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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1930-12-18, Page 2, Thum; her 1l$th, 1931, THE first passenger ship ever to leave a Canadian port for South America—the new Canadian National liner Prince Robert—sails from Halifax on March 2 with a party of Canadian trade delegates, their wives and others pleasure bound. 'The Canadians will visit several Latin-American countries. Special attention wilt be paid to Buenos Aires, capital of the Argentine, where the Prince of Wales will open the British Empire Fair which will spread over 25 acres of ground and which will include a handsome Canadian pavilion and seven other Empire show buildings. Pictured here ere are Angus McLean, president of the Canadian an Chamber of Commerce, pointing to the Prince Robert's chief port of call, and Elmer Davis, president of the Canadian Manufacturers' Association. These two organizations and the Canadian Government are responsible for Canada's part at the fair, one of the largest of its kind ever held in the world. Both Mr, Davis and Mr. McLean and their wives will slake the trip. COMMUNICATION-' Our new High Commissioner con- trives a new, ready-to-wear Cant - tear (cant -air) Spirit for . the British People and guarantees a perfect fit Mr. G. H. Ferguson has been ten- dered farewells galore, and has ac- knowledged all of them with becom- ing and gallant graciousness. In re- turn he has delivered his good-byes,. in faltering and broken accents, be- fitting the grave occasions of their utterance, and more meekly, and yet withal heroically than any other in- dividual within our local ken, or should I say !coulee could have done_` He rose to the occasion .like a.. young God, and all his worshippers perhaps perhaps with the exception of the. "Church" person felt obliged to thank hint,gushingly for the many great services he had rendered Canada, while he was barked on its shores, (or while he barked on its shores) those dear shores, which, he himself;; perhaps unwittingly though certainly not inaptly. referred to as "His Hap- py Hunting Grounds." Mr. Ferguson: goes to the British Isles as "Our Lord High or Lord How High" Commissioner, in res- ponse to our most wise and urgent wish. Once there, he will not love Canada less, or Britain more; oh, no. He takes, upon himself a dual alleg- iance; he will enjoy a kind of double wedded bliss. Hewill endeavor, we feel sure, to be good to, and faithful to both of his fascinating spouses. His commission, as he said the oth- er day, is not to sell our wheat, BUT 'CO .. DO SOMETHING TO RE- MOULD,OR REVISE THE CON- TEMPORARY (in ° his regard >con- temptible) SPIRIT` OF THE BRI- TISH PEOPLE, He goes • forth as a merciful Missionary to show the British people the error of their ways, and to detour, and impress their feet into the right path. He goes to doc- tor their spirit. He realises consid- erable surgery will be necessary, and he takes his "moulds" with hint. He will seize hold of the British Spirit, consignitte, and confine it in these moulds. He will allow it a little time to settle, and, well, there you are, what more could an ordinary or extra- ordinary mortal do. For his minist- rations, the British people will surely rise up and bless him. They will be compellingly disposed to immediately join in singing Good old Rule Brit- tania with a new pathos, in their new outfit, to a new tune, and in a new key; though perhaps some of them may have a doubt regarding the ap- • propriateness of many of the words to the occasion. Fancy Britain, the home of the free and the brave, peace- fully, patiently abiding within the folds of Canadian moulds; moulds de- signed and patented by Mr. Fer- guson. If I know anything of the British Spirit, it will scorn these moulds, curse their inventor, and utterly re- fuse to put thein to their destined use: for, look you, you cannot "hum- bug" the ' British Spirit. But, Mr. Ferguson our dear Com- missioner, before you can do anything with the British Spirit, you have to catch it. You have to realise the kind of animal you are hunting, what are, its habits, its resorts, its manifold re- sources for avoiding capture, and its deepdislike tits flee of even being discovered or looked upon. This Spirit is such a sacred thing that it goes about con- tinually veiled. It may sometimes be provoked to disclose itself at the bid- ding of so111C saintly voice, or in res- ponse to the emergencies of some mighty moral ordeal, but to any kind of mere Cu) taip Call it remains ad- arnently impervious; and refuses to unmask. It is usually, indeed, a lit-' ' Wash Day Its Easy Now Particularly if you have a 'modern Connor Elec- tric Washer in your home. No 'tearing of clothes, no back -break- ing work. Just fill the tub with hot water, drop in the clothes, turn a switch and: the work is clone. Wingham ilio Crawford Block. rninission Phone 156. the bit: a ` antedof itself. When its good decd is discovered, it blushes for it, in that it might have been bet- ter. This British 'Spirit; that Mr. Fer- guson thinks he knows so well, and: says is so unwell, what is it? Who can define, or describe it? Its ac- quaintance is not easily made, it ab - Imre familiarity, it is infinitely sensi- tive, and eternally sensible. It is not really aware that it exists. It acts spasmodicaiy, but isalways ready to act. It is usually modest, sometimes fretful, occesionaliy rebellious. It is rather generous than just. It seldom speaks, but when moved to speak, there is ito hesitation in its utterance, no buts, no rhetoric; nothing but a perfect conviction that what it says is true, that what it wants done, must be done; It will tolerate no interefer- ence with its projects; it will suffer no dictation; it will trust nothing but itself, Now, Mr. Ferguson, do you think this British Spirit is going to submit to be doctored by you, bled by you, blasted by you, or even permeated by you? . You are a Big man, but you contemplate embarking upon a mis- sion that is foredoomed to failure. The British Spirit cannot be sub- dued, cannot be set right. It' is al- ready right, perfectly right, all right —the lightest and the mightiest thing in the universe: James G. Webster. Wingham, Ont., Dec. 8th, 1930. F.S. I have just heard Mr. Ferguson soliloquize as follows: 1 studied for a week of two the Brit- ish constitution, Parliament, Its i arils it met itsCourts is of Law,. its every institution; I found also that none of these had any sure foundation, Most everything I saw in fact awak- ened execration. I studied, too, the natives who were out to take an airing, Regarding thein most carefully to see how they were faring A few were rich and well attired, and scented both gay and cheerful, While many were but poorly dressed, and looked quite sad and tearful And many pulses did I feet whose beat was not assuring, At many tongues I took a peep and they were not alluring; I placed my ear on ineey chests and dismal music sounded, The apparatus there inside was inse- curely grounded. Most cheeks were haggard, pale and and drawn, and lips were blood- less too, Andof the teeth fixed in the jaw, they numbered very few; The muscles of the arms, and legs were soft and sleek and flabby, And the hair upon most skull caps was remarkably crabby. I led old Thomas to believe there wasn't much the matter, Though I really had expected to have; found the natives fatter, For I've heard huge drafts of ale they drank of Bass's tempting bottle And I thought they ate enormous chunks of good old roast beef too. I'm going back ro Britain as Commis- sioner, know, < i , y )1 And I intend to show them just how to run their show, I know just what they're suffering from, death, duties and the dole And I'm going to help cap these things off at the next election pole. So III 'iack my :1' I harinacotheo-,rwtth my own compounded pills That I have made designedly to cure all British ills, And wliert these have been swallowed to gei. Britain's lasting . pride She'll be able to march onward with a real Canadian stride. J. G, Webster. AGRICULTURE AND HOME ECONOMICS The Ontario Department of Agri- culture conducts each year, a month's ccnrse in Agriculture and Home Ec-: onornics in each County ha the Pro- vince. Over 2,000 young men and worreen attended ,Short Courses of this rat- ese in Huron County, These courses are held in a different district each year and, as the County is a large courses only, conies about once in 8 years. The classes this year are to be conducted in Gerrie, January 6th to ranttary 30th, 1931. Every 'young matt and young woman in the district should plan to attend this course. All phases of general Agriculture and of Hoene Economics will be dealt with and a number of special lecturers will be featured. Watch for an advertise - men, t ofthe Course wliicli' will appear Litt further issues of this paper, For information regarding the Course apply to the Ontario Depart- ment of Agriculture„ Clinton, Ont. Ol111ETEII BEGOxtxeS. r'oetxnatn Walked at» iapoe• Equal to. Nine Journeys Bound Oho 'Earth. A. ,postuiau preset)tu °Montitii;ures showing that la the coulee o1 his korty-tw o-} oar career be walked a dieta.ctee ognal to nine joeriteye round. the eurth. But the liou.aewate, zhe. waitress, the outs eouductur, the doc- tor ane /natty auutuer persue wilt) doeta nut, ",•en) to move tar from one spot take au i t,atity, an a m.oni,5'hini," einotini et' • enreise. 1esuo.tn; 1 ,t.myid have shown Heil. tt \qe ,vi.Y4 a lmeertud and two ehiider'n, liviz)t ha a t'tvo-storey house with a garden attavuetl, and going het uwu housework, wataed about ,u1ty miles in the course of a week, In another case tested by pe- dometer, a girl dancer az a theatre, who has pieuty to do on the stage, found that her work entailed fewer seeps than that of a housewife who bad no children to look after. School- boys and girls have been found to walk. .more than seventy miles a week, in the course of thein innings hither and thither. A London bus conductor nas a very strenuous day'; physical labor. Yn addition to walking about thirty miles in thecourse of lila week's work, he has been found to climb every day the equivalent of nearly two-thirds of the height of .aaount Snowdon. A golf professional dis- covered that he had walked a little over 110 miles in the course of giv- ing fifty-four ordinary lessons to. be- ginners on the links, WORLD -RENTERS. Surprising Number of Records field by Europe. Near Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire, England, is a dam which is the big- gest in Europe. Begun nine years ago by the Bradford Corporation, it is now practically complete. Its put - pose is. to trap the waters of the Ni•;t.d and 'form a lake which will supply an area of 120 square miles with. water. While this dam se:s up a Euro- pean record, it isn't a world-beater. A surprising number of word records, however, are held by Europe. England, for instance, can boast the world'sbiggest city. Belgium has the most complete railway system. There are more miles of railway line in proportion to area in Belgium than anywhere else in the world. France boasts of 'possessing the world's largest wireless station, at St. Assise; its most powerful searchlight at Mont Valerian, ou:side Paris; and its biggest airport, at Le Bourget. But Denmark has the most amaz- ing record of all. Forty-seven out of. every hundred Danish families have wireless sets. ' Even 'America can't beat that—in the, States the propor- tion is only. forty-three. So the Danes can claim to be the world's champion wireless enthusiasts. LISTEN, .MEN! Bare Copy of Gaelic Proclamation Seen at Exhibitor. The Highland Exhibition, illustra- tive of olden times and life in the Highlands, recently held in Inver- ness, Scotland, attracted many hun- dreds of visitors. There was among the many "relies" of the '45 a rare copy of a Gaelic proclamation per- mitting the use of the Highland dress after it was banned. The proclamation was sent by Rev. R. L. Ritchie, Creich, Sutherland, and the Gaelic spelling is in parts phonetic. The English, translation is as follows: "Listen, men! This, is bringing be- fore all the sons of the Gael that the King and Parliament.of Britain have for ever abolished the Act against• the Highland dress that came down to the clans from the beginning of the world to the year 1746. This must bring great joy to every High- land heart. You are no longer bound' to the ':unmanly dress, of . the Low- lander. This is declaring to eve) y man, young and old, gentles and com- mons, that they may after this put on and wear the trews, the little kilt,. the doublet,the small laid, along with the tartan plaid, kilt, without fear of law of the land or the jealousy of eneuttes." THE CRAB, 8.rts Bevan Known to Travel. Hundred Miles: The Fishery Board of Scotland hes_ been investigating the old problem of °why girls leave home"—the "girls" in this case being female crabs. It has been proved that they do leave home. Crabs have been caught, a distinguishing mark has been plac- ed on them, and they have then been replaced in the sea. Later on they have been recaptured many miles from their original district. Tho eur- ions thing about theirwanderings wanediingsis that the lady crabs always seem to travel in a northerly direction. Trips of fifty, seventy, and even a hundred miles have been made by crabs. In one case a crab' captured near Banff was recognized by means of its Fishery Board mark as one that had been replaced in the sea, four years before, between Arbroath and Montrose. It had travelled about 100 miles in the interval. Investiga:ions into these crab crawls are continuing, and it is hoped that they will be extended to other areas. The Production of salt. The production of salt in Canada for 1929 was 330,264 tons, having a value of $1,578,086 as compared with the previous year's produetion of 299,445 tons valued at• $1,495,- 971. Salt, either in natural brine or in beds of rook salt, is found itt every province of Canada; comtnerei'a',l pro- duction is confined to Ontario and Nova Scotia, Oil In Alberni. - The meduction of oil. in Alberta during 19.29 was 992,000 barrels val- ued et $3,416,620, as ageinst.4$$,- 047 barrels valued at $1,764,172 in 1928, ) . Allitlion-i)ollar Blinding. A million -dollar building is to be erected 10 hoose the oinees of the *'o- ionto ''ktedro Electric Covenant • CLEARING OUT OUR STOCK OF :-: PERSONAL H.GREETJNG CARDS In order to clear out our stock of Christmas Cards we are offering our 'ent'ire stock at the ridiculous price of 75c per Dozen With your name neatly printed on each card They will be snapped up quick at this price, so come in and order yoourat � S once. T E NCEni TIMES FAVOIiITEIHYM NS The Advent of our Ring Our prayers must now employ, And we must 'hymns .of welcome sing In strains of holy joy. • The Everlasting Son Incarnate deigns to be; Himself a servant's form puts on, To set His servants free. Daughter of Sion, wise To meet thy lowly hing; Nor let 'tliy faithless heart . despise The peace He comes to bring, As Judge, on clouds of light, He soon will come again, And His true members all unite With Him in Heaven to reign. Before the dawning day Let sin's dark deeds be gone; The old man all be put away, . The new man all put on. All glory to the. Son, Who conies to set es free, With Father, Spirit, ever One Through all eternity. We owe the original of this hymn to a notable French ecclesiastic who strangely bore the. English sounding name of Charles Coffin: He lived from 1676 to1 49 7 th • i ' at is post -re- formation , P formation days and was educated for the Roman Catholic ministry into which he was ordained. After serv- ing for a time in pastoral as well as scholastic work, he became in his 37th year successor to the well know his- torian Rollin as Principal of the col- lege at Beauvais, 'which is not ver`' y far away from the scene of the catas- tt ophe which befell the airship R-101 and its ill-fated passengers. Six years later his talents and learn- ing led to his being appointed Rec- tor of the University of Paris, per- haps the most important position from a theological point of view in the whole of France. It may be re- membered that when there were no less than three contending Popes of Rome, the appeal for final judgment in the case of Joan of Arc was made to this famous University. And it was the decision of thee University of Paris which led to the barbarous ex- ecution of the Maid on the charge of witchcraft. That was, of course, many years before the appointment of the. Rev. Dr. Charles Coffin to the first position in that institution, 'which is. still one of the glories' of France. From his earliest days Dr. Coffin had been a writer of hymns and verse in the rather debased Latin of his period. It would appear, although he advanced no claim to any such de- sign, that he was inclined to be slight- ly dissatisfied with the monkish Lat- inity then in use, acid hada desire to bring back the old Latin of the best classical. periods to the service of the church. The careful classical student may discover traces of this desire and ofhis, learned discrimina- tion in many of his writings, In 1727 he publsh'td a volume of his poems and in .1736 most of his hymns appeared in that year's edition of the Paris Breviary or Prayer Book. Later in that year appeared his "Sa- credmns Hy by Charles Coffin," in Latin. In the preface to this collec- tion he modestly claims no especial poetic ability but that he prints them for whateverspiritual value they may be found to possess, derived fromthe pure fount of Holy : Scripture and from what he haslearned of the tea- ching and usage of the Church There are a hundred hymns in the boolc many of which have been trans- lated into English and found place in our hymnals. For instance:—"Happy are they, they that love God," "As, now the sun's declining rays," "On Jordan's banks the 'Baptist's cry," and our hymn printed herewith, are all well known to churchgoers. "The Advent of our King" is alter- ed from the translation of Coffin's hymn "for Sundays and ferial (ordin- ary) days," in. Advent, the first line of which was "Instantis adventum Dei," and was as literally as possible put into English as "The Advent of our God," by the Rev. John Chand- ler, a very successful translator of Latin Hymns. He was born at Gol- claiming Surrey, Eng., the son of the Rector of that place in 1806, educated at. Oxford and ordained to the sacred ministry in 1831. Of his translations of hymns, some forty or fifty are in common use, He was more anxious that his hymns should be useful than that they should be very literal trans- lations. Most of them have been al- tered by hymnal compilers. Espec - ially is this the case in the cases of those of his used by the editors of "Hymns Ancient and Modern." . But as these alterations have tended to make the :hymns more popular, we need not perhaps complain about them. Matrimony's most dangerous per- iod is about the twenty-fifth year, ,ac- cording to one German expert, who add that many of these belated roar eiage tragedies occur because hus- band or wife is too devoted to the Itchildren and neglects the other part- ner. Daily. Make Money Easier. Men Wanted._Quick, sture way to become EXPERTAuto Me- ehanic, Welder, Electrician, Brick- layer or Draftsman. 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