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01-1,40, ADVANCE -TIMES
SIGNS OF SPR.ING!
Glorious sunshine pouring
Its Warm rays through the
Open office windows.
In one corner, the office boy
• Keenly studying the ba.seball ,
Reports—his jaws working
Over -time on a'wad of gum big
Enough to'clioke a horse. Now
And then he pauses as if "
Making mental 'arrangements
For his grandmother' to "die"
Again on "Opening Day."
At the desks, clerks wearing
Far -away expressions.
One half asleep. Another chewing
On the end of a pen -holder
And counting the cracks in
The -ceiling. And a third lazily
Pawing, through a calendar and
Figuring the weeks ahead 'til
Vacation time.
Stenogi-aphers daysdreaming of
Their heroes and the moonlight
Nights to come. And occasionally
'Tapping their typewriter keys
To write "Love and Kisses into
The Boss' business correspond,ence.
Executives hiding behind high .
Stacks of mail and—intently
Fingering sport goods catalogues
For prices on nifty • golf outfits
And "Sure -Cath" • fishing tackle.
Chirping birds without. Stifled
Yawns and un -answered ringing
Telephone bells within- To top, it
All—there comes a roar from the
Boss' office of ' •
"Whoinell invented Work?"
YEP--SPVNG IS COME!
Tra-la-la-la-lal
Fellow office slave just stuck -his head in the door and
said. ---"Wouldn't I make a\ lov.ely.Spring sprite? Notice
.
the way I can 'spring around.
Honest, boss—cross my heart—I didn't mean to hit 'im
that hard. Do you think he'll live?
One sees lots of dressy folks 'round these days.
Pros-
perity has gone to their heads. Ain't you noticed their -
new Spring bonnets?
• Honk! Honk! We jumped ten feet! Nothing hit us.
We looked around. What relief. 'Twas only ,some poor
duck --with a new Spring cold—blowing his nose.
• You Have to Call 'ern on the Phone for Explanation! ,
Enough of that Spring stuff. Let's see what the papers'
say. Here's a good -one. "Shorthand is an ancient art!".
reads the item. We know it. Only we wish a• lot of peo-
ple would quit••trying use it in writing longhand letteTs•
fi Nobody but themselves can decipher ,the. words.
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"Styles For Women Going 1-fighee" preilicts another
headline. 'Ray! 'Ray! 'Ray! The article referred to the
heels on their shoes—not skirts,
Too many "stafelly things" are not good for us, say the
. , •
doctors. Righto., That last stiff collar we wore cut a
u
ridge 'rond,our neck and the stiff shirt th.a?. went with it,
wbuldn't stay put.. We're for shirts and collars that are
only sOftboiled hereafter. •
FAMOUS LAST LINES •
"He, who laughs last—laughs laughs!"
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LEVITY OF THEPRESS
If you can't meet your obiigations,
you will be sure to meet your cerdi-
tors in, any event.—St. Catharines
But' it's hard to tell if they are do-
ing the Charleston or are just an ad:
vertisernent for somebody's corn Te14-
edy,—Brandon Sun.
A speaker at an Ottawa. Woman's
Institute complains that she has look-
ed in vain in Hansard for a recipe for
layer cakes, contribpted by Miss Ag-
nes MacPhail, M. P, --Bruce Herald,
If Poultney Biglow wins damages
for being called. a "bore," a lot of peo-
ple are in danger for their remarks. ---
Toronto Globe.
An old, London inn is to make way
for a "hotel." That. is 'the price of
catering for a tourist trade 'which can. -
not accept 'Old World life as it finds
it—Toronto Globe. ,
It -is about time for the weather to
become warmer by degrees.—Brant-
forcl Expositor.
If it conies to a showdown the men
can dress so that they can be •told
from women very easily. All they've
got to do is to wear women's clothes.
—Kitchener 'Record.
,Build Dollar by DoIlar
oNT negieot to open a savings aid.PO4n't
because yon, may hgve no Large mount
of znoney to deposit. The Dominion Banwili it
accept deposits $1100 and '14Pwarols.
Open an aceount now and add small amountS
regularly. •You will 'be surprised to see how
rapidly your savings Vial grow+
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"I hear you own a motor car now."
"Well, in partnership with the motor,
car company."—Toronto Telegram.
However, the announcement that
Tommy Church tis paired with,Miss
Agnes MacPhail does not presage
anything in the matrimonial
Hline.—
amilton 'Herald. '
Prohibition is" an imaginary line
running around the United States.—
Montreal Star.
Think ot all the churches in, Ham-
ilton—and only nineteen theatres.—
Hamilton Herald.
In • livery stables ,what is now
known as the Charleston used to be
called the spring halt.—Kitchener
PIGEONS SURPASS RADIO IN
• *WAR WORK
By R. M. Sherrill
(Radio 'Engineer) •
Radio and all its wonders has yet
one chore to accomplish—the chore
of the carrier pigeon, "And this it
can neverdo," declares Capt. Ray R,
Delhauer, until recently pigeonex-
th Unite States Aimy,
Delhauer is firm. in his faith in the
per f or e
pigeon. as a c1
enclable means of
means of communicat;ion were dis"-
rupted. The pigeon was used. And
during the Corpus'Christi tidal wave,
pigeons afforded the only. means of.
comptimication.
"There is little doiibt about the im-
portance of military pigeon service,
regardless of radio, and it is rny be-,
lief that pigeons will always be used,
radio or no
radio.
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communication during war time, Re-
cognizing the amazing proinises
radio, he yet holds that the carrier pi -
Michigan man claims to have seen a
frog hopping- about in a snowdrift.
The inevitable result of refusing to
stick to butterrnilk.—Border .Cities
There are two Parliaments in ses-
sion. Ottawa ,and Toronto, sufficient
to provide enough static for the whole
Dorninions.--Brockville Recorder and
Times. ,
The expe-rt of locomotives from
Canada during the last year -was the
largest yet recorded. Here is some-
thirig to toot about.—Brantford Ex-
positor.
„ Jack Miner says the crow is the big -
guest robber in the bird farnily. What
Bigger even 'n jail birds?—Toronto
Star. '
Hard to tell, sometimes, whether
Hon. Mr. Raney is playing Simon Le -
gree or -Uncle T-Om.—rtoronto Tele-
gram.
Two gallons of beer, a gallon of
wine and a, quart of whiskeY'•a.re what
a citizen of Saskatchewan -may leg-
ally purchase in a da.Y. -It ought to
be stifficithit for the moderate ab-
stainer.—Mail and. Empire.
Wil Stop Chimney Fires
Arthur Sovereign a prominent
merchant of Mildmay, 'formerly of
London, had applied for a patent for
nt invention which, it is'predictedwill
meet a big demands ancl be the means
of saving thousands of dollars of fire
losses. It is known as a stovepipe.
and chimney ,safety fire check and af-
ter
many derhonstrations under vari-
ous circumstances the contrivance is
doing all thatthe inventor claims for
it. This device is placed in a section
'of the stovepipe and is 'in short a dam-
per which closes tight when it, con-
tracts with the flame or excessive
heat such as is caused, by a chimney
fire This closes off all draft and' the
fire simply smothers out in niew mo-
ments, Perusal of the reports of fire
losses by insurance companies -reveals
that a large percentage of the losses
are caused by chimney fires and this
new safety device will itndoubtedly fill
a long -felt want in this -regard. The
inventor has, made arrangements for
the local hardware firm to assist in
the manufacture and sale of this motive industry before he tu,rned his
in-
ention,—Walkerton Telescope
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Amateur Holds unera ,
Radio Set
When, in the latter part of 1925,
geon will be used in any war to come. the Portuguese Government issued
"In the first place, pigeons can be- an order preventing all private ama-
used to carry messages with 'mini- teur radio stations from broadcasting,
mum possibility of their being inter -:one amateur held a mock funeral for
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"But a radio transmitting statibn
can be traced. Its messages can bd
picked up and decoded. The pigeon
offers an important advantage over
radio • when a spy in the enemy's„
country is dt work. How else than
by pigeon could%a spy communicate
with his own forces?' He would not -
dare to set up a radio station."
the sender's locatma is not disclosed" All of the solemn rites were carried u
e points out. •out, The set was placed on a funeral IN
ca.rridge, followed by. mourners and
taken. to the display window of a ra-
dio store which had been converted
into a chapel. The set was placed on
a dark -draped bier surrounded, by wre-
aths and burning candles.
Heavily black -bordered death 'noti-
ces were sent to friends.
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As for instance, Delhatieer, asserts Peak Not Yet Reached. In
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that pigeons flew 1800 miles during Radio Industry
the war.
Tlicetwrednstenadttoeunsd,iintigtefersatdisoliowshnowbsy,
"Some of m ,theaveraged 7oo miles thero
a clay," he said, "and for slaort distan- sh8w, that the saturd.tion point has
ces they have flown as fast as 3,50o not been reached. Powel Crosley, Jr.
to 3,700 yards a minute. One of the who had some experience in the auto -
principal obstacles or dangers to Pi.-
geons are trained falcons., but the Pi- , entire attention to the manufacturing
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geon whistle has been successful in of radio equipment, recalled the many
scaring off the falcons" periods in the automobile manufactur-
"Back to radio again. I.,obk atJa- ing days'when he wa.s,told the sa.tur-
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pan's last earthquake. All modern ation point had been reached.
- . "It has not yet, nor is there any
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indication of one being. reached, in
the radio industry," says Mr. Crosley.
'There are more places selling radio
apparatus today than ever before.
The type of dealers mercha.ndissing ap-
paratus,is much higher than in the
early daYt. It will not be long before
there will be 'Radio Rows' in cities,
just -as there are now 'automobile,
rows' in every town."
•Radfo Questions and Answers
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(Mr. Sherrill will be glad to help
you solve your radio problems. Write
him in care of this paper.)
Q.—P. C. C. asks: "Will an ender -
The 6ot Type in• ground antenna, be practical for the
Treasure Chest Cabinet reception of radiophone as well as
code signals? How long should the
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underground -wire be? -,
I Ans.:—The underground antenna
will receive any kindof radio signals.
The length should be approximately
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1 ,wish to receive. Also the wire should
run in the direction you wish to re-
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cessity of using separate C batteries
•lin a Live tube set?"
A. --Ordinarily a single battery is
used. Where accurate adjustments
' may be made, 'and. when the best re -
'sults are desired the separate C
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bat-
teries are better.
The new totally shielded 6
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Q.—D. A. S. asks: "Why are output
A Stromberg won't injure
'transformers used on some of the lar-
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your neighbours reception by g ger receivin -ets?
squealing Ans.:—The output transformer
changes the output voltage so that it
is of the proper value to rthe head-
phones or loudspeaker which is to be
•used. Also it insulates the pliones
from the high voltage -of the B bat-
tery and prevents the plate 'current
'for the last tube from going through
the phone windings.
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BELGRAVE
Mrs. C. Garness of Biuevale, spent
a few days with her sister, Mrs. Mill-
er.
Mr. John McGuire has been confin-
ed to the house for a week with a bad
cold.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilford Reid and fa-
mily, spent a day with Jos 'e Brandon.
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Hamilton of
Winghain, spent a few days visiting
among their old neighbors.
Miss Jennit and Hugh Kerr, have
left for their hotne near Moosejaw, af-
ter spending a couple of months
among old friends.
Charlie Coultice of Morris is mov-
ing into a, part of Mrs. Nethery's hou-
Mrs. Dick Yule, spent a few days
with friends in Windsor and Detroit,
last week.
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