HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1928-11-29, Page 5TheirsIaY, November 29th, 1928
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Mrs. Alex, Mowbray and daughter.
spent a feint days last week with'
friends at 13'reeefield,'
Mrs, James Kirton spent Friday at
the home of' live sister Mrs. Joseph
A'Ir, and Mrs. RogeieOke spent part
of fist week in Toronto- attending the
Winters- Fair:
The friends of Mr. 'Moines Hadd-
ow will be glad to learn. he is able
to be up •;anti alined 'again, :
Mr. and 'Mrs: , OliverC)liver Pocock and
, daughter, Mr. Norval .1?ocock, Miss
Elsie Osbaldestott of Holmesville,
spent Sunday at the home of the for.
mer's sister, Mr. and Mrs.. Leonard
I lliott,
Mr. and Mrs. Art. Fields and son;
Billy, of Wingham, spent Sunday. at
the Morrie of the latter's parents, Me,
and Mrs. Joseph Breckenridge,
Miss Cora Gannett of Wingharii
. spent Sunday at the home of her par
ents, -Mr, and Mrs. George Gannett.
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Falconer spent
Sunday at the'home of Mr. and Mrs.'
Gordon Mackay.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Proctor of
Beigrave were Sunday visitors at the
lronte of Mr, add Mrs. Joe Curtis,
Miss Viola Mather spent Sunday
at the home of her father Mr. Thom-
as Methers.
1111. and Mrs. Milton Smith of Mar-
spent -.Sunday at the home of Mr.
'and Mrs, Rabt. Musgrove.`
Mr, JohnHesser is in Toronto'cthis
week att;endiirg the Winter Fair,
Mr Jetties .Nichol is at present *le
Ling in Toronto at the home of"is
daug t'sr Mrs. Challacombe his
and also
attending the Winter Fair,
A very pleasant evening was spent
at the home of Mr; and 'Mrs, Chris.
Irethenington on ;Wednesday, when a
large number of friends and neigh-
bors gathered: together for a shower
to their youngest daughter, Ifrs. Stan-
ley Gallaher, who was recently mar-
ried. The bride received a 'great
many pretty and useful gifts, show-
ing the 'esteem in Which she is held,
Rev:' Mr. Walden. acted as' chairman
and a good program was. given,' after
which games; etc., were played. 'A.
lunch was served 'and all joined in
wishing Mr.. and Mrs. Gallaher a
long'and happy wedded life.
Miss Pearl Mathers spent a few
days with her sister, Ethel, at Brits-
sels,
Christmas. Gift
Suggestions.
Shoes, Rubbers, Galoshes, Club Bags, Skates,
Hockey Shoes, in fact there are a large number of
articles that can be procured at' this Shoe, store that
make most sensible and appropriate gifts at this
joyous Yule tide:
LEATHER
TOPPED
RUBBERS
FOR BOYS
I,ar-ge or small.
We make these at
our place of busi-
ness from small
size'12 and up.
LEGGINGS JUST LIKE THE
ILLUSTRATION
Make a most appropriate gift for
Boys or 'Men. They are neat, warm
and keep the limbs dry.
'ROMEO SLIPPERS
FOR MEN
Are much appreciat-
ed.: We have 'a nice
range of these at right
prices.
CLUB BAGS ARE A
SENSIBLE GIFT
At the same time
most useful. We have
a good variety of these
at most moderate pri-
ces.
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PERHAPS THE GIFT THAT IS MOST AP-
PRECiATED BY EITHER GIRL OR BOY IS A
SKATES OR SKATES ANDNICE PAIR OF S
SKATING BOOTS
fa TES
OUtinEs• l.gauTeu'a STRONGER
Wecelebrated sell the elebl ated C. C.
M. Skate in several kinds.
Tube skates'vvill be the pop
alar •ki11d for this Se soil,
fact the . C. ' C. M. Co. are
showing more "Tribe" than
any rother.kind.
Next week we will illustrate smother list of goods
that are appropriate ro ria•te ChristmasGifts.
the ishe dine to makeyour selections.
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ADVANCE-TDVIES
ARTESIAN WEL/Ltfe IN LONDON,.
Water In Large l3uildings Tieing
Drawls Up From Malik,
While villages up and down the
country board up, their wells at the
coming of the pipe -lines, London: is
preferring to get its water from the
Cool chalk 500 feet beneath its htisy
streets, says the London Daily Mail.
'JThe time has come, indeed, when
tens of thousands of workers in the
brga'rut, newest buildings in the city
and west end can turn the, tables
on the countryman and say: "The
country life may be all right, but
give me the sparkling well -water of
the city."
In an advertisement describing the
opening of the new building of the
Sun Lite Assurance Company of
Canada. in the heart of London, were
the words:
Drinking water is obtained from
two artesian wells sunk ton depth of
450 feet into chalk, The water is'
of remarkable purity.
Mr. W. Webster, a director of
Messrs, C. Isler & Co. Ltd., artesian
well engineers, said to a reporter:
• "Many artesian wells ' have : been
sunk since the form of supply was
chosen for the new Northcliffe House..
I should estimate that there are now
1,500 in London."
"Laundries, breweries, gas works,
and factories in hundreds are now
getting the large quantities of water
they require from . the huge natural
reservoir which lies under London.
Water boards officialsmay well look
askance at London's new buildings,
for, :fitted with artesian wells as most
of them are, they have to pay no
water rate.
"As large offices have to pay from
£200 to £600, a year in water rate if
they use the public supply — one
business which installed an artesian
well used to pay £4,000 a year, so
that the saving is immense.
"The Bank of England has saved a
£3,000 water rate by getting its water
from a well."
CROWDING OF THE EARTH.
Sir George Knibbs Predicts Restric,
tion of Population.
If the population of the world -con-
tinues to increase at the present rate
of one per cent. a year, it will within
two centuries exceed the maximum
which the earth can support and
feed, says Sir George H. Knibbs.
Sir George is professor of physics
at Sydney University and chief sta-
tistician to the Australian Common-
wealth Government, and he gives his
views in a book, "The Shadow of the
World's Future,"
The present world's population is
about 1,950,000,000. now. If it in-
creased at the rate of 0.864 per cent.
there would be 7,365,000,000 inhabi-
tants in 2128-200 years hence,
Sir George 'forecasts the time. not
so very far ahead, when man will
be forced to become more vegetarian
in his diet in order to economize
the earth space available per head.
For the. same reason fish and sea
products generally will be drawn
upon to a very much greater extent.
He continues:
"The extraordinary increase in the
standard of living which has char-
acterized the last few decades must
quickly be brought to a standstill or
be determined by the destructive
forces of human extravagance. Very
soon world politics will have to face
the question of whether it is better
that there should be larger numbers
and more modest living or fewer
numbers and lavish living,"
Some measure of birth control in
some way or other is inevitable, he
says, in view of the imminence of
food shortage.
A PIOUS PIGEON.
Followed Last, Communicant Up Six
Steps to Altar.
Canon Gay, vicar of Christchurch,
describes in his parish magazine the
pious behaviour of a pigeon in the
Priory church, says an article in ,Tit -
Bits.
"While celebrating at the high al-
tar," he writes, "I noticed a pigeon
perched on the carved wood screen
immediately over the head of one of
the worshippers. She seemed cur-
iously expectant, watching me with
her head turned slightly sideways,
"At the administration, to my ut-
ter surprise, when the worshippers
left their seats, the pigeon flew to the
ground, and with great solemnity
walked up the six steps to the altar
rails immediately after the last com-
municant.
"To my further astonishment, she
actually thrust herself between twa
kneeling worshippers. There were
only a few inches to :.para,' and she
remained in the sane:it;.ry until the
communicants returned to their seats.
Thereupon, after walking al'ound
the server, she' again followed the
last communicant and returned to her
perch."
Grand Old Man of Song.
The two most popular song -writers
in the English
g h la nguage are Robert
Burns and Mr.F. E. • Weatherley,
K.C. authpr of'"Nancy ee; "Darby
and Joan," and other favorites, Awho
recently celebrated his eightieth.
,birthday. Mr. Weatherly is a barris-
ter by profession,' and, besides the
two songs I have mentioned, "The
Midshipmite," "They All Love Jack,",
and "The Old Brigade" are a few of
his happy, efforts which have been on
everybody's lips at some time or,
other, He has written a new song
for his eightieth birthday.
Population Increases,
Australia's : population increased in
the first quarter of 1928 ' by 27,866
to 6,262,720 persons, the natural in-
crease being 20,857, while the gain
by migration was 7,509, according to
figures just issued, Births, deaths,
and marriages numbered 86,122, 13,-
165, and 11,935 respectively,
the !fish Fite State,
;Men butftunther*omen 'In th Irish
` x'ree 'State, the rltimbei' . of males be -
bag 1,5.6L,389; cobdtPOred With 4d l b.,
108 females",
SCRAPS A'N D BONES
Leavings on Our Plates to Tie Put to
Further Uses,
There are large profits to be made.
'nit of rubbish—or what most People
consider rubbish•, Scrap -iron dealers.
are often rich men, Now it seems as
though waste -Rood dealers are , aleo
doing well. A company has recently,
been Sorted in London, England,
with the object of putting•the leav-
ings eon, our plates to further uses.
Some of the bigge t hotels, me-
taurants, and clubs in London have
contracts to provide this company
with the food that is left on plates.
This 'is no longer thrown into a• big
dump and 4•eirtoved to be burnt as
Hitherto. No'v the leavings are pl.ae-
ed at the restaurants in.separate ster-
ilized bins which the company sup-
plies -bone and fat from meat in one
bin, fish heads and bones in another,
.Vegetables ;in a third.
The bins are collected by lorries
and taken' to the company's factory,
where 100 tons of waste foodcan be
dealt with in a day.
On arrival the bins are investigat-
ed, and any dangerous m.att.es, is re-
moved. Often forks, spoons; , and
knives are found with the h av'irigi
These are at once sent back to tit(
restaurants,
Thewaste food is put t.hrcugh a
disintegrator, which reduces it to: a
desired fineness. It is then stcr.lizeil
and put: to a number of different
uses. None of its nutritious proper-
ties are lost during the prcresses
which it undo -;o s.
Some of the waste food is made in-
to
a feeding meal for poultry, cattio
and i inn,' oar' the nlea
tiirhie'�l _i. ti i ...Ei ,a1 Ings. is ';(
made that it does not tr:'nt the fl,'.1
of the animal fed with it.
Tallow for soap is also ottatin
from food leavings Anot her pr oduc.
is bone charcoal, which is essential I.
refiners of sugar. wtrr i. and In :t
Yet another is a fat whe'ii ie gout f:;
human consumptive. This is mate
from clean market t fat . which, egg!:
are °collected in special reec pi tr r'
and do not come Into Contact with ill
waste food.
THE HOMELY TOUCH.
Army Recruits i nter•tatis in a Tea
tla mien.
"Reading, reception and waiting
rooms are to be made as comfortable
and home -like as possibble, in oi'lor
o create in the minds of intending
recruits an impression of sympathe-
.ic welcome to army life."
This instruction, officially issued.
in connection with a new scheme for
revolution in the methods of attract -
'tic; men to the forces in the Old
Country.
A press representative who called
at the Central London Recruiting De-
pot at Great Scotland Yard, found
that some of the changes were al-
ready in operation.
Once past a red -coated door sen-
try, with fixed bayonet, we found un-
der a glass roof a courtyard scattered
with little green round -topped tables,
garden chairs, and palms that gave it
.he appearance 'of a tea garden.
At the tables young men in mufti,
who to -day will be in the King's uni-
form, Were sitting with their'frienus,
drinking tea or coffee or cocoa.
Some had brought their mothers or
their "pals" with them.
There was; too, a well -stocked
library, writing desks, pictures of
famous soldiers round the walls, and
young women making savory steak -
pies in the canteen,
"Things are vastly better now than
thee have ever been before," said the
officer.
"BEE le EATERS."
Must Wear Whiskers on State
Occasions.
"Beefeaters" have been a fixed in-
stitution at St. James ' Palace since
the reign of Henry VII. According to
King's Regulations they must have
beards on State occasions. At cer-
tain intervals they have to report to
the Palace adjutant for beard
inspection.
In the middle ages Beefeaters
used to protect and attend the sove-
reign, and it was their duty to taste
and cook all food served to him. They
also had to make the .King's bed.
The "Yeomen Bedhangers". stuffed
the mattress and arranged the cur-
tains, while the "Yeomen Bedgoers"
rolled on the bed to see that 'it was
well made) The letters Y.B.E. and
Y.B.G. are still affixed to certain
names on the roll. Since. their insti-
tution the costume of the Beefeaters
has varied very little, and the large
ruff round the neck still forms a very
important part of it.
WOLF DOG'S A MENACE?
Australia Fears They May Produce
New Type of Marauder.
Pastoralists are wondering what
they should do about the menace of
the' Alsatian wolf dogs that have been
Imparted to Australia in large num-
bers during the past year, Many of
the animals were taken to sheep
stations and trained for rhee.p han-
dling with indifferent results. Some
of them have "gone bush" and are.
a positive peril to the sheep 'industry
in some sections due to the ravages
on flocks,
The chief fear -of the sheep .men is
that when the vogue of the Alsatian
runs its course stray dogs will mate
with dingoes and produce a breed
With. the sagacity of the Alsatian and
the marauding inst-Mote of the ` wolf,
Totem Poles In Australia.
Indians of British Columbia are
not the only people who erect totem
poles and /tenor 'theta as their fame
ily's most precious possessions. In
some of the more remote. sections`of
Australia totemism IS extraordinarily
specialised, according to Prof,
Do
te-
a1dThompson,
noted ettustr l an
atdthro:Do 8' la ist: •
Often a native calls his totertt'1
"elder brother" pr perhaps even`'
"father," believing that' he is '411-'
lcended , from' it:
Dry Goods,
Shoes and
Mouse.
Furnishings
36 inch Heavy Flannelette, white
and colored, 22
o d, sale price . , . . ��c.
Curtain Nets and . Scrim s .26c 31c 39c
Silk Rayon Curtain Nets
i 1.25
sale 59C:
Corsets,p .ick them out at per pair 39c'
P
Silk Hose for everyday wear. 15c, 19c
Cretonnes and Art
Sateen. 19c to 79c
Yarns, Factory, Scotch and Fin-
gering, per
ain-
gering,per lb 98c
Rayons for Dresses, sale price.. 3 c
Men's Fleeced Shtrris and' Drawers
..". , 79c
Boy's Fleeced Shirtss
and d Di a«.el s
59C
Heavy all wool Shirts and Draw
ers $1.79
Heavy Work Socks, sale ..26c, 39c
Black Overalls, sale price ..... $1 ;9
All Wool .Serges; •54
. inch,. f pricee
and less .... .98c
Fine All Wool Setges, 54 inch ..$l.59
All Silk Crepes, Fiat and Cantons
sale ......... , . .$1.89, $2.19
12xi,,
4 Flannelette .$2.29
Blankets ...
Children'sWi t'r Vests n t, ti gists alacl Draw
ers .39c to 79c
Towels,Pure iLnen ne17, &Bath .:29c, 39C
Silk 'and Wool Hose, shades ... 89c.
Ladies' Vests, special,. , 59c to .$1.59
lellog's Corn. Flakes;pkgs. 3 for 29c
Black Tea, our special, 11)... ... 49c
Princess Soap. Flakes, sale ... .19c
Thompson's Seedless Raisins, New
Fl -Bit, ilh ...... 10c
10 tb Gr. Sugar for $1.00 with $1.0()
or more purchase of any goods.
Everything On Sale.
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Quitting Business Salem
!NG
CANADA'S INFINITE VARIETY . "dict this confidence is based on
ENTRANCED YOUTHFUL very real foundation. Canada has an
BRITISHERS. amazing Past of Which to be prufiid—
a wonderful future to expect. Her
"The most wonderful thing about natural resources are beyond calcuia
Canada is her infinite variety. 1';i tion. NoWh'ere else has an equal
the traveller she appears not one number of people:sucleuntold wealth
country but many." This sentence at their disposal. She is rich in' min-
taken from the prize winning essay erals, as yet little exploited and im-
is characteristic of the views regard- Perfectly known—coal, oil and natter
ing the Dominion held by, the mem-al gas -gold, silver; nickel, and copper.
except Prince rd
bers of the "Young Ambassadors,". In every province,: -
the fifty boys and girls who toured
the country last summer. On their
return the youthful travellers were'
invited to pen their views and sun;- United States, and may some day sur
-
marze their experience.•
Pass her. Her rivers and lakes, dis-
l'lte prize winning essay was Written tributed throughout every part of the
by Mollie Rushton, Great Harwood, country, provide abundant 'white coal
near Blackburn, under the caption: for her growing industries.
"What I think of Canada," MissRush- "Half a century ago, where Van
ton wrote: couver now stands., was virgin forest;
"The most wonderful thing about and prairie grasses grew over the
Canada is her infinite variety. To site of Winnipeg. Fifty years have
the traveler she appears not one witniessed phenomenal changes: Well
country, but many. Sailing up the her vast resources as yet but lightly
St. Lawrence he conies to a quaint, touched, it is certain that the next
fifty years will leave Canada incom-
parably greater—one among the rul-
ing nations of the earth."
The delights of travel on the Cana -
Dian National Railways appealed to all
of the writers and there were many
,references to the pleasures, comforts
and conveniences of the dining and
sle:ping cars and the hotels.
Ruth E. Newbigging, of West Kil-
bride, Ayrshire, a prize winner .a-
mongst the writers answered the ques-
tion "Why I should like' to live in
Canada" by saying
"Canada offers an ' irresistible ap-
peal, alike as far as I know, to young
and " id. During toy trip across the
country, I did not hear a single person
express the opinion that life in the
Old Country. was 'the better. The
charm thus appeals to 'both natives
and settlers.
I, is this alluring appeal that makee
rite wish already that. I lived in Can-
ada. I love the Canadian spirit of
hospitality and welcome and the en-
1/re lack of that stiff formality which
Makes us Englanders stand aloof from
each other. First and foremost, this
feeling of equality and friendliness
their noble public buildings, their draws me to Canada.
schools and colieges beautifully situ- "r\hart frcint the people altogether
atecl and splendidly equipped, their `Canada is a smiling and inviting land.
well -kept homes and gardens. \'Vho,t `l'itcre are chances for all. And in a
having once seen them, can forget
stately buildings of Ottawa, the busy are surroundings to suit all. yIe must
streets of 'Pommel, Winnipeg's bread.;indeed:have strange taste:; who can-
thoron h fares or the beautiful situtoil find something to his liking be -
thin of \'artcottyrr' tween the 'shores of the Atlantic and
"llttt to me, it ,terns that the deep - 'the Pacific.
est impression of Canada which the I 'My difficulty would be in choosing
visitor leceivee is that made bV lies la place to settle, I was so charmed
leo file'. Ides p it •he vas size of ; everywhere I went. The towns are
l: t� 1? e t i t c Cans;
tcla—despite the manyraces which i so modern and :so handsome, while
'mava gone to form her people—there the rural districts are more beautiful
s a nation of Canadiaris as surely as if,not quilt' so advanced. Nature has
'here is nne'ofnig-ash cn•`ttf l+rench, been :;ood to Canada in more ways
'The early settlers went out from than one.
every country of Europe to make ' t "broth home point of view l envyvy
'
come for- themselves in the New ; Canadian' i ousewives the facilities and
(Voted; and from this amalgamation boundless electricity otters. Canada t
>f llri'tish, ierench,'German, Italian, is far ahead of its in tabor -saving de-
ica,iidinaviati end others, hits evolved �'iccs raid; ilius in it: honii drudger
� y
he Glmaclian< Retaining some of the 'is ntiitilnizerl,
eua;lities of all these ''aces, he is yet I "I should like to live in Canada
iif ° n . .
c} ..cue, t from thcnt all a new 'type, became in it one can find terwns witli-
141 et rl•a1>l:e. for his hospriality;� hisout two hous :s alike. Life in such
1
1`l Q ^� wsii1t his '
',eat 't'r ,joy,,1 e, his totV s tttttSt be til7ost interesting drill
''beetti'clnng'.optimism'atttd Iris sepretne ,lee The tbn:g'that "u-
1 f4 r 't
iii"tiixcTe.Y'irb irn optimism
attd 'lily tduntiw.:pressed me. ler . ctut'itia •Wee.f(he !total
ward Island, are great tracts of arable
land still uncultivated. In forest re-
sources 'Canada ranks next ' to the
Old France; then, in the Maritimes,
to a green, pleasant England; to
North Ontario—a wilderness, one day
to be one of the world's richest min
in> districts—to Niagara—a sunny
land of fruit trees and blue waters.
He crosses the vast, rolling prairies,
golden w'itlt grain -the Rockies—an
even grander. Switzerland; and there
in the West lie ands a land of -great
forests and rushing rivers—a glorified
Norway. Yet, travelling always o..
one great national railway, among
people of the same tongue and the
saute ideals, lie 'sees these various
countries without the discomforts of
et .terns barriers, exchanges, different
languages and national characteristics.
"Nature has indeed been kind to
Canada. All is beautiful; her tower-
ing mountains, her wide prairie vistas,
mighty waterfalls, dark forests, riv-
ers and lakes studded with littlr, fir -
clad islets. Above all; there is her
climate, her almost perpetual sun-
shine, and her dry, unbelievably clear
"(lite is impressed, too, by Canada's
towns anti cities with their clear, nn -
polluted air, their wide, clean streets,
country of such vast dimensions there
lack of fencing round private gardens,:
The absence of a barrier between the
stranger and the native is an intro-
duction in itself. Such freedom does
not seem practical in this country-
and yet .I cannot see why. Almost
involuntarily I visualize someone ,
gathering our .apples if the walls of
the orchard were away, yet in Canada,
inn many places, I saw fruit trees
growing along the roadside, and all
laden with ripe fruit. This feeling
of understanding is lacking here, and
I should like to live in Canada,, so
that I could cultivate it. It is unfor-
tunate that everybody in this country
has not an opportunity of seeing.Can-
adian life. There would be a better
understanding among the people At
home, and a greater number of emi-
grants, if such visits were possible.
"Having said all this, I begin to
wonder why I am in this country at
all. It is purely on account o. f cir-
cumstances. I hope to be back in •
Canada before very long,"
CARE OP NEGLECTED
CEMETERIES
In going through the country one
sees a great many cemeteries in very
bad shape. There are no caretakers
and the rank weeds gt•oty almost as
high as the tombstones many of which
are on a greater degree of slant than
the leaning tower of Pisa which would
fall if a straight line from its centre
of gravity did not fall within instead
of outside the base of the � � j
tower. b\ e:
would feel ashamed to have any of
our loved ones in such unsightly. cu•-
roundings. Happily the Ontario Leg
islature has taken action in regard to,ar
the care of God's acre. In the ,Sep-
temper number of the Municipal
World the following questions are
asked: "In this community there le
a neglected cesn,.tery which before
Church Union• belonged to a church
now closed, and ;ii ',•,sent, apparent-
ly, there is no one in charue. Is the-
!municipality
he-imunicipality in which the cemetery
is situated required to keep it in .re
spectable condition? If so, what
would be the necessarysteps to take?
If the
icrl.y rs qui rtem ilist ble,
what would he the proper course to
Improve the conditions"' '.l'he enew-
cr is: `The municipality is responsible
if the owner can not be found, is un-
known, or unable to attend to, the ,
a
cemetery. An c,tirlCr whe fails to
uraititain a cemetery is liable to a pen-
t-tite^ of $10, and a further penalty of
$5 for every day to which default con-
tinues. A council may pass by-laws
for'•the rnaintc•naitce, rnattagcntent, re-
gultition, and control Of any cemetery
I owned .by the corporation,: and make,
,by by-laws an annual grant to the
Present owner-. or :,a 'township ceme't-
Crty board of from three to sevenpet•-
sons, appaieted by by-law," It would
trot be surprising iti its if coenlaitnt
is made next summer to township
councils in some of the municipalities
of Bruce and Grey to have neglected
cemeteries attended tri, 1. tt , ^
babyy
ac-
tion
tion would have been taken before
this if those who are interested in the
last resting' 'daces Of Interne bodies.
know how to proceed to lent c. the
matter remcdicde- Chcsley E nterprise.
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