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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1928-02-16, Page 7Thursday, )Cebx ars, 56th, roa8 vtrxts izA VANCE-TIME Just reduced in r ie r adio Outfit Model "Two -Fifty" with Table Speaker No extras of any kind to buy; po future battery -expense to think about; this radio is complete -all ready to "just plug in -then tune in" when it is delivered to your home. Why deny yourself andyour family the pleasure which a Rogers will give you this Winter and all the rest of the year when you can now get this complete -1928 Rogers Bat- ,teryless Outfit for the same price as an ordinary, reputable, battery-operated set? ' 'You've probably wanted a Rogers—most people do. Get this splendid outfit now while radio programs are at their best. Liberal terms of payment to any responsible family. Wingham. •Utilities Commission TRAFFIC IN OLD MADRID VEHICLES ON BOISLEVAEVS FOL.. LOW DRIVER'S FANCY, Complexities of Spetadsh Lite Which the Government Have Not Smooth, ed Oute-Letter-Aloxes_ Are Attach- ed to Street Oars. Traffic„in Madrid 10 one of the few complexities of Spanish life that the Government of Primo de Rivera lino not undertaken to smooth out, and it is one that to a visitor oeetlta peculiarly in, need of reform. Pedes- trians; street cars, automobiles, vice tortes, ox teams, burros, -mule teams and arrieros go their several ways; and while there are . trefde laws, no- body seems to know them. Along the Paaeo de la Oastellana*. the finest and most popular boule- vard of Madrid, all the city passes. The street cars go down on the left - band side of the streets and up on the right. Victories follow the same general direction, provided they hold to their guiding line, the curbstone. Private cars go up and down in either direction, depending upon, the skill of the chauffeur. Ox teams go down boths ways or, up both ways, their route dependent upon the driv- er's fancy or the mood of the gentle' bovines. . The lumbering carts, when they move at all, usually choose the car track as the line of least resistance., This choice comes often just as a President, Mrs. R. J. Tindall, oar appears, loaded with homeward Secretary, Mrs. A, E. Lloyd. In reply to the above resolution, Work; for the night is coming; Work through the morning hours: Work while the dew is sparkling; Work 'mid springtime flowers; Work while the day grows brighter, Under the glowing sun; Work, for the night is coming; When man's work is done. Work, for the night is coming, Work through the sunny noon; Fill the bright hours, with labour: Rest .comes sure and soon. Give every fying minute Something to,keep in store; Work, .for the night is coming, When mare works no more. Work, for the night is coming;: Under the sunset skies, While the, bright tints are glowing, Work, for the daylight; flies. Work till the last beam fadeth, Fadeth to shine no more; Work, whilethe night is darkening, When man's work .is o'er. pears as Anna Louisa Coghill soon after her work appeared. She was born in ,1836 and died as recently as Igoe. The Reverend Sidney Dyer, on whose behalf several letters have `been recieved. at various times was a Bap- tist minister, born in New York State in 1814, a missionary_ to the Chocktaw Indians, and a pastor in Indianapolis; U. S. A., in' 185e. He was a scholarly writer and several of his books were held in very high esteem by the de- nomination for which they were it - tended. He also wrote at least six- teen hymns, one of them on a subject similar to that ` of "Work, forage night is coming." In Julian's well-known "Dictionary, of Hymnology it retnarks that: though often ascribed to Dyer (this hymn) is really by Miss Anna L. Walker of Canada, who published a volume of poems in 1868 (?1862). S. Dyer in 1854 wrote a hymn for a Sunday School in Indianapolis, and hence the confusion between the two. In 5882 a cento beginning with the same stanza was given in Whiting's (Englsh) Hymns for the, Church Ca- tholic, No. 366. Of this cento st.ai`ezas I, II are by Miss Walleer, and stanzas FEI)EI2AL GOVERNMENT PEALED TO ON RUM RUNNING The following resolution was sent by the W. C. T. U. to the Govern- ment — "Whereas, we believe the Fed9ral Government to be aiding and abeting the smuggling of liquor into the Un- ited States, which is a prohibition country, and into which liquor for be- verage purposes riay not be legally snipped, And whereas, the vessels are con- signed to places they do not touch, and: are allowed to return without clearance papers, And whereas, we believe this done for the revenue derived from illegal shipments of liquor, Therefore be it resolved that we the members of the Wingham W. C. T. U, place on record our disapproval of such rnethods, and furthermore be it resolved that we ask our Govern- ment to demand the same declaration regarding liquor cargoes exported, al- so place of shipment, as would be ne- cessaryin the case of any other cargo, and that the clearance papers on 11- quor cargoes be properly signed by customs • officials at port of entry. Signed onbehalf of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. AP - bound passengers. Under these cir- cumstances it takes all the motor- man's diplomacy, plus a bit of spicy Spanish, to persuade the ox -driver (who le frequently more obdurate than his beasts): to swerve off ' from the tram trail. There are no blue -coated cops holding up the four corners o! a street. In the first place, the sun would prevent them from having a daytime job, In the second:. place, their absence dispenses—with .an .un- usual problem. Strange to say, this involves the matter of mailing a let- ter in Madrid. No street letter -boxes are in evi- dence, nor do there seem to be any post office branches, though the city boasts of nearly a million people. f"ost-boxes there are, to; be sure, but they are coyly attached to the front ends of the street cars, something after the fashion of the blind man's money can. To mall a letter there- fore means getting a car stopped long enough to deposit it. That you may have your foot amputatedor even be decapitated is lost sight of in your hasty attempt to get your letter in that box. Now, here is the problem, Were there traffic cops and signals, what Would a motorman do when the sign flashes "Go” at the very moment when a person is mailing a letter Should the motorman fail to obey the a1 at once he would run the This practical workaday little hymn 'was written by Anita Louisa Walker,' .a lady of British birth, a member of the Church of England, then residing in Montreal, That definite statement is necessary because of objections that have been ',coming in from vajious sources during the past few years to the course pur- sued by the writer of these articles in not a,gvreeing to contradict a srn'tilar claim ":made for. Anna L. Walker in a previous notice of this hymn, There lies before the writer at this ino.uicnt a red, stamped cloth covered little volume of poems .entitled "Leav es front the Backwoods,',' published in 1862 by . John Lovell, a well-known publishing House still invigorous ex- istence in which "Work for the night is, conning" appears as printed above, sign risk of being tined. Yet, if he did obey' he would mow down a citizen. Lifting the lids of some boxes re- quires time - and patience. A third problem harassing the visitor arises from the fact that if a pedestrian and an auto collide it is supposed to be the former's fault, regardless- of evidence. This is in accordance with city ordinances, Consequently, the driver sues the pe- destrrian----that is, if the latter to still alive. In the event that hs: is killed 'it might be possible for the motorist to sue his estate, •though no such cue is recorded. Obviously, it be- hooves a mere humble stranger in Madrid to give all autoists a .wide berth. The safest thing is to drive "his own car and look out for himself. What makes the traffic seem doubly complex is the awkwardness in using the various means of travel. When patronizing a street car one finds it extremely difficult to get out at the desired destination — un- less, that is, one knows the magic signal for alighting. There are no bells to ring. One mustbe prepared therefore to give the universal "Pst!" which in Spain, means any- thing but scr,ring a cat.. Upon hear- ing this unique signal the motorman automatically stops his 'car. The traveller may then alight much more promptly than if he had recalled the polite requests learned in College Spanish. A lady, however, should indicate by a look or gesture that she is nearing her destination, whereupon some gentleman cour- IIf, IV by Diss Whiting, daughter of 'teousl'y pronounces the syllable for the editor of that collection,"—this her. last paragraph will serve to clear the which is conducive to blocking traf- niinds of some of our British corres- pondents. Ira D. Sankey in the large editions, colored .paper is handed to him. in partsl and II of. his Sacred Songs and the event that the conductor forgets Solos ascribed the hymn plainly to you have paid, you must show the Rev, S. Dyer, which no doubt great- elusive bit of paper, - ly assisted in the spend of the mis More Wireless li'izardr`. take, As we have it now the hymn is Already the speed at which sues-,- wholly the work of the Canadian lady. sages are transmitted across space Hymnal compilers having chopped off seems phenomenal. Now, however, the first word (night) of the last line the Radio Corporation of America ofeach verse, announoo that they have discovered a . metho:d of transmitting messages the following replies have been re- ceived i— Ottawa,. January 3o, 1g28. Mrs. A. E. Lloyd, Secretary W. C. T. U., Wingham, Ontario. Dear„Madam, I am directed by the Prime -Minis- ter to acknowledge your tomtnunica- tion to hand this morning, urging that steps be '.taken to control the move- ment of liquor from Canada to the United States. Mr. King asks me to assure you that he will take an early opportunity of discussing this matter with his col- leagues. Yours faithfully,, Harry'. Baldwin, Secretary. Ottawa, Jan. 3oth, 5928 Mrs. A. E. Lloyd, -e Sec'y W. C. T. U., Wingham, Ont. Dear Mrs. Lloyd. ! T jusf received your resolution and, as you know, I, am heartily in accord with it. It is right along the lines which I have pointed :out to our own people for the last ten years. It has been the ship -loads that were sup- posed to go to Cuba, etc., that went down the lake a few miles where un- loaded on to trucks and then sold out by the bottle; which made the O. T. A. ineffective. I shall record my vote whenever the opportunity arises, in accordance with your resolution, and am prepared at all times to go much further. Assuring you that I stand now where I stood during my election campaign, and hopingto hear from you at any time, I remain, Sincerely yours, George Spotton. Another little item, ignorance of flc, should be remembered. When a passenger pays his car ,fare a receipt in the form of a tiny piece of excepting that, with at: eye to correct Mr. Sankey when that'cdition of the plrotograplrically ten ti:ues • faster sellable quantity, the last line of each Moody andSankey Hymnbook, kip- than by present methods. The now verse reads: peered was not aware of the fact that its tune Diligence Was written for it by theb est known of all U S. S. l iynne method takes the form of a high-- speed "beam" system, and If the tests "Night, when man works no more." continue successfully the 'dot-and- oi' `";Night when works no more," or dash signals of the wireless code will • tvlio Favi: he replaced. only does • the now system' in- crease' c y. crease .the speed of messages, but complete secrecy is assured, A speed of two hundred and fifty wards a Minato will probably be attained. "Night w a.'' work 'i:s o'er,".:tune, winters, Lowell Mason, Nialit when mates published b us the best known' tunuto ""Nearer '.Chis book was the work, Y to Tltee " "Voice: I)ivirit*;" sub, cri itior—the list of subscribers nty. God , S t 1 )f it --of ""Iloy151:0ri," "Hain," "1\11"10111 - Annie appearing nnie iin full at the eat c +."":l+ront Greenland's icy InPull- Astnie L. Walker, There ;can bo no. Ilyui:y' many another ' o filar 1 1 f doubt a• to the propriety 'tains, azul r ,t y e p s far ow o c ou s 'sacred tnclorly, raiz' aldraund Graese's Opinion. of ascribing the li'rne to her, Modern young women are a great ' the ems in the book are;; ;Miss Walker's hymn is especially Many of, ware, altltouih they are apt to be a sacred character, thou h there nations, and fairly, on its merits, made rather too boisterous. That is the are of s a•1 majority of opinion of Sir ledmund Gosse, the are hymns Christmas, New Year's its way into probably the m a y now in his seventy - y, famous writer, Da fax 1;, i harpy and for Evening' hymnals in the language, though t .v, n n g inen's orgam- ninth edva.nee on what their 'gsandmiithers of a fairly -high poetic standard, not all popular with working e s 6 in it, Miss Walker appears to have marr- ied a Mr. Coghill, since her name ap- tot ntntlt year. On the ether hand, he •finds that our young men are "very gentle and gracious." inlcticicd to be a hymn, and having no direct mention of the Christian car• clidal 'doctrines. Leads the World in Motor Car Valuer Effec B. J. Balham Dealer Wingh..,R ]tel,:Ontario LANES The mumps are the order of the day around here. A few from here attended the play held in the Parish Hall, Dungannon, last Friday, "Poor Father", was put on by the Zion people. We are sorry to report Mrs. A. Cameron is still confined to her bed. Miss Lizzie .Purvis who is assisting Mrs. Cameron in her household duties visited Wilson Irwin's last Friday. Mr. Spence Irwin spent the week- end at Auburn. Born—To Mr, and Mrs. Leslie Rit- chie, a son, congratulations. Mrs. Ritchie was formerly from here. ADDRESS AND PRESENTATION An event of interest took place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hill, during the weekly programme of the Glee Club, when ,ivlr. and Mrs. Wm. McKenzie were presented with two leather chairs. The presentation was made by Mrs. Fuller and Mrs. Copeland while Mr. Frank Self read the following address:— To Mr. and Mrs. Wm. McKenzie: We, a few of your friends and club members have gathered here tonight, Calgary. Two commercial air- plane transport projects are being developed in Calgary. One calls for the use of airplanes carrying twelve persons each, to be used prin- cipally for passenger, freight and mail traffic between Calgary and Edmonton; the other calls for lighter machines, two or three passengers, for Calgary -Edmonton and mountain flight; purposes. , A11 the way from Camxose, Alta., to Glasgow, Scotland, unaccompan- led, a distance of approximately 5,000 miles is the record of Donald James. Campbell; nine years of age. He took e All -Red route of the C.P.R. across the Dominion to Saint John, where he embarked on the liner M:antelere bound :f or Glasgow. Ile is visiting his aunt, who lives in Busby, Glasgow. All previous records in connection with the westbound movement of gj'ain to Vancouver over Canadian Pacific Railway lines were broken during the first two weeks in Jan- uary, according to E. Cotterell, sup- erintendent of transportation, west- ern lines of the company. Deliver- ies at Vancouver by ,the :Canadian Pt'r..fie during the fortnight in goes- iinn totalled appreeimately 22,500,- O00 bushels of grain, Calgary.—Farm landvalues in Scathe n Alberta are tending to be- come :i it m u the result of the series of good crops, and more inquiries for firm aerenrce have been received. in the last fete mouths, according to rat estate men, than in any similar period in the past five or Six years. Farms offered for sale last ' spring at `fife per were .and bringing no of- f- ts nee selling now for frons $20 to $25 per acre. The deni,anil for farms both for purchase, and rental is de- eidedly strong. i= regio nitloih of the fine work In b'5i officers of the Canadian Pacific Railway anti the Canadian National during 4110 last summer tour of the. second triennial Empire Mining ami Metallurgical Congress, presenta- tions of gold and enamel cuff links were made re mitly, to fifteen emn- eiovea9 of both companies, at a (lamer held, in Montreal. E. W. l'e.,.tt.t-y, president of the C.P.I'.., and Sir henry "I'hernton of the C,N.R,, wore both present., not only to continue our club pro gramme, but also to extend to you our heartiest congratulations and best wishes • that your future lives may be most prosperous and most happy. As for Mr. McKenzie, you have for some time been a faithful member of our club, and now that your estim- able wife is now a member, we feel it a pleasure to ask you to accept these chairs as a small token of the esteem, in which you are held by its members - Mr. McKenzie made a suitable re- ply, thanking them for the kindness shown, after which the evening's a- musements were continued. WINTER WONDERS OF NIAGARA o-Tgok s3it % „'B f 1F duJ.d.N� / .3R 's k arc 1 The wonders of Niagara Falls which have for years attracted sightseers from all• :parts of the world, are even more striking when the 'frosts of winter have played their par. f in beautifying this mag- nificent 1li(Cta":le. The Falls,are coated with ice in peculiar forma- tions and are, perhaps,, even more attractive than during the summer months when the water runs freely over their brink. So great has been the interest in the winter appearance of Niagata that a series "rt excursions have leen arranged by the Canadian National Railways from American points such as Chicago, Detroit and intermediate cities. Special trains are being operated from: Chicago, South Bend, BattlttCreek, Lansing, Flint, Detroit and other points. It is anticipated that be- cause of the facilities provided,. thousands of tourists will make the journey to view the Falls in Winter. A. B. Chown, General Passenger Agent of the System at Chicago, states that enquiries froni prospec- tive visitors are pouring in from all directions.