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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1930-03-27, Page 3755, .5357;555, iv ,I,... rey,I Corrie • 2' ;e and Wroxeter Thsdy, March 27th, 1930. . a"i �p Children" say You can eat Shredded Wheat. Biscuit right out of the package with milk or cream—but it tastes better if you crisp the biscuits in t he oven and pour hot milk over them. The Savory shreds of baked wheat are so acrisp and delicious—children always ask for more and it is so good for them. Contains everything their growing g g bodies need. Delicious with fruits. WITH ALL THE BRAN OF THE WHOLE WHEAT THE CANADIAN SHREDDED WHEAT COMPANY. LTD. - DREAMS Doctors, as a rule, are very able. persons. Likeableness is their main asset. If they are not likeable when they receive' their edgree, they must hasten to acquire this, indispens- able •attribute. They must woo and win • likeableness. When they have won it, no ,matter what means they may have, ; employed to gain posses- sion of it, • they are entitled to rejoice in' their conquest. This conquest is of prodigious sifnificance to them, and should enable thein to pursue the of- times,uneven tenor of their ways with a very serviceable portion ofnon- puncturable complacency, always at their disposal, and tapable on com- mand. Above all things, the wise doc- tor will also love his enemies, if he has any, and do good to those who tulating. like - patients', interests furthered. Doctors, of course, may make mis- takes, they are hitnian and to be hu- man is to err. One of our most liked doctors erred the other day and by so doing, unwittingly imperilled his reputation per likeableness. He en- countered me on the street, and suav- ily solicited a quiet Calle. This is what he said, (though not verbation). "You look well now, but I know you are not indeed you cannot possibly be." A seemingly intelligent fellow like you, with a one night, one dream com- plex, dreaming such awful dreams, as according to your own admission you dream cannot possibly be in a healthy condition, Your nerves must be gett- ing unstrung, your brain must be softening and withering, your consti- •tution must be on the point of capi- dispitefully use:.hit,' He will always put his best cheek foremost and check , the cheekiness of his patients with a said so much but meantso little). tender touch. You will never get any more nerves I have ,shown the wise doctor the: (I was pleased to hear so) when those you have are worn out what will you do? Just tell 'rap that, You have brains, when these are worn nut, what will become of you. When your donsti- You have only so` many nerves, you know, and just so ,much brains, (he path he,must tread hi, what kind of conduct he should take with him on his ,journey, and how to use it to the best advantage so that his own ad- vancement may be ensured and his tution fades away, where will you be? I couldn't think of : any answer to these bewildering questions, so 1 held my peace; "Do you know, hecontin- ued, "how' fast your brain works and how much the nerves stiffer when you dream such pernicious dreams as you have?" I said I hadn't figured it out, but 1 was prepared to take his word for it. "Why;". he ,said "in that stupid, senseless and,s'orrowfu1 seal dream of yours your dream: thoughts must have. been travelling at least 60 miles per second, and u the tension nsion o n your nerv- es must have been, let gime see, about 250 lbs. to the lineal inch. Think of that stupendous strain, he implored, and for the love of Mike let me give you some kind of . sedative to stop these insensate nocturnal visitations." At this point, he tendered me a box of pills, saying, take a pill before un dressinkand if you don't fall asleep right away, taken another after you slip on your nighty; then jump quick- ly into bed. If you dream: tonight, he said, after taking two of these pills. 1 will be much mistaken, in -fact, he said, I bet you a ten dollar bill you won't. The doctor made this bet five nights ago, now he owes Hie 50 doll- ars. I believe 1 shallsoon be rich, During the doctor's harangue I maintained an impeccable peace. 1 am usually woefully amenable to mor- al suasvion, especially when it be of the adventurous order, but on this occasion; as it proceeded from the doctor's mobile mouthit failed to -ef- fect a breach in my tranquility. I did- n't even duck under it, my serenity remained stubborn and solidly staid. I knew the doctor meant well, but he was preaching and I can't stand to be preached at. 1 knew the doctor's di- agnosis of my condition was false as Pharoah. I could not believe l' was the draught -house he pictured Hie. His premises were sandy and there- fore his deductions insecure, unstable and untrustworthy. He had evidently figured on the law of averages, a law which has no option on my constitu- tion and nothing' whatever to do with. my health. I am not an average person, I don't enjoy an average constitution, neither do I ever indulge in an average health. On the contrary 1 am uni- formly described as uncommon, pec- uliar, funny, freaky, abnormal, un- weildiy and unaccountable and most of these depictments are apposite. I know my constitution thoroughly, in- timately. 1 have had it with me for a fairly long time, and although I must admit there is not much quantity of it, there certainly is considerable quality in it. My brain, moreover, stands in adamantine equipose with it; quality in it too, notoriously pre- dominating. This quality is above and beyond description, I cannot analyze it. I cannot define it. It has been in- herited, I think, from some remote ancestor. I am distinctly opposed, however, to tracing it back much be- yond the comparatively late epocli•.in which Adam lived, and moved. and misbehaved. This quality is •warless, and tearless; it is in fact almost .itn- mortaL Summoning courage, I hinted this to the doctor, but he knew so much better, and so Much otherwise that I didn't take the trouble to prove hien wrong, .l did tell hhn however, my patience getting frayed, if 1.lost my life, 1' would lose rely dreams too. Should'my dreams be stolen away by NEWSPAPERMEN'S VISIT E Ighteen members of 'the Canadian WeeklyNew-- Paper Association, representing every province from 'Nova Scotia to British Columbia, reached Montreal, March 7, by Canadian Pacific traits from Ottawa, They held meetings at the "Windsor Hotel and were later entertained at dinner there by Lord Atholstan, proprietor of the Montreal Star. The photograph shows the party oil arrival at the Windsor street station, 1Vlontreal, and from left to right they are t. A. W. Marsh Echo AniherstbuA rg, Ont.; r. A. MacLaren, Examiner Barrie, 'Ont.' H. S. Anslow, Hants journal, Windsor '11.5.; T. B. ,Anslow, Graphie, Campbellton, N.B., (hill iediato past president);; David Williams, Bulletin, Collingwood, Ont„ V. A. 3. Davis, Canadian, Carleton Place, Ont.; Hugh Savage, Cowie clan Leader, Duncan, B.C., (president); D. C. Dun- bar, Mercury', Estevan, Sask.; G. H Mitchell, Post, Hanover, Ott.;, E. J. Bennett, Leader, Carrnan,,Sask,; M. Macbeth, Sun, Milverton, Ont„ (1st vice-president); George take, Advance, Timmins, 'Ont.; Lorne Eedy, journal -Argus; St. Mary`s, Ont.; Charles Clark, Times, High River, Alta.; 3. L. Cowie, News-Expliress; Cam,berry, Man.; C. E. M�clnttmsTm, M.P., News , North Battleferd Sask.; E. Rey Sayles, Mercury, Renfrew, Ont. (mans �ing director and treasurer); George' Legge, Leader- Granby, Qui:. iL�LatiA ��e Nbw,•m:,dbl some nefarious thing -drug what would IN TOE OCEAN. remain after the subtraction would be scarce worthy of retention. Who steals my life steals trash, but he who would rob me of my dreams would , thieve from inc the only earthly par- adise I ever enter. No;, doctor, I will cleave to my dreams, none of your nasty narcotics for me. To any others wlio may imagine they are interested in my welfare I would say, "though a stitch in time saves nine, they had bet- ter reserve their stitches for those h•require whose t theirsrepair. Jas. G. Webster. GLENANNAN Mrs, Wm. Abram of Belmore visit- ed one day recently at the hoine of Mr. and Mrs, Samuel Marshall. Miss Edna Lincoln visited over the. week -end with her friend, Miss Laura Wright, Wroxeter, • Mr. Marshall Breckenridge spent last week with his brother Mr, Wm. Breckenridge, before leaving for his home in Algoma. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Mundell ,spent a few days in Toronto last week, where Mr. Mundell attended the In- surance Convention. Mrs. Melvin Willitts and son Walt- er, spent Sunday at the home of Mr: and Mrs. W. H. Marshall. Mr. Leonard Bennett of Wingham ryas a Sunday visitor with his sister, Mrs. Thomas Metcalfe. 'Miss Ruth Stokes of Teeswater was a week -end visitor at her home here. WROXETER Mrs. - Robe. Cathers of Gorrie is a visitor at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Alvin Moffett. Mr. Murdie Edgar of Brussels spent the week -end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Edgar. •'Our grist mill is doing a good busi- ness now, manufacturing and shipp- ing flour; and also .chopping. It is safe to say this mill maybe ranked among the best equipped mills in Canada. Mrs. H. Patterson: returned hone Sunday from Clinton Hospital where she had undergone an operation for throat trouble. Mrs. Brown, of Montreal, who spent the last:two weeks visiting Mr. and IVfrs. G. S. Smyth returned home on Tuesday. The extended cold weather has pro- longed. the skating season. On Wed- nesday last Fordwich hockey team played the locals in the Wroxeter rink and Thursday night a small car- nivel was held in the rink. The Howick Council met in the Wroxeter Hall last Wednesday for their monthly meeting. Mrs. Chas. McCutcheon dislocated a bone in her ankle when she fell. last Saturday at the home of Harvey Mc- Michael. Last week, Mr, Geo. Town. dispos- ed of his insurance business to Mr. Nor,pian Wade of Gorrie and Ira Mc- Clean sold his barber business to Har- vey Tureen who took possession on Monday morning: j ,aiurface Waters Abound In Micro- ecopie Lite, In all parte of the world the .sur- i'ace watersof, the sea abound in mi- croscopic floating life which can be collected by towing a net of close mesh through the water; indeed, it has ibeen said that; a mall in a raft with a silk handkerchief never need starve, says .George F. Sleggs, B.S. Many of the mlero-organisms poe- sese tiny shells of mineral matter, which are often very beautiful on are count of their gmaceYul outlines, the sculpturing upon the shell, or the spines and projections which it bears to lessen 'the ratiteof sinking through the water, Now when the micro-organisms. die, their shells, which are imperish- able, start upon the long, slow, down- ward journey. Theydescend grad- ually in the warm surface layer of water till they reach the Bacot of sunlight. This is usually at a depth of a hundred fathoms, and here the water turns suddenly colder and therefore more viscous. So that the hosts of falling shell -specks. are halted in their rate of tumble. This lower limit of the twilight zone in ,the sea is called, the mud -line, and it is a great feeding ground for thy scavengers of the deep. The myriads of shells, however, pass the mudltne and continue their laborious descent through the waters, now in darkness save for the gleams of phosphorescent light. But while they are falling, fathom after fathom, the sea water Is slowly but surely dissolving their Substance away. First to go are the calcareous shells (consisting of carbonate of lime). If the sea is not mete than 2,999 fathoms deep the ealeareus shel14 i 1 reach bottom safely, and, cofecti in a layer theta, will be preserved from further solution by those that follow. Thus it comes about that down to a depth of 2,000 fathoms or so• the great abyssal plain is covered with e. greyish -white deposit of chalky mud, known as the globigerina ooze. The name is derived from the organism globigerina, whose shell preponder- ates in numbers over all others. Ob- servations made ,in the work of lay- ing and taking up cables in the At- lantic have shown that the rate of deposition of globigerina ooze may be as hish .as one inch in ten years. • WEDDINGS IN NORWAY. Ifousewife Spends Months In Active Preparation for Marriage Feast. A Norwegian housewife will speed months in the active preparation of a daughter's marriage feast. Friends, neighbors, acquaintances, kinsmen and kinswomen come from' lar and wide. All must be welcomed. All must be fed and "refresbed," wind without limit. There must be clZete, sweet soups, puddings, fish an'' --me I in enormous quantities. To have sale one of the most numerous items Lei • drink or food give out or rur....<:rt would Tie a disgrace which non' . -;:; could wipe out. There must, above all, be brandy in niad abundance. As • a rule, •several couples are ritarrie,.: it the same time. This dinsini:.ii. ,, a waste of time, and concentr...,a to one occasion what would tenors .se ' be spread over several. The gowns which tho Nor -..:ins bride wears are often of gi eat c ,;''me. They are always the property ..8 ilia church, andare hired for ac non Lel suns- Other parts of the costume a:'e often the church's too, and Dee bride who cannot a.ford to purc.haae an via - borate bridal outfit can always .tire one. SALEM Mr. and Mrs. Jelin Fitch called on Mr, and Mrs.• John Gowdy last Sun - clay. Mr. and Mrs. Geitdon Wray spent Last Sunday with the letter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Doubledec, who lige near .l.ielmore, Mrs. D L,.:Weir has returned from Toronto where she spent the past con.plc of weeks. Messrs. Walter and Willis Woods and AIr, Fred Doubledce motored to ':Toronto for a few days last week. Ir, Edwin Palmer has had the rad- io installed, Mr, Robert Taylor has leased the McKersie farm, recently occupied by I by Mr. Howes. Sacrament of the Loi•'cl's .Supper will be held here next Sunday. Ali. W. A. Cathers Inas purchased. a new tractor trading the old: one oil lit,' It is a larger one ;too. • Fish Meals Cull:' sufficient fish for More than one meal. The second day it maybe ;used as scalloped fish, fish pie, fish eased, or in many tither ways, "After Baby, Wes Weak; Skinny. Gained 22 Lbs.`° Donate Yeast dill it, says pitta Bolton. Thousands saga to l31b0%r aed ill 3 weeks. ] ervousee s, constipation sh overnight. 'Skin clears lienee ,odic. Get Itemized feast tabiots frons' druggist today. Ifeenteetternstinaltsienteritiditatietimanosiiiimei Age Is No Barrier. So many novelists seem to sired !their wayeinto print nowadays before they are even out of their teens that 1 it is refreshing to have news of a • $5,000 prize won by Miss Muriel liar - Iris with a first novel written at the age of 50. Not many great novelists have begun quite so late in life, though a recent outstanding example was William de Morgan, who was 66 when he published "Joseph Vanee." Scott, it may be recalled, was 43 when he finished "Waverley," and Richardson 51 when heP ublish- ped "Pamela." As a record for a first novel written in old .age it w ould probably be difficult to beat "The Sil- ver. Chain," which the late Sir. Wil- liam B. Richmond, ILA., published in 1917, when he was 75. Monument to Brigham Young. Brigham Young has one of the most unusual monuments ever erect- • ed to the memory of man. This con- sists of the first letter of the sur- name, "Y, stamped in white upon the western slope of the Wasatch Mountains in Utah. It is located about two miles northeast of Provo, is made of rock, bedded and painted, and is 330 feet long by 200 feet from. tip to tip of its arras. Itis the work of students of Brigham Young Uni- versity at Provo, a Mormon school founded by Young in 1873. It is sit- uated well up on the mountain -side in a position that makes it easily vis- ible from nearly all points of Utah Valley, an outstanding landmark. Prehistoric Irrigation Canals. Photographs taken from about two miles in the air plainly show the pre- histarie irrigation canals the map- ping of which is the objective of the Smithsonian Institution - U. S. aerial expedition at Phoenix, Aria, Neil M. Jttdd, t1. 8, National Museum atcime- olegist, informed Science Service that the teat photographs. made on the first flight several uayt, <Lg, theetI bess'of the proposed airsurvay. More flights will be made as soon ss the weather. Blears.;: LEGISLATJV'E .COMEDY Humors of Freak Legislation ---Pleas for Divorce Suitable for Comic Opera. The law just passed by the Senate of Utah limiting the height of wo- men's heels to a modest Inch and a half is nn*tched by a, recent Act which makes it a misdemeanor for a Maryland woman to appear in a'pub- lic y>aaoe in a hat with a greater dia- meter than ten inches. But such earn- pies of freak legislation are quite thrown into the shade by .many 'oth- ers familiar .enough across the border, Thus it is not long ago constern- ation *as spread among the young people of Texas by the publioation of a new edict making it unlawful for any person to practice tickling an- other person. "It shall be unlawful," the ordi- nance runs, "for any person to punch another with thumb, finger, or stick, or other thing in the .manner com- monly known as 'tickling.' Any per- son convicted of this offence shall be fined a sum not exceeding $100, and shall stand committed to goal until the said fine and costs are paid." One can sympathize with the edict which forbids a Chicago man to slap his wile, under a penalty of a nne ranging from one dollar for a smack with the left hand to five dollars n:: a slap while sitting down; though not with the husband .who recently qualified for the whole series, and handed over his eleven dollars ''like a man," declaring that it was "cheap at the price." But what are we to say to the law thee inflicts a heavy fine for a kiss, .inch may : be as innocent as, no doubt,it is pleasant, says a writer in .he Glaskow" Evening News. 'Thus, .t Rochester, N.Y., one Charles Drab - hie recently paid 4;400 for' kite ` -.teary Himp`le, his Clerk, :once oii »". Joseph Branigan was fined $11.50 for 'kissing a pretty widow of his acquaintance on the cheek; while Marshall McDaniels got off with a $150 fine for kissing Sallie Jones 150 times—a modest dollar a kiss. in Milan, too, over 500 couples were haled before the courts last year for saluting each other labially in the streets or open- places. The bachelor is the unhappy butt of many of these freak laws. Thus in Maine all the unmarried men over thirty years of age are taxed $10 a year, the sum to be used as a pension fund for spinsters. In the Argentine all single men between twenty and eighty must pay a heavy monthly fine until they do their duty by putting a wedding -ring on a girl's finger. And in Illinois a bill was recently introduced to prohibit bachelors from being called "Mister," their first and last names only being used "so that no one can be deeejvecj." In Illinois, too, any woman whose hatpins exceed nine inches in length must take out a permit, "as for any other deadly weapon," and, before marrying, any man must make an affidavit that he has not been intox- icated more than twice during the previous year. Utah makes it a mis- demeanor, not to bathe at least mice a week. Oregoii has a law compellin hotels to provide "nine -foot bed - sheets of linen or good cotton"; and. Texas makes it a criminal offence to swear over the telephone, and a "penitentiary . crime" to steal a chicken. In at least two states—California and Illinois—the campaign against the masculine flirt has taken such an acute form that "professional flirt catcher" in the guise of attractive girls, are appointed to act as decoy:: to the unfortunate Lothario, and t' hand him over "hot -handed" to tin custody of the detectives who ar, their shadows. But it is in the realm of divorce that the United States excels in legis- lative comedy. Indeed, the ease with which the shackles of matrimon„ can be shaken off across the Atlantic seems mare 'suited for comic-opei -. than for the Law Courts. One woman petitioner secured her divorce because her husband ba -1 'dared to remove his .beard." "1.13 has not enough dignity to pass as• my husband," she pleaded, "unless It's weak little chin is covered up and hidden away by a beard." Among other grounds for rccr-e; t.been a ee,s have a e ' 'the liiisbani-' pernicious habit of snoring, waic could be heard several blocks away. and which made sleep impossible i,:r his wife; and a wife's equalh 1 i tions habit of leaving her l+ n the middle of the night, planing Ler- :self t:;elf in a rocking -chair and sine; i:.• at the top of her voice, 'Oh, won't 1. be joyful when we meet to part n inose'." Record Breaking Bridge. The highest suspt•m skin Lt its the world, with an altitude el 1,052 feet is being constructed over th tial; { of the Royal Gorge, near Cairn Cite, Colorado. The length of the retain l Lipari will be 880 feet,and the length 1,260 fent 'Steel tin . each side of the tee ee 1..r 150 i and two cables, each 9 inches in am- meter, will have a sitcngth of 120,- 000 pounds per equate each, 1,\ 11 t; ,•ompleted '.Itis suspension bridge w 117c twi.ee .tho height of its ion' ,,t e: val, a bridge in the south 02 Fauna Heavy . .bm,. aa.�i n,t i The street car was already well filed when a ver stout gentlemat y b tm.tr, pushed in and sat down, part of in unple proportions falling on a ver: tihin and rather soon'-lookitiaentie- mr,il oil Isis right, Th:c la.ttor glared at him. "T h h., -light to charge b • weight in thee, c".:51; ar'slie rid. '10 whieeti rase," was the geli]s:l r• n rc . "it i`cnnldn't be worth 'wins:.'. • • + i ; to ar 1. 'cu u " GORRIE Communion service will be held, ink the United Church next Sunday mor- ning. There Will be a reception serv- ice for new members. Orangehill con- gregation viiill unite in this service. Mrs, Robert Cathers visited her daughter, Mrs. Alvin Moffatt during last week, in Wroxeter, Rev, F. Craik will conduct the pre- paratory service next Friday evening in Teeswater United Church. Mr. Sterton and Spencer Ashton of Toronto, Miss Beryl Ashton of Sea - forth, and Mrs. W. Strangway of Sar- nia, spent Sunday at the hoine of Mr_ and Mrs. R.obt, Ashton, Mr. Spencer Ashton will leave for the West in a few days time. He will return to Moosejaw. Passion • Week services wil be obi serve in the United Church from Ap- ril 14th to 18th. Visiting ministers will give addresses. Mr. and Mrs, Gordon Deyell spent the week -end with friends ie Wing - ham. The playlet "Welcoming World: Friends" and "Aunt Polly joins the Missionary Society" were well receiv- ed on Friday evening by members of the League. The plays depicted the- work hework of Honie and Foreign Missions_ Mr, and Mrs. W. G. Strong will leave California shortly and will visit in, Edmonton, Alberta, for some tin before returning to Gorrie. Mr. and Mrs, T. Bradnock who have spent the winter in Los Angeles Calif., will return to Gorrie about the first week in April. Mr. Philip Harding of Vanssa, spent the week -end 'in Corrie. He was here to visit his ; aunt, Miss A Harding, who isseriously ill. Miss Margaret Newton has gone - to Toronto where she will complete her training as nurse at the General Hospital: Mr. E. Carson was in Wingham ori Sunday to visit Mr. Wm. Taylor whce has been ill for some time. Miss I. Earls of Wroxeter visited with Mrs, Kenneth Hastie over the week -end. There will be two contests at the. United League on Friday, March 28. Harmonica and Oratory. Come and enjoy the 'evening. Mr. Max Abram leas disposed of his barber business -to Mr. Eari Howes' formerly of Toronto. Mr. Howes will open business here in a few weeks' time. Mr. Abram will remain in Ger- rie an will run a poultry farm. DR. C. C. RAMAGE DENTIST, GORRIE Phone 21 (Stinson residence) Fordwich on Wednesday. 1 to 9 o'clock. FF• F. HOMUTH Phm. B., Opt. D., R. O. OPTOMETRIST Phone 118 Harriston, Ont. "The Best Equipped Optical Es tablishment in this part of Ontario". f i spr;ngsutogs Hats and Caps Our samples of "Made tc. Measure Spring Suiting are now in. We have a big range to choose from. The prices have been reduced 10% and the gaul- ity was never better Suits at from $23.50 to $45.00 in all the latest checks, stripes and plain serges, made to your order. Hats. Caps, Shirts and Sox for Spring and Summer wear. Overalls from $1..98 to $2.25. High Top rubber boots for men,' women and children, sell- ing at cost prices. Bring us your eggs and Cream, DAVEY'S � STARE RO TI'P.