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The Wingham Advance Times, 1930-04-17, Page 6ui !S Winghara Advance -Times. Published at WINGHAM ONTARIO Every Thursday Morning W Logan Craig; Publisher Subscription • t tes --- One year ar o a Six months $i.00, in advance, °Co U. S, A. $s•do per year. Advertising rates on application. Wellington Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Head Office, Guelph, Ont. Established 1840 Risks taken on all class of insure rice at reasonable rates. - ABNER COSENS, Agent, Wingham J. W. DODD Office in Chisholm "Block FIRE, LIFE, ACCIDENT AND HEALTH INSURANCE — AND REAL ESTATE P. 0. Box 360 Phone 240 WINGHAM, ONTARIO J. W. BUSHFIELD Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, Etc. Money to Loan Office—Meyer Block, Wingham Successor to Dudley Holmes R. VANSTONE SOLICITOR, SO , ETC. ?Money to Loan at Lowest Rates Wingham, - Ontario J. A. MORTON BARRISTER, ETC. Wing -ham, Ontario DR. G. H. ROSS DENTIST' Office Over Isard's Store H. W. COLBORNE,: M. D. Physician and Surgeon Medical Representative D. S. C. R. 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Oat or Scotland There Has Emerged a n Astonishing Procession o 1 Statesmen, Ecclesiastics, Soldiers, Sailors, Scholars and 13anicerS. In the curious whirligig of politico. now revolving so rapidly in Great Britain, it is 'surely significant that as usual the winner in the gamble should be a Scot. "Where MacGregor sits," so runs the saying, attributed by Frierson to a Highland chief, "there is the head of the table"; and if a MacGregor does not happen at the moment to be available, a Mac- Donald graciously consents to act for him in the capacity of prune minister. From this bonnie yet barbarous fragment of a haphazard geology, surrounded by a ferocious ocean swept by storms, soaked by rain, swathed in mist, scarred by crags and scattered into scarcely accessible is- lets, there has emerged an astonish- ing procession of statesmen, ecclesi- astics, soldiers,' sailors, scholars and bankers, most of them insisting that the rest should caddie for them on their native golf •course.. Why has it so happened, inquires' P. W. Wilson, writing in the New York Times magazine, and what is wrong with the nations that have not lived in Seotland? In their .day. the. Romans realized the peril of a Scot- tish aggression. Indeed they built two lines of fortifications, 'designed to keep the Scot at a distance. But it was all futile. The Caesars are less of a memorythan ever before, and the Scots are more of a menace. Let us bring a few statistics to bear. In the last eighty years, Great Britain has survivedfifteen prime ministers. No fewer than seven were born either in Scotland or of. definite Scottish blood. They were Aberdeen, Gladstone,Rosebery, Balfour, Ban- nerman, Bonar Law and MacDonald. Of the ten latest prime minis"ters, six were Scots and one was Welsh. At Culloden it was assumed that the English troops under the amiable prince who was described by his ad- mirers dmirers as Butcher Cumberland oblit- erated the Scottish clansmen. But did the Scots •accept defeat? Only as poetry. They perceived that after all, the disaster had its compensations. If England had this nice little army and nice little navy, why should not Scots command them? During the great war it was thus a field marshal ,nam- ed Haig nain-edHaig who led the. British forces on land. If the Scot is an `emigrant there is a reason. In his country it is not easy to climb the ladder. For in no coun- try has there ever been less room at the top. Hence we have the names of Moffat, Livingston t -and Gordon, his- toric in Africa, and of Macdonald, Strathcona and Mackenzie King in Canada. As an imperialist the Scot is ubiquitous, and there are certain families — Geddes, Haldane and the like—which, as it were, are slated at birth for the woolsack ambassador- ships .and similar appointments. In thechurch the Caledonian epi- demic is as contagious as in the state. Tait, primate of Canterbury, was a Scot from Edinburgh. His son-in-law, Davidson, also primate, was born in Edinburgh. His successor, Cosnlo Lang, reared a Presbyterian, was educated in Glasgow. It is thus no wonder that "Cantertlurgh" should now be suggested as spelling for the See of St. Augustine. Of the successes of the Scot, there are various explanations. According to his critics, it is the predatory im- pulse that accounts for his power. But this does not explain why the Scot is more efficient than others. The reason can only be what we express in the word, char atter. Life in Scotland is hard, There have not been as many bathrooms or as many windows as neaith requires. The national diet of haggis and por- ridge was really indicative of drastic economy which had. to be 'applied even in this stern apprenticeship there was --one advantage, The Scottish lad and lass start life face to face from the first with essen- tials. Compared with the Italian, the Scot is no artist. Confronted with his • native granite, the Scot builds before he carves. With hint it is life first, luxuries later. Many a Scotsman, leaving his na- tive alcohol behind, believes after- ward that he is a strict teetotaler be cause he drinks nothing ,strongeii than champagne or Irish whisky. So with the gentle art of getting on. A Scot who has climbed the streets of Edinburgh can climb anywhere, We do not yet realize how much of the zeal for schools and colleges in the .English-speaking world has been inspired by the Scots. Generation of-. ' ter generation of boys and girls' in counties like Perth and, Ayr have been reared on a mere pittance, yet excellently taught at school. No peas- ' entry anywhere has ever been at once' • as thoughtful and as prayerful as this peasantry. To the Scot, educa- tion has been what the beatific vision is to the ascetic. To slake it easy has never been the method. The Scot has believed that the school and the church should be. as exacting as life itself, In training children hehas followed., therefore, not the path of least resistance but of most resistance. First learn the scales, and the Schubert, will come. later. Not that the aim of education ill Scotland has been mere :Wilier, n„ the contrary, the supreix a amble of .mothers for their bots has beefs the pulpit. That many Scots have be- come cell is very true. But all Scots, however poor, have wished to be soloiars. That is the reason why, in Glasgow, the socialism is of so pecol- lar ,ars intensity, It is the expression In ;conomics • of Scottish theology. Produced-Ifs-Cani&ls+t 1!:xhilrttloir, It has been oeefded to hold moth- er Prodseed-iit-Canada ih1hibitloft 15 Montreal, in 1934. m.n rt WINGH4,M AP VANCE-TI1l ESQ. IiiN+' 14, 'y �AR HIUR SOMERS ROCHE L fry y' Q .�►t ger Y L�L/S A �'® FIRST INSTALMENT "TheS 'axile is this," announced Airs. Clary. Flushed, moist with the twin effects ` of excitement anda humid 'tropical night, not to rn'cotion one tiny glass too many of'.tltc champagne, whose burning corks had lent a Fourth -of -July note to the party, she stood upon a chair and waved a bunch of ribbons. Her guests eyed her languidly. Mrs. Clement Clary—"Cooper" Clar- y's -second wife, who had cost hien, he not infrequently said, hell, head- lines and five millions in cash (the first Mrs. Cooper had refused stocks, bonds, other negotiable instruments, 'or real estate, when she had finally yielded to his demands for a divorce) —had a reputation for putting a touch of the bizarre into every party she gave, and those present were willing to stop flirtation, scandal, and talk of real estate for a moment. ''Vise go to the pool,"( said the hostess. Several guests groaned slightly. One young man, Billy Leeson, turn- ed to the pretty brunette beside him, "I'm a hard-working lawyer, dowel here for a fortnight to recoup from.. typhoid. 1 wigs to goodness some- body'd think of a party with your clothes on. I've two dinner suits down here; one's been ruined by' salt. water; I refuse to spoil this," • "Stash!" said the girl. "'When Mrs. Clary chalks her cue she usually po- ckets the ball." "Honest, you seem rapt and excite ed and everything." inching away, Thus will partners be arranged for the rest of "the even- ing's entertainment.'; The pretty brunette turned to Lee- son. ' "We rarely go lou far," she smiled. "This, which promised well, has de- generated into an ordinary'inoonlight. swim. The bold garter becomes the timid anklet." She looked at hien queerly. "I'll be' standing at the edge of the pool," she ,said, "ls that at invitation?' he asked. She exhaled fiercely, • as though puffing away a strand of hair that annoyed her. "If Ventis asked you for a stroll you'd want to know if she was mar- ried my cautious friend," she. jibed._ "You: needn't bother; only "Only—what?" he inquired, as she paused. "Nothing at .all," she replied. She turned away from hini again, and in that rnonient the dinner broke up. Three inen pounced ,upon her; she Was dragged awayby them, •He spolce to a manwhom he knew. "I'M rotten at catching names,"- he said, "and I didn't get a glance at' the card by'"her plate. Wllo is that girl?" "Your dinner partner? That's Lacy! Harkness; `Devil -May -Care,' every- body.calls her. She was sixteen when we entered the war. Disappeared from home, and her parents were nearly frantic. Lied about her age, her family,' everything; managed to. { get over there.` Decorated by Joffrc himself." I "Nurse?" asked Leeson. t "At that age?" e His acquaintance I "Why shouldn't I 'be?" demanded •laughed. "Lord, no! Went as. an en - I tertainer. Sang . danced. Hea- ven knows where she picked it .all up. Tushed down all sorts of offers for musical comedy since. Got near- ing's hate directed at you!" laughed er the front than any American Wo- man. Gassed, in a sudden attack, was given the right by Pershing to wear a wound stripe. Don't tell me you've never heard .of hers" • "Of course I' have," said Leeson. "Only, I didn't recognize her." Well yon must have felt the even - the girl?" The lawyer shrugged. "I "don't know. Only, you seem a: shade different from the test of the crowd here. Nicer, not so . so rowdy.,, '"Just Just a dear, hoilie-loving maiden, the kind to make some man happy, eh?" jeered the girl. "Now tell hue I I'm wholesome, and ruin niy evening "You don't mean that," said Leeson,' blushing. I ! L. C,7: iaale -� world. The world also thought it per- fectly proper for Lucy klarlcness to "have- gone into -training with Kelly, She did road -worse, boxed, skipped rope, and :frankly told reporters all !about it,. When Kelly met the champ- ion she sat near his cornet and was the first 10 grip his hand when the champion was counted out. And this was the; girl, the 'woman— she was only twenty-three; but how ridiculous to call one who had done all she had done a 'girl -whom he had rebuked, whom lie had told she was too nice for this gathering to -night. He colored. painfully. A prig, that's what he was. And, she had moe•k'ed him, saying she was an old-fashioned girl at heart. And then, when this chastest of all 'Dienes had tendered an invitation, he had not the wit to grasp it 'instantly, but must clumsily ask ,her to tell him in words of one syllable. Callow, that was the word. His feet lagged, and lie was fast at the- pool,, The Men bad disdained bathing "suits and, dinner -coated and. patent -leathered, stood laughing by the diving' -board The women were tow tripping down .to *the shallow 'end, toes tested the temperature of the water, and. 811011 shrieks drowned 'the mirth' of the inen. A tall Viking -like than edged him Ito one side. • "Stand anywhere else, young • fell - 1 et," Ise chuckled, "but give me the pole. This anklet fits a certain girl, and I'ni.the ba -ad boy irho's going ''to part it on her." Leeson eyed the man resentfully, 'and yet even in his resentment would have granted the charm of the blond 'giant. He had islet him before, and had heard much of him. Stevens was his name, Tim Stevens. He possessed all those things which Leeson lacked: wcafth, assurred position, and the things which accompany them. Lee- son remembered now all through din- ner Stevens had called across the ta- ble to Lucy Harkness, haeraised his glass to her, indeed had never seem- ed to take his .eyes off her,. The air was rent with shrieks .and cheers. Quite evidently many of the women standing waist -deep in the wa- ter had certain cavaliers whom they preferred to be the .ones to place the girdles of temporary partnership ups ou filar; limbs, for they clapped their hands and cried certain names, Lee- son, dropping at once into the crawl, in a side glance took in the fact that Stevens was at his right; a trifle to the rear, He felt an exultation at the little triuin.` h. He'd show this Milk- ing. brute A hand clutched at his ankle; he went under,. strangling, nnpreparea for anything like this, He could feel. that whoever had unfairly detained hien was using his body as something to pull himself ahead; then he -sank to the bettom of the pool, as a foot spurned him the unfair competitor shot ahead. He cantle up to see Stev- ens within a yard of Lucy Harkness, He swain to them as Stevens, his dripping features twisted :in 'a trim- pliant smile, bent over and dipped his hands beld'wthe surface -6T the wa- ter. Leeson tapped the man on the shoulder. "I claim a foal," he 'said quietly, "I li12e winners," said the girl care- lessly. "Losers always claim' fouls." She turned to Stevens. "Where do we go from here, Tim? she asked. There was a final dismissal in her attitude. , k * * "I knew," boasted Tint Stevens, "that even though our hostess`" didn't seat us together, we'd be' together he - fore the evening ended. "Insight, intuition, or logical reas oning?" inquired Lucy Harkness. ":Logical reasoning;" he. • returned. "I• know what :f want, and, so fare I've always got it." "So far?" she echoed. "Put there must always be a 'Waterloo, mnsn't there?„ • .• He shook his head. "Not at all." "I wonder,"she said. "I wonder -if - the takers are content all through, life." "Why not?" he demanded "Do the givers look' happy? Watch them, waiting on table, driving taxis, living in tenements, starving; the takers rule, my dear. But we aren't to Philo- sophize; we're to enjoy the ,evening. Come." Thursday; April• 17th, 1930' They ware sitting, on the edge of the pool, their Meet paddling in the water, Across the pool, young Lee- soar was leading a young girl from the water, "Where?" she asked'. "To the Minerva," he told here She looked at him thoughtfully.. "What's the idea, Tim?" "A .little sail down the lake, a cozy supper for two." "But we are the guests of Mrs.. Clary," she reminded him. "We can't be running away like--" "Why not? Has she said what 'the-` rest of the 'evening' is? Didn't she say that we were to be partners? Yon know what these parties are like; you. come and .go,, Are you a quitter?" "You know better," " she reminded him. Her voice was 'languid, dulled. as though interest had departed from the night. "Then let's go," he said. Still she lingered, watching a couple mount the steps leading from the wa- ter; his eyes followed hers. He turn- ed back to. her. "Did the wrong man win the race to you?" he demanded. Slie twisted leer pretty shoulders. "That's, a fallacy, that rot about the best man losing, The right man al- ways wins. I mean, the man who is meant to win any particular thing, wins it. He may not be- as goodor as strong oras clever as the loser,. but just the same, the stars in their courses are not more inevitably sure to travel the paths laid out than the winner certain to win!" "Fatalist! Well, sometimes it's a comfortable faith. And as I was des- tined to beat young Leeson, stop looking regretfully after him." (Continued Next Week.) ASTHM Head & ABronchial~ Colds You CAN have the relief that so many - others have had. For instance,' Mrs. W. A. Warman writes from Moncton, N.B.,. about RAZ -MAH: "I have had Asthma. from birth. For 9 years have depended. on RAZ -MAH totee me right ..now ppl. Iamladto. little trouble. I have very g recommend RAZ -MAH." Relief guar- anteed from $1 worth or money back, No harmful drugs. 50c and $1 boxes. at your dealer's. i se, Go now and buy Templeton's sr RZ MA pot, -1 ;1 • • 8omet nes I believe I AMaan old fashioned) girl ...at hears "Don't I?" '_"here was a harsh quality in the girl's laughter which consorted illy with the gay eyes, the generous mouth, andthe smooth youth of her. "And where did you learn so much about rue, Mr. Lee- son?" The young man's embarrassment was painful. "I didn't mean that . . that I:knew anything about you, only , well, you are wholesome. I don't care if it angers yott or not. That's what you are." Fee- a 'moment itseethed as if she would take issue: with him, debate the trivial matter; then she laughed, pate- ed hits lightly on the cheek, and said: "Really, you're a sweet.b6y, And— but you most* tell it to a . soul— sometimes I believe that 1 ant an old- fashioned girl . , at: heart, Remeni- ber " pie kindly in your evening pray- ers, won't yoti?"' And•thc jeer in her last sentence banished the effect of intimacy that had been created by her earlier' words. She proved slightly away from hint, and paid attention to her hostess, "In days ` of nld," went on Mrs. Clary "fair ladies were wont to give geurdons to their brave knights -a loch' of hair, a jewel, a ribbon, and b nvinm4yvn •, e"an, a garter." "The pretty custom of our ances- tresses has given me an idea for to- night's party. I have here sixteen anklets. To each Mali:here I will give one. %•ire will all go to the pool. The ladies will stand in the shallow wa- ter. The gentieesen., each holding :all anklet, will dive front the deep end. Swimming snider- water•, the gentle- men will endeavor to fasten anklets upon the limbs of the ladies,, i o_fair the other. "Every man here has been dying of jealousy. You must have a drag with the Clarys, to be placed :tet to her•" He had :net Devil -May -Care! Well, he was glad that he had not inet her earlier. Otherwise—he was an ex tretnely sane young plan—leaving Palm Beach would not have been easy. In one brief hour at dinner she had left mark's upon his soul. He knew that. Now, strolling with the laughing crowd toward the pool, -vast them but in no way of them, he re- created in his mind her features, her.. expressions, remembered all that he. had read of her in the fevered Sunday supplements. She could drive an air- plane; she'dshot a tiger; she'd climb- ed mountains; she'd debonairly skip- pered her own speed boat out to Rum Row off the Jersey Coast, and in ex- tenuation thereof told a thrilled world that she wantedto meet men who were the spiritual heirs of L'011onois, 13lackbcard, LaEitte, • and the rest. Scandal always hovered about and around her, but not even its shadow restedupon ger.Her friends, the press and public --every oiie seemed to consider her a 'unique type, one to whom anything was possible and whine nothing smirched. There was, for instance, the tip that. :had beelt given by a revengeful discharged maid, to the 'effect that Lucy Hark- ness, ess, was having an affair with Ted Kelly, the lightweight contender, She was found at his camp in the Cats- kills, unchaperoned, a lone woman in with a dozen pug}uglies. Yet her an nouncement that she had .bet twenty 'thousand on Kelly, and intended to 'see to it that the contender properly (trained, was; accepted by all the IoesMn U Or o ill111EI I ISI I IN11IlI+111R11115h11111E111121113111 When man reaches that stage in his existence where the urge for "home" dominates his thoughts he is suffering the first stages of the "settling down" process. He begins planning a house. and all that goes with it, and realizes that before he can settle down and become a Solid Citizen he must "settle up." Now this "settling up" business should be indulgedin at regu- lar intervals by most of us. 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