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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1924-03-13, Page 641 ih. II ADVANCE:it 1ES 1?itnleibeit: f€i Wiens leant, Ontario Every Thuredic; Morten() i o A. G. SMITH, Eidieor and; Peeprietor, H. B. Elliott, Associate Editor Sabseripeion rates:-•-- One yewro $2.00; six months, $1.00 in. advance. £d 'e rtising raters op appiicetion. &deertisements without sapeetfie) d.t OttOtione will be inserted until tariii4 •find •charged accardingl7. Cbaages for contract stiYertitter talents bo in the oSies by noon. Y ,t)n• Say. q.: 'rl BUSINESS CARDS Wellington Mutual Fire Insurance Co. lestablisla,ed 1840 Head Office, Guelph Risks taken on all .classes ot insur- ance at •reasonable rates. ABNii)R Cs1SHINS. Agent. Wingins;asa J. W. I)OIil), Of€ice to Chisholm Block FIRE, LIEE, ACCIDENT AND HEALTH INSURANCE- AND REAL ESTATE P.O. Box 366 WINGHAM Phone 198 ONTARIO DUDLEY HOLMES 1ARRtSTErf, SOLICITOR. ETC. ea1eetory and Other Bonds Bouelat and Sold. Office—Mayor Block, Wtreghairn. N �� »A �S N ARRIS'TER° AND SOLICITOR Money to Loan at Lowest Rates. WINGHAM J. A. MORTON BARRISTER, Etc.. Wiinghann Ontario 9 R. G. 11. ROSS s rael ate Royal College of Dental Surgeons graduate University of Toronto Faculty of Dentistry el' r oCE OVER H. E.• ISARD'S STORE LY B.S .., M.D., C.M. Special attention aid to diseases of p Women and Children, having taken, 1€3tgraduate werk in Surgery: Bac- teriology and:; Scientiffo Medicine. Olfice in the ,'Kerr Residence, between the Queen's Hotel sAnd the Baptist Church, ;.All bluffness given careful attention. Phone 34. P.O. Bou 118 �� Dr. o.. C. R M.R.C.S.(Eng). 1...R.C.P, (Lend). PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON (Dr. Chisholm's old stand) DR. R. SMART !Graduate et (,adversity of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine; Licentiate o° thee Onterio college et Playa/alms and ' Gorgeous. Once Entirance: OFFICE IN,`CHISHOLM BLOCK JQSEPHiNE STREET PHONE 20 Dr. Margaret C. Calder Genera( Practitioner , Graduate University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine: Ottice--Josephine St., two doors toaath of Brunswick Hotel. '1 I elepkoaes. -Office 281, Residence 151 Osteophatic Physician OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN All Diseases Treated. I, Office 'adjoining residence next 'ittnglican Church on Centee Street. Open every clay except Monday and � Wednesday afternoons, Osteopathy Electricity Phone 272 t .. iti GL1 as ?1 YSIC ANS Dr » f» A_ FOX CH ;POP RAc TOP; Oftlee :Tours: 2 to 5 and 7 to 8 p.ni; Wednesday y $.fternooins by appoint. Anent only. y Te1epoie 191, DR. D. » MciNNES cHIROpRAcroft Qualified Graduate Adjustments given for dissasee of ' iii kinds,•.speclalize In dealing with atisdldrett, Lady atteadanL Night calls 1 iesisoiided to. 021ce oia Scott St,, , Winghata, Ont cin InAt:te of the late 1a0 Wall(torl. Fi. Phone 140. Phnrtee, Clfh 160. Trest1 ice,:,,224. �'I(L PU1t11 ,D13l,IsE.lt and P'CildliYilA% t)I%tTeCYVOII 'Or Egliipzinefnt N't'.:l R I l') tT ALIGNING THE -WHEELS. Theurchases of new cars, are in -1 p r frequent enough for:us to'forget the experiences with -previous purchases. It is inadvisable to be too certain of the correctivenese of every detail of the car, For sometimes the alignment of the wheels is overlooked,, and . thie detail is not brought out until the costly reminder of ground -off treads brings this forcibly to the owner's at- tention. Here is e. simple method the owner can use to his own economical advert,. tage to check the alignment. Drive the car against the, side of a smooth, straight curbing, not rapidly, but rather glide the car to a stop with the• right wheels resting closely and even- ly in position. The wheels on this side are then lined evenly, and for purposes of testing con be disregard- ed from further consideration. Use a piece of heavy twine to check the opposite wheels, by tying one end to a rear wheel spoke, and pulling it taut directly across the front wheel, and find which surface comes in con- tact with the tightly drawn string first. It is permissible forthe front of the tire to be one-eighth inch 'in- side the rear edge. More than this must be corrected, HARD STARTING. Often a flivver engine will be hard to start after a cold night. This trouble is caused by congealed oil be- tween the clutch disks,and the rem- edy leave the e e in is to ng�ln high , gear after it has been stopped for the' night. This has a tendendy to force the oil out from between the- disks. Too heavy oil can also . cause this trouble. DANGER IN TOO MUCH. QL. Too much oil in a car will ca -use the engine to smoke; it soots up the plugs, making the engine miss explosions; it accumulates in the head of the cylin- ears, causing pre• -ignition and knock- ing;' it makes the valves leak and lose compression and power; and makes the . engine overheat, which causes a further loss of power. Excessive bluish -white smoke from the exhaust pipe la a symptom; of trouble tip- preaching, slowly but inevitably. HAT MAKES PACKING.• From the felt of an old hat washers may made for packing the stuffing boxes of the water pump. These are made, more effective if the felt has been boiled in a mixture of tallow and plumbago. COTTER PIN INSERTION. A cotter pin can be worked into a hole much easier if one end of the pin is shortened. SIMPLE KNOCK FINDER. An old baking powder can and a piece of three -sixteenths -inch ' cola rolled steel or drill rod will make an excellent knock detector. The device is constructed by threading the rod at one end for about one inch and then -a hole to receive the rod is drilled in thecentre of the bottom of the can. Thread a nut onto the rod and then place a washer against the hut, insert the rod into the hole in the can and fasten into position with another washer and nut. Finally solder the lid of the can innfosition and -the de- . vice Is completed... Holding the can against the car and the rod against the engie will permit loeating the knock; MENACE OF TREAD CUTS. Watch for the little tread cuts in tire casings. If thecuts are neglect -I ed, the flexing actionof the tire will' enlarge and dirt, •grime and: moisture, will„'be forced through by the elastic tread' rubber as the wheels revolve. Foreign matter will deteriorate, chafe and weaken the carcass. IGokante Glacier Perk. The scenic .beauty, of the mountain- ous districts of Southern British Co- lumbia has been known to the travel- ler for many years, but until recently no attempt had been made by either the Provincial or Federal Government to set aside land for the creation of a park in that area. However, recogniz- ing, ecogniz-ing• the need of such a park, British Columbia recently created the Koka- nee Glacier Park, in the Kootenay Dis- trict. No better location. could have. been selected. The Park's rugged landscape, its ,great ;areas of eternal ice, its beautiful lakes and its magnifi- cent waterfalls make the area one of the scenic :gems• of Canada. •The park contains an area of 100 square miles„ 50 square miles of which are over- 7,000 feetin elevation and 85 square runes over 6, 009 feet. It is q literally studded with mountain peaks,; the highest being', over 9,000 feet. There are seven main :glaciers, the largest of which is 8,square wiles in area. In addition there are thirty lakes about 6,500 feet in elevation, the largest being: Kokanee Lake and Kaslo Lake. There are nohigher mountains for hundreds. of miles to the south, east or west,.. while' to the north may be seen the highpeaks of the Selkirk Mountains and their hundreds of gla- ciers. The accessibility of the Park will in all probability result in a, large nnm- ber of motoring touristst visiting the area. The tourist can leave the City of Nelsonand drive a distance of 20 miles, of which 12 males, are along the beautiful north shore lake drive, to the entrance of the Park at the Molly Gibson Mine concentrator'on.Kokanee Creek. It can also be entered from Kaslo and Sloca.n Lake points, but "to avoid delays and inconveniences it is. preferable that one enter from Nelson. Once in the Park, the motorist will find excellent roads, as well as camp- ing sites located at convenient points. To the vacationist ' desiring to get' but in the open and roughing it, Ifo- lcanee Park is an ideal place. 1`t la as fisherman's paradise. The lakes and streams are teeming with ease, trout, perch and other species. 'There is ex- cellent 'Mountain climbing, both for the novice and the expert, while the hunter will Hind here splennndid sped-' mens of big, ganre. The opening of the Banff -Winder- mere Highway last July already has had a noticeable effect on the tourist trate from the 'prairies and 'the Unyited States to the Canadian Rockies. Daring 1 2 t g 9 x 1-2� d, when the road was in- complete, approximately 116,.000 peo- ple visited the Rocky Mountain parks. With the road completed and facilities. for motorists' greatly improved, this number, during the coming year, should be ' greatly augmented, and as Kokanee Park is only a Sew miles off. the main highway, no doubt .it will be visited by thousands of people from the Prairies and "across the line.” 'Travel, It is n1$ the mileage to and fro, hither and yon, that entitles a nnan to regard himself as a traveler. . If: he goes, as Shakespeare would put it, with his eyes openbuttheir sense stay ;he might as well s ay at home for all that he wilt • think and all that he will truly see. "You must see not merely with the eye but through the eye," said a sage counsellor of young men. Round and round the globe and over and over the seven seas, trains, boats and airships are transporting some people who are little better than ani- mate packages of merchandise so far. as their reaction to their panoramic environment is concerned. They tell us they have been many times to this place or that; but it does not appear from what they say or from what they seem to be that they were richly educated or profoundly influenced in; any way by the experience. When you see how little some peo- ple have done with . the Chances they had, you feel what a pity it is that others, who would have made much of them, did not have those chances instead. It is extraordinary how cer- tain persons who stayed home and studied know Europe and Asia to -day better than certain others who yielded to the wanderlust and roamed afar. He who uses his faculties for all theyare worth can make the tour of the block and some back with the iia- tenial out of which a genius like 0. Henry could snake a short story. The stone tillage were there for everybody else who 'came along; but everybody else passed unnoticed. Coe of the most fruitful expiating expeditions any raan can conduct is in the devious bypaths and the hidden fastnesses of -his own being. U 1 MET t�+��: B,�ra.� 'rtj n A� You tKNOW srtt. ‘4.A5 }ir lac; C7i t\ 'flip. i^t -'W`.`,WO r liAcHANGE. 'WTNGlIAIVf ADVANCE -TIMES. -•AND THE WORST • IS YET TO COME ul(iu�R ��Iu�edri lut�fn�R11llEiw"ri,IFil±iu teya411 The Wind. Of all the, phenomena of nature the wind seems to be the one that iSmost strikingly, endowed: with personality. Sunlight, starlight,: moonlight, tliunder i andn - and lightning, rain s aw there is no wide range of expressiveness in any 'of thein. , But the wind has moods and a many-sided ' character; indeed there is no human 'emotion, no virtue and no vice of -the human soul, that does not find its representation or its symbol in the blowing of the wind, says: a'writer, in Youth's Companion. The insane, destructive fury of man- kind at war. has .its, oounterpart in the tornado and the hurricane. Violent gales, though less demoniac in temper, show occasional outb'urs'ts of brutality th e man be- corxes+ponding to osthat hu ings sometimes exhibit. Then there are the mean-spirited, ill-natured gusts atdo spiteful, malicious that pi things and play disagreeable practical jokes;-: ex- periencing.them, we feel that the wind is at heart a.vindictive 'bully. At other times it Is better disposed, not yet quite amiable—boisterously humorous, usually at the expense of people who dislike 'boisterous. humor.' But even those people -will admit that now it has got rid of its malice and 4s merely Prankish and not above playing the clown. When the wind ceases to be aggres- sive it becomes: gentle, confiding, sym- pathetic, affectionate; it soothes and caresses, it stimulates and refreshes,. It seems then to have the most :agree- able personality of ellthe forces in th`e natural world, To the poet's imagine - 'flan it becoiin-es a lover murmuring en- dearments, to hili l8.dy, ora mother slnging,a lullaby to her babe, or an old nurse crooning softly lb a,ehild. The 'wind iet dike people; 'it 'cannot always- be at its best. And however much we may object to it and denounce' it or long for and weleome • it, of one ,fact we may be sure: we can never do anything about it. Novels in a Nutshell. Much has been written in criticlsm or English, French and Roseau novels, but never have their essential natures been so crisply described as in these paragraphs of anonymous `origi II•. An English novel 1& a book in which two people want each other in the :,itrst chapter, but do not get each other un- til the last chapter, A French novel is a book, in which two people eget each other right in the first chapter and from then on to the last, chapter don't went each other' any :more. A Russian novel is one in which two people neither want each other nor ,get each other, and. round that fact four hundred and fifty profoundly melan- choly pages are written. Ilnrdson Maxine, Dotedinvsator of the famous Maxim machine gun and hi b. explosives, s still ver entice:. at the ae' of 71. It is said that he le g la i Y a e g working on a number of new inventions that will reVoleitioniee warfare. IN RAIBITBOIIO�, � 4i FbC. -.Aft:► '1,"i4A`i" 1='eh\tZC"')'DEW LSNP Cl'kNitr ih1 "tri oYi4r i=� IhihdY VROt'r Hat-tr.OVei-, l+ca tit 5'roPPe-0 y;; eh :15, 1924. le Salesroom an When the Canadian National Insti- tute for the Blind. was established early in' 1928, it was faced withthe tremendous problem. of not only locat- ing civilian blind scattered throughout Canada, but of laying the foundations for industrial and other forms of training and employment, It Was a comparatively simple operation to se- lect from among the blind those who were capable of entering factories, taking braining and reznaining for employment. For those who could not be employed in factories, however; owing to, domestic or other reasons, it was necessary to furnish training In those occupations that might be car- ried on in the homer The method of furnishing this training through home teachers has been explained in a pre- vious article, The home teachers be- gan their operations in the summer of 1918 and as a result of their efforts, and the growing. 'skill of their pupils It • was found necessary to establish early in 1919 a supply department to furnish raw materials and a sales de- pfartnrent to receive and xcaarket their finished products. Stroh a department was organized in the spring of 1919 and termed "The Salesroom,” ewe SALESROOM AND les FUNCTrONS. For purposes of description and in line with the nature sub -division of the work of this 'department, we shall consider it •under; the two headings: lst, Raw Material Section, and 2nd, Finished Products Sales Section. 1. saw MATERIAL SECTION AND ITS This section was organized for the purpose` of purchasing sift quantities and therefore at wholesale prices, those raw materials required by blind home workers and selling to the indi- vidual in the small quantities • desired from -time to time without charging for any administration: This : meant that the individual could secure ,suit- able qualities, convenient quantities, and prompt attention to orders, no matter how small, at prices which were on, the average much lower than those that.could be secured elsewhere. This represented a great convenience to the blind individual, - singe • he was not of necessity held up through in- ability to secure the raw materials de- sired at any time nor was he kept in uncertainty• as to the quality or price of tha. materials desired; also he felt that. even though he were located in some scattered settlement in the far north, east or west, h could secure e o his raw materials almost as, promptly and certainly as 'cheaply as the indi- vidual located closet to the centre of distribution with the only extra charge to hien showing in the larger parcel _ post, express, or freight charges; to his distant home. These latter ;charges, however, were on the average ;comparatively small and so represented 'but . a' very small liana - cap, .Further, it was the function of this department ;to stock, or be ready to secure at short notice, all materials required from time to time by the blind home worker and: to keep a check on the prices and quality of materials that might be available or appear on the market from time to time in order that every possible' ad- vantage might be secured for the home worker and thus assist him to overcome to some extent his handicap in meeting the competition of More fortunate sighted producers. 2. 1 XNI,SXED PRODUCTS SALES SECTION AND ITS FUNCTIONS. It was found that many home .work- ers could dispose of their products locally and without difficulty while others 'found but snralldemand in their particular loeality for' the art- icles that they were able' to produce, It was therefore necessary to organ- ize a eentral•agency which, could pur- chase from home workers those pro- ducts for which there was not suffi- cient local demand, From this initial start, the sales agency developed along advisory lines as well since they were hi a position to ascertain just what they public wanted and to keep:' the home 'workers informed as to the articles which were most in demand and therefore could be disposed of most readily at advantageous prices for the worker. The functions• of this branch gradually rtniltiplied until fin- ally it has become a toot important factor in the work -a -day lives of home workers, It secures orders of vary- ing sizes from AVM, organizations and individuals, distributes these ord- Ars to blind . people in their hhrneee who are thee enabled to produce con- tinuously and in .wholesale gtatntities. The blind home worker ships pnxt ions i or Completed orders to the Salesroofn for which,: following close Inspectionn its Activititts of workmanship; e c„ he receiees cash, The iS.'alesroom then applies the neves, nary' finish in the way'„ of enamel, paint, stain, varnish, antidisposes di.. rectly or takes into stock for future disposal, :In this way the quality of• workmanship, etc., appearing. - in artilees` produced by the blind home worker is kept up to standard and the finish which may be required by the trade possesses an excellence which cannot he surpassed on the con- tinent. The, demand for these pro- ducts is constantly growing as the public become ,educated'• to the: fact that blind People can produce excel- lent products of a utilitarian 'char- acter and that these artieles possess the necessary splendid and durable finish. In its service to the blind, this branch felt that to build - up .perman- ent permanent connection and demand, it was necessary to lend every effort toward the securer of attractive finish, RAW MATERIAL SECTION -1 -HISTORY OF DEVSI,OPMENT. ' This 'section, from its ,smell 'begin- ning in 1919, has now developed to a point where its monthly sales of raw materials amount to nearly twelve . hundred dollars. On the average over one hundred and twenty-five : blind ,people purchase raw materials direct- ly and steadily through this source. From the small beginning in 1919 with but a few sizes of reed' for bas- ketry, yarns for knitting, and cordage for string bag making, we have now reached a , point where aver„ thirty Iines of materials and articles are stocked, including reeds, willows, rat- tans, yarns, cordage, thread, self- threading needles, needle threaders for machine work bases for trays and baskets,etc:, basket models, etc, Be- sides this, we have also secured stocks of. Braille watches .for men and • WO - Men, typewriters especially adapted, `- , Braille ;writing machines, tools and other appliances necessary to blind people in their every day life. FTNISIiXD PRODUCTS SALES SECTION AND , ITS HISTORY.' This branch, from its' early start in - 1919, with a few consignors, has;; now reached a most important stage. Dur- ing the year ending March 31st, 1920, products to the approximate value of four hundred dollaars were received from home 'workers. ,For the year er.dingMarch 31st • 31st, 1921, these had reached a value of eight thousand dol- & s' 1 r by,. March 8 1 st, 1922, seventeen thousand dollars, and for the Year ending -March 81st, 1923; thirty-three thousandrticle - a s were received with a 'value of twenty-ei ht y 8' ...thousand, six hundred dollars. Tor the present year • the 'value 'ofthese • articles will, it is estimated reach -the approximate re - Can anyone gainsay this evidence ofcord mark of forty thousand dollars, •tile necessity for our sales provision • or the :unqualified co-operation and industry of •blind -people ? Our nett article will deal with the hone worker and his viewpoint, also the larger opportunities he has been enabled to grasp through the medium of the Salesroom and its connections as -operated by the G,anadian National, Institute for the Blind, 62-64 Baldwin. St., • Toronto. Branch Salesroom-acti- vities t lesroom: acti- vities are now being developed at Halifax for the Maritirne Division' of the Institute, at 'Winnipeg for the Central Western Division of the In- stitute, and' at Vancouver, for the Provinces of British Columbia and Alberta, in order to provide larger 'connection with the trade and relieve shipping expense for blind individuals, The Perfect Gentleman, Johnny, having reached his teens, wee invited out to dinner >witlion t hi i s parents. M'otlnor was at first doubtful whether or no she should anew her son to go. 'She was afraid that, with - oat the influence of the .maternal eye, he,. might disgrace himself. "Now, be vary careful," she said, having, at last given. way to his en- treaties. "Mind your .manners, and say how nice everything is," Seatet et dinner Johnny was served with"soup. Having tasted it he re- marked, intending e-marl ed,'intending to -be gallant; "This le pretty good soup, whet e there Is of 4t." - HIe was greatly disconcerted to •se a' dark frown on the face of his hostesw and he ;hestemed to remedy his blues -10h by rennarklpg; - "And there's plenty or it, suh as it • Cultured Pearls. The Ohineets produced "cultured' pearls years ago by inserting email shot or mother of pearl into shah r of freshwater mussels which they kept, ,. tanks: a -" IS IS TI-te.. Cat''i`id‘1ds e 1,M1 t L, xii �r Vo Me- WOMAN ` 1, " ani 5Ac, ii a.l.4. Ilia` .N SPrY�i t1-1&_. --" v�1 E.- :. k` I GUE,5 I'LL tc0EP PT,/ , II.,ti�L„tom, it ,1;