam- ships, on landing at Saimt John re- cently, and commenting on the growth of the port. Re was certain it would continue to grow- in the fti- ture as it had done in the, past, tP bare is a huge market in Durr. ope. for breeding silver foxes which will absorb all that Canada has to,: offer for many years, is the view of J. S. Wedlock, of St. John, passen-. ger on the Duchess of York, who has been spending some time in. Sweden 'where he established a fox farm stocked froth his farm ora Prince Edward Island. Sponsored by Hon. R. Randolph Bruce; Lieutenant -Governor of Brit- ish Columbia,, and under direction, of Harold 'Eustace Key, musical diµ rector for the Canadian Pacific - Railway, the second annual sea music festival has just been held. at the Empress Hotel, Victoria, with great success. Artists of in- ternational repute took part in the- revival of the sea . chanteys that 'men sang when wooden ships manned by iron crews sailed the; Seven Seas. During, the five years that the: Canada Colonization Association: has been under the control of the. Canadian Pacific Railway, it has., settled 4,270 families on 844,268 acres at a purchase priee including equipnient of more than $33,000,000.. was the statement of W. M. Neale general manager of the ;railway's. western lines, speaking at the first.. annual meeting of the Saskatche- wan branch of the Association held at Regina recently. A vast amount of serious work is being done along constructive lines in oil development in Alberta, G. G. Ommanney, director of the Cana- dian Pacific Railway's department of development, stated in a recent interview at Winnipeg. A million;. barrels of oil had been taken from western Canada last year and pros- pects were good for greater pro- duction in 1930, he added.' Seven Canadian Pacific special trains will be required to carry some snowshoers, members of clubs. in Quebec Province and New Eng- land, who are coming to the con- vention of snowshoe clubs to be• held at Ottawa February 1-2. Twa special trains will be needed e, carry the delegation from Main. centres and two more for that trot:: Montreal. Another new C'anadlan Tacit'-. steamer took to the water t'ece.m` - at Glasgow when the "Prir••t Elizabeth", 5,000 -ton vessel far 1'; .e British Colunihta Coastal :'.rr:4. was launched from the a ii:'^ the Fairfield Shiphitildirsr, r at Govan by Mrs. Pr B S 1: -''rt .; daughter of W. R. Maclt c ' president of the t mecca.til P...•• Railway. The shop r•::n ;se speed of 16% lune a 1v'14 sleeping accommodation ' it• passengers and day le. o: „ for 1,500. Fish caught 10 itrr i ..-4- of ••-•of the Province n , • have an an'+io1 000. Amrrr r; tlt • tisk caught arc '', pickerel, pike. t"1., ` trout, tullihco ' L. O. L. No. 794 will hold their - next regular meeting on Friday; Jan- uary 31st, instead of the regular nate, never kept horses in it anyway." Members please note the change of cContinued next week.) ' date, PLEASING P INTING .. 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