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Winghara Advance -Times
Wingham, Ontario.
Wellington Mutual Fire
Insurance Co.
Established 1840
Risks taken on all class of insur-
ance at reasonable rates.
,Head Office, Guelph, Ont.
ABNER COSENS, Agent, Winghatn
J. W. DODD
11 wo doors south of Field's Buttner
shop.
SIRE, LIFE, ACCIDENT AND
HEALTH INSURANCE
AND REAL ESTATE
V. U. Box 366 Phone 46
1W1NGHAM, ONTARIO
J. W. BUSHFIELD
Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, Etc.
Money to Loan
Office—Meyer Block, Wingham
Successor to Dudley Holmes
R. S. HETHERINGTON
ARRISTER And SOLICITOR
Office: Morton Block.
Telephone 3W.
J. H. CRAWFORD
Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, Etc.
Successor to R. Vanstone
Ontario
,.•••
DR. G. H. ROSS
DENTIST
Office Over Isard's Store
H. W. COLBORNE, MD.
Physician and Surgeon
Medical Representative D. S. C. R.
Successor to Dr. W. R. Hambly
Phone 54 Wingham
DR. ROBT. C. REDMOND
M.R.C.S. (ENG.) L.R.C.P. (Lond.)
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
DR. G. W. H OW S O N
DENTIST
!Office over John Galbraith's Store.
F. A. PARKER
OSTEOPATH
All Diseases Treated
Dffice adjoining residence next vo
nglican Church on Centre Street.
Sundays by appointment.
Osteopathy Electricity
Phone 272. Hours, 9 a.m, to 8 D.M.
A. R. & F. E. DUVAL
Licensed Diugies;, Practitioners
•Chiropractic and Electro Therapy.
Graduates of Canadian Chiropractic
College, Toronto, and National Col-
lege, Chicago,
Out of town and night calls res-
ponded to. All business confidential.
Phone 300.
Licensed Drugless Practitioner
CHIROPRACTIC - DRUGLESS
THERAPY - RADIONIC
EQUIPMENT
Hours by Appointment.
Phone 191.
J. ALVIN FOX
Wingham.
1 D. McEWEN
LICENSED AUCTIONEER
Phone 602r14,
Sales of Farm. Stock and Imple-
znents, Real Estate, etc., conducted
with satisfaction and at moderate
charges,
THOMAS FELLS
AUCTIONEER '
REAL ESTATE SOLD
i�► thorough knowledge of Farm Stock
Phone '231, Wingham
RICHARD B, JACKSON
AUCTIONEER
Phone 613r6, Wroxeter, or address
Rr R. 1, Gerrie, Sales conducted any -
*here, and satisfaction guaranteed.
DR. A. W. IRWIN
=MIST --- X-1AY
Office, WicDonald Block, Witighat'n,
A. J WALKER
URNITURE AND 1?UNERAL
SERVICE
A., W'ALIt;R
ed Funeral Director and'
Embalmer.
Office Phone 106, Ides, Phone t1,4.
atest ;t..intiousirte Pttt.eral Coach.
TH
WING -SAM ADVANCE-TIM.;;s
SYNOPSIS
Johnny Breen, 16 years old, who
had spent all of his life aboard a
Hudson river tugboat plying near
New York, is tossed into the river
in a terrific collision which sinks the
tug, drowns his mother and the man
he called father. Ignorant, unschool-
ed ,and fear driven, he drags himself
ashore, hides in the friendly dark-
ness of a huge covered truck -only
to be kicked out at dawn—and into
the midst of a tough gang of river
rat boys who beat and chase him.
He escapes and, exhausted, tumbles
into a basement doorway where he
hides. The next day he is rescued
and taken into the home of a Jew-
ish family living in the rear of their
second-hand clothing store. He
works in the sweatshop store—and is
openly courted by Becka—the young
daughter.... The scene shifts to
the home of the wealthy Van Horns
—on 5th Avenue, where lives the
bachelor — Gilbert Van Horn — in
whose life there is a hidden chapter.
That chapter was an affair with his
mother's maid, who left the house
when he was accused.
The lives of Johnny Breen and
Gilbert Van Horn first cross when
Van Horn sees Breen win his first
important ring battle.
Pug Malone, fight trainer, rescues
young Breen from a crooked manag-
er, takes him in hand, finds Breen
cannot read and starts him to night
school.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
FELIX P1E SgNB[P6
"Millions of thens," she smiled, changes over the face of the,, grow
"only much nicer than this." ing city.
John knew the quiet -voiced woman "Judge Kelly says they'll stand for
was a liar. For the rest of the visit anythin' an' they'll pay—pay well
he sat mute and ill at ease, and then The McManus looked yellow and
his friend took him to the square flabby in conhrast with the trainer.
and walked with him as far as Four- "If you work them guys rough. they
teenth Street. John Breen headed will fall for you," and then looking
back to the Bowery more bewildered up at Pug with veined bloodshot
than ever. eyes; he spoke vehemently. "Kick
'ern, beat 'ern up, sweat the liver
out of 'em, Judge Kelly's watched
you, Pug, you got to turn tha trick
three .at a time. If you set 'ern up
right it means a big thing for you,
a. damn big thing, I should say."
"What joint did you say it was?"
"Greenbough Farm, a fancy place,
I guess, up in Westchester. Felly
owns it: got it handed to him, or
somethin'."
"1,11 need Breen," Malone spoke
as if to himself.
"Take him. Him an' his books. No
use fightin' that kid no more—he's a
dead pan; a bust. Ain't he, Hannon?"
"Yes, sir, yes, sir," the immacul-
ate Hannon chimed in as Malone
left the room. The McManus smiled
genially.
"That fixes Kelly on that," he
grunted. "And I'll put Patsy in
charge of the corner.' '
Greenbough Farm consisted of a
John Breen had lost his interest in
fighting, in the greater thrill of the
fight for that unknown prize, the as-
tonishments always lying just ahead
He was spurred on by curiosity, and
not by ambition. He was the prim-
itive climbing to the top of a mount-
ain, not for food or treasure, but for
a better view, Honor and prizes, and
prosperity, Pug Malone kept point-
ing out to John, lay behind the
direction he attempted. In several
clandestine boats, John Breen only
held his own, in one, with the Phil-
adelphia scrapper, Jerry Wilke, he
almost lost until, at the very ragged
edge of his downfall, Pug pleaded
with him, cried to him, implored
him, literally throwing the handlers
from the ring, talking and arguing
with John who sat sullen and preoc-
cupied.
The bell sounded and John. Breen,
a sudden Iight in his eyes, his face
battered, stepped' into the centre of fair acreage of rocky uneven land
the ring and knocked Wilke cold upon which 'a roomy comfortable
with a single perfect blow to the old house was sinking into gradual
jaw. A tremendous howl of approval decals
greeted him; admirers tried to carry Carp.enters from the city, working
him from the ring. under direction of Pug Malone, con -
"Leave him alone," Pug cautioned. verted the 'barn into a practical gym -
"That kid was thinkin' of something' nasium, A farmer and his wife and r
son were engaged to run the place,
milk the cows, tend. the garden, and
the chickens, and cook the meals.
The farmhouse itself was given a
thorough cleaning. The wall paper
w.as stripped from the place, the
plaster sized and coated with wash-
able tint. Floors were painted, and
bed rooms were prepared on a mod -
other;
Two weeks after' the arrival of the
trio the bags with their elaborate
provision for comfort, their toilet
sets, silk, pajamas and fancy knick-
ers, the country toggery of city folk,
were again on the verandah. The
three men, strangely •saber, tdugh
and clear-eyed, marched up, took
their traps down to the waiting
buckboard and then, of a sudden,
they rushed back yelling like Indians,
They grabbed the trainer, Hoisted
him on their shoulders, carried him
down the feild and tossed him on a
hay stack.
"Boys, your better'n I expected,"
Pug shouted, waving at them as they
ran for the buckboard, calling "good
by" to John,Brcen and Pug, while
the grin on the apron waiving from
the kitchen doorway, and the ex-
pansive face of the driver, told of
extraordinary largess by the depart-
ing guests,
Pug Malone became sole owner of
the farm, for Judge Kelly, impulsive
and liberal, sounded'. the full meas-
ure of his worth, and besides ad-
vertising it, he made easy terms for,
the trainer, Van Horn became a fre-
quent visitor, and brought many
his friends; he seemed even more h
terested in. John Breen than .in th
farm. E. K. Southerland said nothin
but sent Malone a check that almo
took his breath away.
John was approaching twenty. H
was an indefatigable reader, hi
room, on the top floor of Green
bough, was littered with books, an
while the rigid rules turned o
lights at nine, John's blazed far int
the night as he continued his e
plorations.
While John was making haphazar
progress in learning the great city t
the south, the city that loomed up o
clear days and glowed with a col
of
e
g
st
e
s
d
ut
o.
a
d
0
n
d
aura of light on sharp winter nights,
added another million to the tally of
its inhabitants.
Van Horn, in his own way a lover
of the city, took John Breen on long
ides through the width of tlie. met-
ropolis in his 'new high-powered rac-
ng car, a second French machine
that sped over the poor roads with
a soft purr of chains clicking in giant
sprockets.
What was this damn thing, the
city? Van Horn, in arguments at
Greenbough, with men such as Ran-
toul, the engineer, attempted to fath-
om its meaning. His ancestors had
predicted great things for it, and
heir faith had been rewarded, but
heir dreams were already far be-
hind the actuality that was the city
in the year 1905.
"It's simply a natural coming to-
ether for cheaper warmth and shelt-
nd food. It's a result of specialize-
on in industry made possible by
rogress in the mechanical arts,"
antouI Iooked upon the city as'jttst
eginning.
As he burrowed and grubbed and when he hit Jerry, or he never would
collected and stored the kernels of of pulled that punch."
fact, he visioned a greater, vaster "What was you dreamin' about,
thing than all of the astonishments John, when you soaked that Quaker?
of the surrounding city. Malone asked as they prepared for
m getting tired of . this teeining, sei.d Jahn,
•tt . .1. ,
"the fight game is El
el of Spartan simplicity. Canvas cots
and stools without backs, were plac-
ed near the windows and a small rag
rug was added by way of luxury.
Three pegs were driven in the doors
for the hanging up of clothes, and
all closets were locked and nailed.
There was no lights, n:o mirrors, no
shelves, no pictures. There was ab -
g
a
ti
P
solutely nothing to distract from the b
business of sleeping, for which the
rooms were designed.
Pug also fitted the windows with
cleats which prevented them from
closing by a foot at the top and bot-
tom, and of course there were no
shades.
" There's nothin' de luxe about
this place," Pug remarked to John
when the work had been completed,
a labor in which both John and the
trainer shared with enthusiasm. The ai
"This building will never stop,"
Herkimer Pratt, the auctioneer, in
sisted. "Ten years, twenty, thirty,
fifty, a thousand years. It will keep
right on until—until--"
"Until what?' asked Van Horn.
"Well, I guess it will • continue
until all the people of the world are
assembled in cities:" His vision was
of a world cut up in city lots.
John Breen, listening, reading, and
)praising, sensed the immensity of
the city.
John Breen had come up through
the difficult period of Life with a
rush. His childhood held on into
manhood, and his sudden crash from
the shell of circumstance found him
emerging into a world of delirious
earnestenss. John was twenty-two,
and as he strode beside the rather
tall figure of Gilbert Van Horn, on
one of their long walks, in early.
September, a casual observer might
have pronounced them father. and
son. Gilbert Van Horn and John
lar een had become friends, close, yet,
miles and miles apart.
They talked as they had Tong talk. -
ed, on many subjects, Van Horn's in.
terest in the prize ring and John's
ability and knowledge gave them a
common: topic. The fights, many of
which they saw together, had long
green country was a refreshment to
Hubert Malcolm, his teacher, met bed. John Breen, In those breef mo -
John one Saturday afternoon, quite "I was knocking the whole prize ments, before he dropped of to slum -
by accident. They were in Union fight game in the eye. I'm through, ber, he seemed to see a fading city,
Square. "John, I live over this way; Pug." John smiled sadly. a vast
cetne in and have tea. Mrs. Malcolm "pile andf tenements flashing
I guess you're right,"Malone with lights 'the jumbled voices
will be happy to see you. I've been agreed, "That crack was too goodto and cries of millions, els' if he had
telling her of your progress." be true. Hell, wish I knew what to alighted in the midst of it suddenly,
It was a flat, so clean and fresh, do with your as he had, and as if he were then
so simple and pure. John dropped "I'll leave." John stood 'looking standing on the rear platform ofa
spoons, blushed, stammered. Enid out of the window, train, whirling him away. The quick
14.ialcolnr seemed like an angel in her "Not if I know it!" Pug Jumped rumble of the wheels of his ideas
gieghtun dress, and the baby, tucked upandJohn's lulled him to sleep. '
grasped hand. You
in a crib, curled its pink hands about stick around an' finish that school, And on Saturday Gilbert Van
his fingers. It had never occurred I won't 'fight you any more, can't Horn, Judge Marvin Hart and the
to John that a baby could be so risk it. The next time some low -brow great insurance magnate, E. K,
clean, and could seem so happy. scrapper will trim you good. An' Sontherlarid, came wider the strict
Malcolm smoked a pipe, and John, then where will I be?" regime and spartan simplicity of
like a wild thing, sat tongue-tied. So John Breen contintted to tend Pug Malone'straining farm.
"Are there many places like this?" bar during the day, to work in the Van Horn and Johnny Breen were
he finally asked, his tone harsh. Mrs. Samson Club gym, to live with Mal- thrown together
Malcolm overheard the question, one, Another 8 r and unconsciously,
eachyear drew its veil of became strongly attracted to each
THE
FAMILY
NEXT
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Thursday,
August 18, 1932'
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WHY DELAY?
Hundreds of lives are sacrificed
each year because of inexcusable de-
lay, Loving parents are shockingly
slow in securing for their children
the protection against disease which
is now available.
For one reason or another many
parents delay in this matter. They
act as though their child was diff-
erent from all other children, and as
though he were safe from the germs
of disease to -which other children
fall victim.
Too often parents believe that the
child is safe because he is still, in
their, eyes, just a baby. They will
put off having hien protected for an-
other year, or wait until he starts
school.
Delay of this kind is surprising,
because it simply ignores the fact
that the common communicable dis-
eases do attack with, great frequency
the pre-school child. These diseases
are indeed most damaging and often
fatal in their results amongst these
younger children.
Unfortunately we are as• yet un-
able to protect children against all
the coritmunicable diseases. Fortun-
ately we are able to protect them
against smallpox and diphtheria by
the use of well established methods.
There is no reason why many hun-
dreds of Canadian children should
rilditetvby
M,D. AS$ACiATE SECIlerAFty
V
suffer from the ravages of diphtheria
each year, nor is there any excuse
for the fact that several hundred
lives are lost yearly as a result of
this disease. That such a conditi.en
continues to exist is due to one fac-
tor and one alone: delay on the part
of parents to have their children im-
rnitnized or protected against diph-
theria. Delay means that the child
goes unprotected. No one knows
when or where the child may be at-
tacked by the germs of diphtheria..
An attack means illness; it may
mean permanent damage to his body
or even death.
Diphtheria immunization has been
used extensively. Thousands of
children are no longer in danger of
suffering from an attack of diphther-
ia. They are prepared to deal with
the germs, and. their bodies cannot
be harmed by them.
To those parents who have not yet
secured this protection for their
children we would put the question
"Why delay?" Is it not too great a
risk? Is it fair to leave your child
unprotected, when protection can be
readily and safely secured? There is
no better time than the present to
eliminate the dangers of diphtheria
from your home.
Questions concerning Health, ad-
dressed to the Canadian Medical As-
sociation, 184 College St., Toronto,
will be answered personally by let-
ter.
ceased to be an absorbing interest
with John Breen,
"Gil." He paused for a moment.
The older man was puffing as they
lifted over a rise of ground. "I'm
getting tired of this training game,
and I haven't fought in the ring
since Pug came up here. Fact is I'm
not so sure there is any real fight in
the business Gil, it's a rotten busi-
ness."
"Right, John."
"I've made tip my mind to break
this training, Gil."
"I guessed you would, John."
(Continued Next Week)
SLAT'S DIARY•
By Ross Farquhar
Friday—BIisters is offly sore at
the drug Store keeper down town.
last nite and ast
he went in there
fer a Vinella sody
Water and he
give him a Neck -
ter sody water. he
sed that drug
Store keeper shud
ought to have his
Deploma tuk a
way frurn him.
Saterday— Elsey
give a party tonite
fer are Crotid. I
think she has got
a Lot of Sence be-
cuz lots of girls
give partys on
tither nites frurn Saterday and I
think Saterday nite is the best Becuz
I like to have a bath when I go to
a Party or enny thing,
Sunday ---Ant Emmy give pa a a.
duzen Golf balls today on acct. of it
was her berth Day, She went and
Printed his house nember and St. on
all of them becuz he sed he all ways
had trubblc Addressing the Golf
balls.
11ltutday--Well Jake won't get to
play none envy more fora few wks
becuz he fell outa a apple tree this
morning and broke his collet. Bone
and shun his Shin bone and Blacked
1 eyt and broke out 2 of his Teeth.
all so tore his Pants seriously.
Teusday—Ole Sandy Magee lost
several dollars betting on the nom-
ination at the Convenchi.n and he
wood of camitted Sueside he sed
only they tryed to sticic him fer the
price of the bottle when he tryed
to by sum Clorofoarn. He clamed
lie cuddcnt spare the munny.
Wensday—Jeff Hix stopped over
to see his fokes here yestaday. he
just got out of the Pennate— he
just got out of jail and diddent like
it very mutch he says they diddent
put in enny Labe saveing Devises
sence his last time in jail. they are
very unprogressif.
Thursday --well I spent the last
nickle for sum dog meat for Gil-
lcros dog today. Ma was telling me
Gillems dog went and scratched up
all the Spinage in are Garden so I
thot he disserved a good feed, I did -
dent tell ma about the meat.
GEMS FROM
LIFE'S SCRAP -BOOK
"The greatest attribute of heaven
is mercy."—Beaumont & Fletcher.
* * *
"The quality of mercy is not
strained, Mercy is an attribute to
God Himself."—Shakespeare.
* : *
"The' pardon of divine mercy is
the destruction of error,"—Mary
Baker Eddy.
* *c
"God's, mercy is a holy mercy
which knows how to pardon sin, not
to protect it; it is a sanctuary for
the penitent, not for the ,presumptu-
ous."—Bishop Reynolds.
* * *
"Thou art all mercy to me; grant
that I may be all mercy to my breth-
ren, for Thy, sake, 0 God."—Mat-
thew Arnold.
* *
"If thou hast fear of those who
command thee, spare those who obey
thee," --Rabbi Ben Azai,
* * *
Remember: --Miss Marshall Sean -
dors has spent herr life writing and
teaching mercy to those who are
voiceless—the animals.
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