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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1929-03-21, Page 7'Thursday, March 2l St, '1920 Rllslllslllsl IISI) Il�lhrl Ilflllrl IISIIIAIIIrlllslllrlllilsi Ilsihsl IISIII�1QISIIIMIi Islils) tIf111111MIi11Ai71s1�► • r!! POTATOES FOR.S,ALE t '-?• Have . ti ave just received another shipment of first-class is Potatoes. we will deliver to any art ofth �' town. . 1 Ir 1 BRING US YOUR EGGS AND CREAM. , r / HIGHEST MARKET PRICES. r Wellington Produce Co.,Ltd. • • N Branch Manager. til Phone 166. WINGHAM BRANCH 144silIlAII ■III I I s im isImIIni sIi ll.lmsiummillllelmilitimintsc lslmtil■III mixiI i Mainly for ,,Women IF I WERE A MAN— By. Jill I'd wear garters. I wouldn't go blithely calling on my best girl with socks flopping around my ankles and a bare expanse of hairy leg exposed to the cold, cold world evei'sy time I sat down. I'd remember my own pet senti- ments about a girl appearing in pub-' lie with the seams of her stockings -slightly askew, or a few wrinkles mar- ring the smoothness of their .fit a- round the ankle and I'd try to be con- sistent by taking a little thought a- bout my own. After all, there's nothing beautiful in a bare masculine skin, and .I'd sparge the Girl Friend's feeling by. keeping mine. concealed. It's all very well to be collegiate and fads are •sometimes interesting, but when it comes to a question of ,neatness and ;good taste, a smooth sock held in place by garters has it all over the wrinkled sloppy kind. No girl likes a careless dresser, IF I WERE A GIRL — By Jack I wouldn't take a man over. Nb matter how much money he, had and how willing he might be to spend it, I wouldn't set out deliberately• to get him to spend it on me. I wouldn't order the most elaborate dinner I Could think of ,and suddenly develop an uncontrollable taste for expensive out_of -the -season delicacies: Wlten.he asked. what show I would W PRAM •'' ►'t►'AN'CE-' 7ClV1l that se, auld be loosened .when these exercises are taken in bed, Throwt. , 1e covers down over the fact of tlie'ta'd and lying flat on'your back place a ook or some outer. ob- ject wetgng t,'ai'ee ar fqur poUnds on the abdomen, The ,arms should. then be stretched da'wst at the sides. Relax all the 'riausd:la.S and inhale through the nose slowly . and easily, so as to avoid any inttscui. •tr tension. If relaxation is preserved ';'ou will notice that the inhalation eausCs the abdominal muscles to expand, ratis.'ng the book. Make no attempt to halal the breath but exhale intmediatcly through the • nose and, as the air es- capes, the abdomen contracts under the weight of the book, This may re- quire a little practice, but continue doing these exercises until the book moves freely with, the iiahalations and exhalations, In the' same position remove the book and holding the knee rigid, raise the right limb up as high as possible, pointing the toes upward. Hold for a 'minute, then release, lowering the heel to the bed. Repeat with the left limb. Then raise and lower the right and the left •limb 'at the ,same. 'time five times. Remember to keep the knees rigid and the toes pointed; Conte back to'the original position and placing the hands on the abdo- irten, raise the upper part of the body until yeti are in anerect sitting p.osi- tion. The ]rands should be. kept 'on the abdomen and the elbows' dawn Close to the sides of the body. The like to see, I wouldn't name the one heels must NOT be raised frons' the' that was charging the highest prices. bed, Repeat ten times: If he suggested supper after the thea- tre, I wouldn't wrack my brain to think of the night club that cost the most and once there, I' wouldn't have an insatiable appetite for caviar. A man may bea reckless spender. and as generous as . they chine, ;but he hates to feel that a girl has picked him for an easy mark. If a girl is wise, she'll keep her taking -over inclinations under control until she's heard .the wedding bells. MORNING EXERCISES AN AID TO BEAUTY (By Josephine Hadddleston) Knowing the importance of proper breathing to the general physical. condition, and knowing fall well that everyone doesn't like to get out of bed to stand before anopen window and exercise, I'm going to suggest some exercises that you can do before rising. Tight clothing, such as girdles, belts and tight collars for men,cause the unused muscles to become weak- ened. wherever the pressure is great- est. Therefore, these muscles are slow in developing. Before starting these exercises, re- move all tight clothing, as interferes with the action of the body. . Pa- jamas often have tight waistbands After going through these exercises you will 'find a real joy in getting out of bed and doing the usual setting up exercises before an open•„window, or, if they are being dispensed with this morning, the tub or shower wil sei-ve the purpose of totting up the systetn for the daily tasks. �/jAj /may /Live d G BABY CHICK FOOD Feed your baby chicks with PRATTS BABY CHICK FOOD and prevent the scourge of White ' Diarrhoea. It not only saves chicks' fives, but makes them strong and sturdy and fits them' to become heavy layers. Be sure you get PRATTS. Pratt Food Co. of Canada, Ltd., Toronto TH n• ;.ou uy Stocks y the, Y. 7ap? Of course.you don't, and nobody does, because there is no geographyin'the in- vestment of money. Like water, money always flows to its easiest level. When. the Bell Telephone Company xeeds new capital to extend its service it must compete with American utility cornpanies which offer their new shares to shareholders. If the -Canadian company is restricted i Canadian investors n this, .cannot be expected to refuse greater attraction abroad and, Canadian money will not stay in Canada. .he monthly rotes pard by telephone risers in Ontario and, Quebec are the towed miss in Om world • for comparable service. BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY OE CANADA A. 1.,0V1)8 OF NATur ga. col. Batten's Good .Deed Di World of Commercialism Not ni,auy lovers of nature and ad- nnirers of plctus'eequts scenery take the .practical steps to preserve` nag ut,•al�beauty that Col. Joseph i3aitell, of I3 vidlesbury, Vt., did, according to an item in the 17allas ,(Texas) ,News His enormous purchase of wild acre- age of little conceivable use caused comment in his lifetime.- But on his death it was found thathe had been actuated solely by a love for nature and fear that civilization was prepar- ing to eliminate the picturesque. His will bequeathed 30,000 wee la t, reefs Mountains in trust to the fires' and fellows of Middlebury Col- eg `for use as a natural. public park. use of the forethought and the busing:+: acumen of Coit Bartell, wei�- znont tine itself in possession of a stretch of xrs,i'ural scenery, 0i re- eently the S 'reme Coui't of life state has upitel+il the validity pf lilp purpose to which tis.' colonel iedicat- ed the land over tiwe. �obJeetion oi' a private company seektmp; -Q condemn Part of it for power purpoles.4. 1! the colonel had lived later than 4,,e did or had not held in his heart. a ),;%ve , of natural beauty, the pfettn'esaiue g' iron of the Middlesbury river would PO dedicated' to the god of hydro-elect:1 0 power, and New England wolild be deprived of a park typical of its. rug- ged. • gedscenery. Every section of the country can- not be fortunate enough to have a Col. Batten. combining, the financial 'means with the sentiment to create such parks as his inte:eet has saved for Vermont. No place would want Lo preserve, from a commercial invasion more than a few, localities' that can be identified .by scenic individuality in the life of the commonwealth. The timeliness of the Batteli bequest sup- plies a warning to all that the time to net for the preservation of scenic spots is in advance of the demand of commercial development: SHIPBUILDING. Had Tts Birth on 'the Banks of the Nile. Shipbuilding, had . its birth on the, banks of the Nile, according to the belief of Prof. Elliott Smith, express- ed in the London •; Magazine. Although, he says, at a very early period in the history of mankind logs and floats of various kinds were used .by many people to cross narrow sheets of water or for paddling along coastlines, the real history of boat - building began when the earliest dwellers on the banks of the Nile tied together bundles of • reeds to make floats. These simple craft not only determ- ined the form of the wooden ships that succeeded them, but the methods of construction for malds.g the reed floats, i.e.; tying them together with cords, were also adopted when wood- en ships came to be built by adding planksto tbe hollowed -out logs which eventually degenerated into the mere keel of the composite ship. Thus the earliest Egyptian term for shipbuilding was the word signifying "to bind.” Even at the present time we still find upon the Nile all these primitive types that are survivals of phases in the 'history of shipbuilding, some of them more thansixty cen- turies old. tiAS UNIQUE P it s mounded Uecau;e Kin; Chtarlca In Oak Owrsed by 1';<ediilasciarie Ancestor, A penelon, which dates,back nearly 300 years is still being' paid to Dr; Francis E. Walker, associate profes- sor of English of the iko.iversity of British Columbia, . The wary of how £9 50.6d. is paid to limn as a share of the token of gratitude from Eiug Charles 1.I. of England'' for a rescu frons. the Roundheads, was a'egently told, l?y Dr, Walker, 'writes i4 VOA-, couver eorfespoilaeats, In the yeas' 16G1, it appears, Mrs. Elizabet ,i Pelrtlyd 1l Yates,.fron, whose 15r. 4'alkei' inheatii lits pension, liv- ed with her five brothers on the Pen- 1J property . 0, Boecob ll, in the idlaii&s : She was-tafl'lilarrled at (Bis time, living a ;quiet life and little expebtfng that she, :would be the Means of peiornting a servieento the King of England. Clsaa.'les was at this time trying ,to snake hie -pray to France, to escape the Roundhdacls, who were scouring the eountsy for him. He had been 'Carrying on a warfare against Crom- well and ,had been defeated at the battle of Worcester, While the: R.taiindheads searched the eau n cry- for hini,. Charles came t� the Pend •regi helmet. ,Elizabeth, who tad neve, seen the' "King" before, Wad naturally ex- cited. When he told her why he wag there and thathe spurt be hidden from his pursuers, she called her ave- brothers and they discussed the ques- tion of hiding Charles in some dark. eorner of the house.. This, however, was deemed am un wise move as they knew the Round- heads would look in the house first. At last a hiding . place was decided, upon. In the garden there was an old oak tree with a heavy trunk and unusually thick branches. Here It was decided . was a place where Charles would be safely hidden, The "King" climbed into the tree and there he remained for a whole day while the pursuers passed and re-' passed,beneath. After dark its climb- ed down and disappeared into the night. Charles did not forget the kind- ness of Elizabeth and her brothers and when he became King of Eng- land in 1660 he awarded them all annuities In perpetuity. Elizabeth's share was £50 and during the years which have elapsed since, this amount has become distributed among the succeeding members of the family, so that Dr. Walker's share is quite small. This money the doctor spends on books. Dr. Walker recently returned from a visit to his ancestors' home in Eng- land. Here he was givefs two little green shoots taken from what is said to be the tree isi which Charles II. hid. CHEWING BY THE MILE. -americans Are Said, to Chew 100,000. Miles of Ginn Annually. Chewing -grim in its raw stale is the juice of a tree known as the sa- pete, which grows in various parts of Central America. The saporte is 'a graceful tree, with a straight trunk some forty feet high. It tapped very much a#:er the man- lier of a rubber tree, spiral cuts be- ing made inthe bark, through which the juice runs down the• trunk to jars placed at the foot. The sap, or "chicle, as it is call- ed, looks like milk when it first enters •the jar, but on exposure the color changes to a dull yellow, and thick- ens until it is almost like syrup. • The gum is taken out of the jars, and boiled down in huge pots, after which it is kneaded, and excess mois- ture is squeezed out. It is then moulded into large loaves, cooled, and wrapped in canvas for exporta- tion to the chewing -gum factory. In the factory, it is mixed and honed in copper vats to the desired 'Thickness', and sugar is added with flavoring essences, such as vanilla and peppermint. ideas for Monusnent. Man r and odd were suggestions ad- vanced by the public, when the erec- tion of a monument to Washington, at thecapitol, were under oonsider- atlont One idea was to erect a great pyramid be rti candled, earth,each veteran of the of dirt Revolutionary War. Tho only thing that stopped tbe plan was the reali- zation that most of the veterans would be dead before the pyramid :ran well started. Another plan brat was seriously considered was to make the monu- ment like an ornate wedding cake marble. On a stone base Seventy or righty :feet high a graduated succes- sien of circular temples were to he built. In the ;. ripples were to be placed statues of great Americans, Bending sound Was"es. A. . GOLDEN "WHITE ELEPHANT." Canadian National Railway Valued at $1,000,000,000. Sir Henry's first year in charge of the 'Canadian National Railway was the year 1922, says the Montreal Her- ald. Even in that first year the sys- tem showed a small 'profit on operat- ing account. Here are the surpluses during his term of office: Operation Year Surplus 1922 $ 2,886,711 1923 20,430,649 1924 17,244,251 1925. 32,264,414 1926 ......... ., 46,483,192 1927 . 42,113,976 1928 (estimated) 50,000,000 Total $211,423,19$ These figures, however, do not tell the whole story. In 1920, with a de- licit of over $30,000,000, the system. was a veritable white elephant. Every passenger carried and every pound of freight moved cost so much to the taxpayers above the charge imposed. Twoyears ears late r in 1922, however, when the earnings ap- proached $3,000,000, the system had attained a value of $60,000,000, base ing this estimate upon money being worth 6 per cent. On the same basis of 'valuation the system is worth to- day $1,000,000,000. Verily Canada's white elephant has become a golden pachyderm. Explosions," resultieg neon the fir - :ng • ;of hig ;guns, snientisis have learned, warm the air to a height. of 'wen y-ilve miles. Using a sensitive :lce'trical device developed to deter, nine the distanee of guns by their, round, observers have noticed that he d'xlnlosion is, of course, easily has rd close to the gen farther away It is inaudible, but stilt farther on, it can once more be heard This is said to be the result of :a warm. layer of air, at least twenty -Ave utiles high, bendh)g tate sound 'wives back to ea,r'lb again, London's Sewers. j London's sewer's halts a iottl I Length of more than. 600 Mile* BUSINESS PORT ONCE MOEB. Healthful Cereal for not LreaMst NIP Cris') in oven p1pin0 hot Wilk.. Delicious-- and elicious--and ori mfu l of erterOy Made by The Canadian Shredded Wheat Company. Ltd. Barbas of Queensborough, England, Active After Ten Years' Idleness. Theharbor of Queensborough, which has been lying derelict since the war, when it was used as a sub- marine base, has been reopened as a commercial port, says the London Daily Mail. Its charter dates from the reign of Hldward III., and it is claimed that from .the manufaetu,rers' and ship- pers' point of View it is the cheapest port in the United Kingdom. Under the charter and subsequent parliamentary acts it enjoys immun- ity from the dues on shipping and charges levied under the Port of Lon- don Act. The maximum charge for a vessel receiving or delivering a cargo or part of a' cargo within the harbor is eight shillings. Sir Hugh Bell, the.ironmaster and colliery owner, addressed an informal assembly of :business and raliway chiefs at the ,port. He visualized the time when . Quensborougk would bo able to,, deal with 1,000 -ton cargoes in tweety minutes or lees., ",1'd Improve Halite*. The Halifax Harbor Commissio'n will spend $4,000,000 off port faoill- ties during 1929. The developments include the completion of the south terminal piers and the erection of two additional elevators to provide stor- age accommodation for 3,000,000 bushels of grain. :r Lit We Sell Travellers' Cheques They assure safety and convenience in carrying money while travelling and are negotiable every- where. For sale at any Branch. DOMTIFF4ION Established 1871 140 A. M. Bishop, Branch Mgr., Wingham ighteoii 0tttsal-Skied ,Steamers.. :Eighteen Banal -sized steamers have been ordered Crosti. British shipbulld- +erg for operation on the Greet Lakes anti St. Lawrence river, to be roi►dy $t)x` the ssasgn of 1929, T ' h;. T Das . C T (I he Doctor of Towns) Says - COMMUNITY SELLING' The vital problem that confronts every community today is one of selling. It has always been one of selling—but in the past, probably of less importance, since most towns could get by on the rising market, so' to speak. A few years ago store keepers thought of their 'business as Many now think of their community. They thought because their store had been in existence for years,, it always would be; there. were People, and people had to bay what the store carried in stock: .Then came automobiles and good roads, free mail delivery, radio, telephone and merchants. With the conning of these, "store keepers and "clerks" had to become merchants and sales people; or lose their ' business to those who were. Because for ages past comparatively no constructive attention has been paid to cotnniunity building, community planning, selling and analysis, it is often. considered as unnecessary.; Many peoplereason that because there always have been cities, towns and villages, there always will be, the sante as some retailers still think of their Store as a supply depot where people who have a definite: idea of what they 'want, will get it without invitation from them or encourage- ment or service from the clerk; You know what happens to "store ine keepers" who refuse to be merchants—who do not sell, The same a will happen to towns and communities who take a like attitude. This is a Selling Age. There isn't a business, a profession, or a job, that doesn't require some form of selling, Every married man was a salesman, when he induced "her" to say "yes". And the Wise married an hasn't quit selling! . Every married woman sells—some, times, and howl She has to, to make life bearable. The shebas and the shieks are constantly selling. You and 1 are selling. We may not carry a sani:ple case, we may not be behind a counter, but we are everlastingly selling something an idea, oursehVcs, or perhaps a friend. When you oak for a raise, a day off, a little more .credit, or any favor or courtesy, You are selling. Someone said, ,"Selling is giving the other fellow a reason why be should do what you want him to de or not do, and salesmanahijl is getting him to do it" Community selling is getting other people to 'think your town is a better place in which to invcst their money for a factory, a busi- ness; an enterprise, for real estate, merchandise or any of those things that will Materially .benefit, Coinniunity salesmanship is do- ing those things that will induce thein to do it, and avoiding those things that Will keep them from doing it. You are a. salesman or a saleswoman for the place where yeti live. You are working on a com.tnission basis; you get paid accord ins to what you do, and you will get paid, and generously, You do not have to own real estate, operate a store, be a professional map or in any business, to profit from community growth and expansion, but even if yott didn't make a dine actual cash out of it, it is worth the effort to enjoy better, more interesting and attractive surround- ings, to have better schnols, more parks, etc., whi'cli arc bound to come as a result of selling your community—nut considering the satisfaction you get out, of doing ,something for the good of all— something that you know, you ouglit to del No doebt there will be "store keepers" and "`clerks'' for rev- era. years to come; there will always be cities and towns,. but be- cause your towns has always been, at Far as', you are concerned, that is no reason why it, will continue to be,' It may exist throughout your life time, as a sicldy city, a tired town, vanishing village, or callous coinimtnity, but 'without getting hold on it yourself, and without selling it to others, by your every action, word and deed, yottr commeutity .cannot keep up to and ahead of date. Don't let your community get behind the tines. Do your part. It will be just as modern, just as alive, as you will work to make it, Copyright, 109, A. D. Stone, Rept'ochictioh prohibited in whole or in part, This Town Doctor Article is published by the Advance -Tinier in co-operation with the ,boils' Club.