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Light x Opera Festival t vat to Be
Presented at Canadian Chautauqua
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THE LIGHT OP1N71i•A, FESTIVAL
Featuring dramatic scenes train some of the world's most popular
operettas, The Light Opera Festival brings an entirely, new type of
entertainment to the Canadian Chautauqua here this season. Gorgeous
costumes, expert staging and unusual lighting effects are skilfully used•'
in the presentation,of scenes from "Rose Marie," "The Student Prince,"
"The Chocolate Soldier and "The Desert Song." Each operetta is
condensed :with consummate artistry into the time allowed', for
portrayal.
Each member of The Light Opera Festival company is a remark-
ably fine singer, having had wide experience in the operatic and concert
gelds. .
AT THE CHAUTAUQUA,"AUGUST 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8.
HEALTH SERVICE
sof the
<CAsNADIAN MEDICAL ASSOC-
IATION
THE WAY TO HEALTH
If we , desire the happiness, the ap
Iiearance, and the ability required to.
xlo- our' best work both for ourselves
and for others, which is possible on
.ly through the possession of health;`
we should consider what is the way
to health.
It is necessary that we learn how
,to live so, that body and mind may
receive •the, care required to keep
them in a healthy condition. Know-
ledge in itself is worthless in secur-
ing the .desired results, It is prac-
tice that counts. The factorthat de-
termines whether or not we enjoy
a condition of health is our manner
of life.
In order to provide a hygienic
mode of 'life, it is necessary that we
make it a matter of habit. To begin
with, we must think before we act,
the must remind ourselves to wash
•our hands before eating, to clean our
teeth night and morning. After a time
these become a matter of habit, a rou-
tine of life; we do them. unconscious-
ly. In order to have health, we must
'have good 'health habits. When we
have good health habits, we lily
'claim to have secured a good health
•education.
It is, not asimple matter to estab-
lish habits of any kind, but good hab-
its are as easy to cultivate as uncle-
'sizable ones. It is necessary to make
a start, and then to persist until the
habit is formed. The practice must
be regular and exceptions must not
.be made. Every time the practice is
missed, a new start must be made,
which only makes the acquiring of
the habit more difficult.
The health habits are not numerous
nor: are they difficult to form. Their
practice does not entailany expense,
•
and yet health is•nof to be .secured
and .kept in any other way than
through them, Failure to practice
good health' habits leads, sooner or
later, to a loss of health if not to ac-'
tual ,'disease.
The earlier in life good habits are
formed, the better, but it is never too
late to • learn. However, the form-
ation of habits is more difficult in
later years. because it means that any
bad .habits must be overcome. It is
never a kindness to a young child to
permit him to 'form 'undesirable hab-
its, because the day will come when
he will have to pay in the results that
grow out of such habits.
The health habits have to do with
diet, rest, exercise, fresh air, sunshine,..
elimination and cleanliness, and upon`
these rests the health of each and
every one of us.
Questions concerning Health, ad-
dressed to the Canadian Medical As
sociation, 184 College St., Toronto,
will be answered personally by letter.
CROWN'S LA -i'
British Law Officers nellriflzaish '1'ri
ditional Right to Last Word.
A further step has been taken in
making the system of justice in Bri-
tain .even more favorable to the ac-
cused. The law officers of the crown
have decided to relinquish the tra-
ditional right to the last word 'before'
the summing up in criminal trials.
For a long time it has been con-
sidered by counsel engaged in crim-
inal defence that the right of the
Attorney -General or the Solicitor-
General to reply in certain cases is an
unjustifiable handicap, and the gen-
eral view of the Bar is that the law
officers should have no greater privi-
leges in criminal cases than any other,
counsel appearing.
Since this privilege of reply is a
prerogative rifest of the crown, the
law officers are not at liberty to aban-
don it, but the Solicitor -General re-
cently declared that neither he nor
the Attorney -General intends to exer-
cise the right during their tenure of
omee. -
Wash Da
Is Easy
Now
Particularly if yotit have
a modern Connor Elec-
tric Washer in your
home. No tearing of
clothes, no back-brea,i,-
ing work. Just fill the
tub with hot water, drop
in the ' clothes, turn a
switch and the work is
done,
' Vin ham tJt lit s t�mrnissio
•Crawford ..clock. : Phone 156.
,ALL X- AN1,)B1 ,",5 40114lia.
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Hon May Siam lie Conducted to
Locate It.
A ,peareh for the. tomb of Alexan-
der the Great is likely to be con-
ducted at •cast in his namesake city.
Harold Carter, explaining his plans
for the coming seaeon's final work at
the tomb of Tutankbauen, expressed
lntoreet in .eneking the tomb of Aleic-
ander after his excavations at the
Valley of the Icings are ended; Resi,
dente of Egypt have countered with
the suggestioxx that Bgypt night well
undertake this in p,ortant search, and
at present the need for locating Alex-
eander's tomb is a much dismissed
topic.
The Macedonian conqueror, who
fought the greater part of his world
and won it, died in BahYlon. Plutarch
stated that Alexander was taken to
Alexandria and buried in a gold cof-
fin, Hersdotus, another historian,
mentions seeing a' glass sarcophagus
of Alexander as it was carried In a
procession leading westward from the
Iluphrates river.
If the tomb `is in Alexandria at all,
it is most likely to be at the site of
the lViosque of Nebi Daniel. Plans for
excavating in this neighborhood were
discussed at the annual meeting of
the Royal Society q%i Alexandria, held
recently. Prof. Breccia, curator of
the Greco-Roman Museum at Alexan-
dria, :urged 'Mat the .city undertake
the excavations to unearth the tomb
of its founder.
The neighborhood of the xnosque
is considered worthy of careful ex-
ploration, for it was thepart of the
ancient city where other rulers prob-
ably were buried. A. granite pillar,
still erect, was partly unearthed aol
long ago by workmen engaged in
street repairs in this neighborhood,
and this bit of evidence of ancient
construction has further stimulated
interest in scientific study of: the
place.
Doubt that Alexander was ever
buried in Egypt has been expressed
by a correspondent in the Egyptiau
Gazette, who cites reasons why the
Greek hero would more likely have
been taken back to his native town
of Pella for burial. He points out
that Perdicas was the moat influeri-
tial of Alexander's generals, andthat
this Perdicas would not have taken
the conqueror's body to Egypt, be-
cause 'Perdica's arch-rlstl was Pto-
lemy of Egypt. The cortege seen by
Herodetus, moving westward, might
well have. -been heading toward a port
to embark for the Macedonian town
of Pella, he contends.
CORNSTAL1 BY-PRODUCTS.
Company Will Develop Processes to
Use 150,000,000, Tons.
Long-awaited commercial develop-
ment of cornstalk by-products seems
destined for a real trial with the for-
mation of National Cornstalks Pro-
cesses, Inc., in Chicago. This $1,000;
000 concern, backed by former Gov-
ernor Low -den, Henry A. Wallace,
H. F. Perkins, president Internation-
al Harvester, and `other mid -west
business leaders, has leased for five
years the patents on cornstalk con-
verting processes developed under
Dr. 0. R. Sweeney at Iowa State Col-
lege. Aided by the State, by the Fed-
eral Government through the Bureau
of Standards, Dr. Sweeney has spent
some fifteen years in developing pro=
cesses to utilize the 150,000,000 gins
of . cornstalks produced annually.
Some fifteen or twenty industrial by-
products have been produced experi-
mentally; the new company's first
Product will be lumber substitute.
Chains of mills throughout the
corn belt are planned to reduce trans-
portation costs. If they should be
successful in their .aim to provide a
market for cornstalks at $3 a ton or
more an annual addition to corn belt
farmer's income of some $450,000,
000 is,possibie.—a much -to be -desired
outcome of Dr. Sweeuey's long re-
searches.
DOGS WITH FALSE TEETH.
Surgeons Perform Delicate Opera-
tion on Animals.
Recent examples of the surgeon's
skill on injured animals rival in deli-
cacy many of the operations perform
ed on human beings.
Dogs have been fitted. with sets of
false teeth, which remain in position
despite the severe strain put upon
them by canine appetitles. Amput-
ation of animals' limbs is often ne-
cessaryas a result of serious acci-
dents, and it is possible' to substitute
artificial lege made ,of silver and.vul-
eanite covered with leather.
Generally the little cripples accent-,
nnadate themselves quickly to the use
of their new limbs, but one valuable
whippet proved very stupid. When
he met,with an ,accident andlost both.
forelegs, artificial limbs were made
and fitted. But the anfmal.refused to.
use them, and persisted in hopping
about like a baby kangaroo,
Ari Aberdeen terrier examined by.
X-rays had 114 dint stones in his
stomach, as well a,s a valuable dia-
mond collar stud, but he was operat-
ed upon successfully.
Radio In Each School Room.
Every school child of Shelby,
Mich., will be within constant touch
with the outside world, or the voice
of the superintendent of the schools,
when a radio system for Shelby
schools is 'dedicated and put into
service.
Eery school room has three or
more loud speakers placed in its
walls -and neiling.and the •teacher has
the choice of two Programs or silence
at any time, The school superinten-
dent may in ,as. emergency or for
announcements project his voice
through the ' system into any or all
rooms.
A. Painless Death.
A man who accidentally received a
17,600 -volt current through his body,
who Was rendered insensible was
afterwards revived, declares that he
telt absolutely nothing and that death
by electrocution must be quite pain-
less.
WI Gtii0t
FOOD 'arr*NClES.
Sonne Diet Valli Which Animals Siat►n
Are card to Explar,in Away.
'l'lxe new `Stehlin= llearda from: th.
Canary Islands, recently acquired by
the London Zoo, were„ea.ught in trap
baited with cheese,' we are told, say
nix article in Answers.
One never ceases' to wonder at they
odd tastes of ariitaa.is. In k'loricda the
writer used to catch opossums in box
traps baited with fish.
A 'possum• -,-very good eating, by
the way—is a tree -living creature,
and its taste for .fish is even ».tore
difficult to .explain than that of the
oat for a similar delicacy. All cats
hate water, yet I once saw a cat
scooping goldl sir out of a glass tank
In order to make a meal et them,
This, I was told, was a habit of this
particular cat when11thought no one
was, about. But one day it overbal
anced itself and fell into the tank;
After that it left thegoldfish alone.
Speaking of ash, cows In the Faroe
Islands are largely fed on ish.during
the winter months, This is no fairy
tale, for it is taken from the sober
sheets of a Consular report. The fish
used is coal fish, a species allied to
tbe pollack.
It is not cooked before eaten,
merely dried, then pounded between
stones. The cows fed on thio queer
diet yield an amply supple of rich
milk
Dogs, as a rule, are not keen on
fish, but can anyone explain why,
with hardly an exception, they are
devoted to chocolate. It would be an
interesting experiment to try choco-
late on the .wolves in the Zoo. But
most dogs like all kinds oa sweets.
Some dogs have the queerest
tastes. .A red setter named Sappho,
who belonged to an Irish relative of
the writer, would go into; the garden
and pull ripe gooseberries off' the
bush and eat them. She has been seen
to do this, not once, but many times.
In the Cook Islands, in the South
Pacific, dogs imported many years ago
have run quite wild, and are a great
uaiasanee to the inhabitants. The
brutes are alwaysfighting, and when
one is killed the : rest make very
short work of its remains.
But these dogs have a taste in
food which seems almost incredible.
They eat bananas. The banana grows
wild in the islands, and the moment
an overripe fruit drops it is de-
voured.
- In these same islands some of the
ponies originally imported from Chill.
have, like the dogs, run wild. These.
ponies are extraordinarily fond of
coconuts. Now, a coconut has a very
hard shell, so hard that you could
hardly imagine it possible for a horse
to crack it.
- But onewho has watched them
describes how the little beasts work
the coconut into a suitable position
with their forefeet, then stamp upon
it until the shell is cracked, and after-
wards eat the succulent kernel with
evident enjoyment.
Monkeys are usually vegetarians,
but Sally, the famous chimpanzee of
the London Zoo,had a curious de-
light in animal food. She used to
catch sparrows, bite off their heads,
and eat them, bones, feathersand all.
More than once she treated a pigeon
in the same - fashion , while any; .un-
fortunate rat that : entered her cage
was caught instantly and speedily
devoured.
The love of many animals for in-
toxicants is peculiar. Elephants and
bears, delight in rum, while all tbe le-
mure'are fondof alcohol.
THE STATUE OF L113ERTY.
Forty Persons Can Stand In the Head
and Twelve In the Torcla.
The erection of the famous Statue
of Liberty on Bedloe's Island, New
York. Harbor, was first proposed soon
after the Franco-German war by a
number of leading Frenchmen who
commissioned Frederic August Bar-
tholdi (1833-1904), a sculptor, to do
the work. Berthold! suggested the
present site, and it was set apart by
President Hayes. The statue and the
pedeetai were paid for cbieily with
money collected in France and the
United States, The pedestal is 89
feet in height, cost $300,000 and the
statue ,itself about $700,000. The
head was completed in 1878, and
shown at the Paris Exposition, and
the forearm, which had been finished
earlier, was exhibited at Philadelphia
in 1876,
The statue was finished in 1883,
the parts were landed from France in
210 packing -cases in 1885, the work
of putting the parts together was be-
gun,in 1886 and on October 28 in
that year it Was unveiled. The, statue
is 225 toils .in weight, 151 feet in
height (to the torch), and the dis-
tance
1 ifeet
raneeacross the eye s 26
i
Inches, Forty persons can stand in
the head and twelve in the torch.
Plumbing Up -to -Date,
About 8,00e of the 35,000 plumb
ors of the 'United States have trucks
so completely equipped that the
plumbers are sure to have all their
tools and materials with there, re-
gardless of tbe nature of the job.
But only the George WinburnE
Plumbing Co. of Wichita Falls, 'Tex-
as, has, capitalized 'kine idea toits
fullest extent. The Winburne truck
is boldly labelled "Plerabing Shop ou
Wheels,” and the business card of
the company bears the siogan The
job is free if the plumberhasto go
balk for tools or material."
In the Iast three years the com-
pany has twice made good on this
promise.
French . ".Rome,' Sweet' Homo."
"Borne, Sweet biome" is not tixe
only operatic air that has become. ai
kind of national melody, for, France
has a tune wiib words of a sinxilar
sentiment. This is "Ou penton ere
ntioux gt1'ae seta de ea faxnille7"'
("Where can one better be than in
the bosom of one's family?"). It was
written by Gretry as a quintette in'
his opera "Lucille" and first achieved
a political position when it Was sung
at Versailles on July 15, 1789, when
the Bourbons were being turned out,
Uoa Hnd ca
Walter, agndedr 3, anad TVIdrpy, aged $,
had been toid to make themselves
nice and clean before setting out for a
party,
When the ordeal was over the two
of theta went downstairs for their'
rtxolller's inspection.
°"I think yotu'll do," she said, After
she had examine dtheir ears; ,their
necks and their hands. "All the same,
Mary looks fa.
fralter.'
the little bay was indignant.
" rid iso :she ougbtl" he replle
"I've been in tide World 'a year longer-
cleaiXr than you do,than she has."
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Wingham, Advance - Times
For Wingham Merchants Only
Being one a a series of chats with Wingham businessmen
in whisia it is suggested how they may increase their
volume of sales.
Tuning S Sales
into uick Turnover
N this, the last of a series of six advertisements, the
Ibasic idea advanced in the preceding five is empha-
sized. That idea, simply, is this
You've got to put forth every effort to keep Wing -
ham's folks coming to your stores and busing in your
stores.
Advertising in your local hone newspaper can help
accomplish that aim. Not only your own advertising,
but the advertising of the manufacturers whose goods
you stock as well.
You cannot get the advertising support of 'these
manufacturers merely by wishing for it. You've got to
make the manufacturers realize how necessary it 1s to
you, if you are to sell their goods successfully.
And you can make the manufacturers realize it by
selling their salesmen Ivho call on you on Wingham—
by interesting them in Wingham as an outlet for your
merchandise—by interesting thein in your local, hoiue
newspaper as the means to more sales of your merchan-
dise in Wing -ham.
This is an opportunity, you Merchants of Wingham,
that; `you should make The most of, one that may mean
all .the difference between ' slow, infrequent sales and,
quick, profitable turnover,
You need the advertising aid of the manufacturers. whose goods
you stock-••• urge their salernen to recommend your local, home
newspaper,
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