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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1921-07-29, Page 3/7 1 u ra nley s se mere. ►e* rtocal manager will be glad to.. e matter over with. you. -Beet, hogs, butter and, Cheese are big' money producers. Are you getting your share of the profits from them? TIE DOMINION BANK= SEAFORTH BRANCH, • • R. M. JONES, Manager. SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES .FOR RENT. . - KIM HURON EXPOSITOR DISTRICT MATTERS SUMMER HEAT HARD ON BABY No, season of the year is so dan- gerous to the life of little ones as is the summer. The excessive heat -throws the little stomach out of or- der so quickly that unless prompt aid as at hand the baby may be beyond all human help before the mother re- alizes he is ill. Summer is the sea- son when diarrhoea, cholera infan- turn, dysentry and colic are most pre- walonf. Any one of these troubles may prove deadly if not properly treated. During the summer the mothers' best friend is Baby's Own Tablets. They regulate the bowels, sweeten the stomaoh and keep baby 'healthy. The Tablets are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 • •cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville', Ont. WHY ARE SOME LONDONERS CALLED "COCKNEYS"? As used by writers of the Eliz- abethan period, the word "cockney" meant a molly -coddle, an effemin- ate person, a child that had been -"cockled" or coddled too much by its mother. Then, because men who lived in the city were supposed to be less virile and strong than those who lived in the country, the rural population commenced Co apply the term to the resident of London and other cities throughout England. Gradually this meaning was restrict• cd and localized until it was under- stood as being, applicable only to Londoners, or as one writer of the period phrases it, "particularly to be inferior to other Englishmen." 'The opposite term—the one applied by the townsmen to the farmer— twVIs "clown," meaning an uncouth, ill-bred man. Tc -day, the name Cockney is ap- plied generally to Londoners, but more specifically to those of a cer- tain class—'Arry and 'Arriet being typical of the class which is sup- posed to drop its h's or to insert them where they do not belong. But anyone who has come in contact with the Cockney as be is to -day will testify to the fact that it is a far cry from him to the theoretically ef- feminate personage o the Eliza- bethan period. The London cockney may not be well educated or ex- tremely refined in his speech—but Ire is emphatically not a molly coddle. SLUMS OF. LONDON HORRIFY QUEEN MARY For many years the slums of Lon - 'don have been among the worst in the world, and a disgrace to the na- tion. The long campaign against them, which was interrupted by the war, appears now to be coming to a close with a victory due largely to the strong personal interest Queen Mary has taken in the matter. The London County Council has decided that, the district, or the worst parts of it, should • be rebuilt, but it was curiously slothful in making a begin- ing. The result was that Col. W. J. Lewis, Mayor of Bethnal Green, began to call°public attention tb the slums, and made one effective speech at the Church of St. Martin's -in - the -Fields, overlooking Trafalgar Square. Among those who read a report of the address was Queen Mary. She read it not only with interest, but it is supposed with something like horror, and deter- mined that she would exert her own influence to assist the energetic Mayor. So a few hours after she had come to this decision she sum- rnotr'ed Col. Lewis to Buckingham Pal'a'ce. He went with maps and plans of this district and more fully ex- pounded the question, emphasizing the horrible conditions under which so many Londoners lived and the vital necessity of making an im- mediate start to improve them. Col. Lewis, as Was his wont, did not mince words, and he succeeded in thoroughly shocking the Queen. According to a story in the Louis- ville Courier Journal, "Describing one set of house properties, he said they were what are known as back- to-back •houses. This he illustrated by two boxes and explained that only one side was open to the outer air and that was the front of each cottage. As the whole of the sani- tary arrangements were located close to the front door, the Queen, Col. Lewis said, could imagine what the conditions of life must be. "'Horrible,' was the Queen's com- ment." The Mayor said that many pro- perties in the district were never reached by the sun at any time of the day throughout the year. Families of seven or eight, many of them soldiers' families, were forced to live in two -rooms. More- over, the rentals were enormous, `'e47diltia tit 5h ki : considering the size and conveni- ence of the properties. 'Profiteer- ing landlords .•who rented their premises out by single rooms or in tiny suites, obtained three or four times the return they could have -received by renting the house as a unit. Now the Queen had thought she had a fair acquaintance with _he poorer districts of 'London. Fre- -,uently she had visited them, but, 'Aging from a remark she made co Col. Lewis, these visits were care - full arranged so that she might not glimpse the real horrors of life in these conditions. She said, "It is pretty clear to me that when I have visited the poorer dietricts I have been taken mainly to the high- ways and not to the byways." She determined that she would see the byways of Bethnal Green, and made arrangements with Col. Lewis to that effect. Nobody in the town,except the Mayor, the Town Clerk and the Sanitary In- spector knew she was coming, and she arrived in a closed car, attended only by Lady Ampthill, one of her ladies-in.lwaiting, and H•°rry Lloyd Verney, her private secretary. For an hour and a half the little party, guided b y the Mayor, walked through the worst slums in Lon- don and Royalty saw for the first time the conditions that prevailed. After examining the outside of the houses, the Queen entered house after house, selecting thepm her- self, and spoke to the inmates. She even stopped and talked to people on the street, making inquiries about wages, work, families. In the course of her tour, she said, "I have come in the spirit of a mother to her family." Before the in- spection had been ' completed. all Bethnal Green knew that the Queen was paying a visit, and toward the end she had a large gallery. When she drove away she was given sueh a send-off as had not been seen in Bethnal Green for a long time. One of her first acts after re- turning to Buckingham Palace was ' to summon Dr. Addison, President of the Local Government Board. i With him she had a long talk, and it is said spoke her mind, not only ,cath freedom, but with emphasis, showing no willingness whatever to be put off with formal assurances, that the matter would be investi- I gated. Since then there has been outlined a vast housing scheme for i England and Wales, which repre- ' sents part of the Government's poll- I cy of reconstruction and social re- I form. Already the plans contem- plate the erection of some 90,000 new houses. The London County Council, as a result of the Queen's activities, has decided to begin work in Bethnal Green, and has announced that it will immediately clear the notorious Brady Street slums. The Pan-American Round Table members consist of a director gen- eral and an assistant director; also 22 women who represents 22 coun- tries of the western hemisphere, and associate membership of 30; fifteen native-born American women and 15 Mexican women. A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO GOOD HEALTH Most Troubles Afflicting Women Are Due to Poor Blood. To every woman belongs the right to enjoy a healthy, active life; yet nine out of ten suffer from some form of bloodlessness. That is why one sees on every side pale, thin cheeks, dull eyes and drooping figures—sure signs of headaches, weak backs, aching limbs and uncer- tain health. All weak women should win the right to be well by refresh- ing their weary bodies with the new rich, red blood that promptly trans- fid•ms them into healthy attractive women. This new, red blood is sup- plied by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, 1 which reaches every organ and every nerve in the body. Through the use of these pills thousands of women have found benefit when suffering I from anaemia, indigestion, general weakness and those ailments from j which women alone suffer. Among the many wdmen who tell of the rood Dr. Williams' Pink Pills have done them is Mrs. L. Hicks, Round Hill, N. S., who says: "I became very much run clown in health; my blood seemed weak and watery, my stren- gth failed and i was so easily tired that my work was a burden. I had often read about Dr. Williams' Pink Pills and decided to try them, and I can truly say that after using three boxes I found myself gaining, and under a further use of the pills all my old-time energy and vitality was restored. Out of my own experience I can strongly recommend this medi- cine." You can get Dr. Williams' Pink Pills through any dealer in npedicine or by mail at 50 cents a box or.sLsix boxes for $2.50 from The Dr. Wil- liams' Medicine Cd., Brockville, Ont. 6rroli0u0 ppialll'ptr $tntements + fisp*t'- tyl►y Buildings Sboltd Be, dell„ - When Metal Hoofs, Are Safer. Shelter' of Tres Unsafe During Thunder Storms. (Contributed by Ontario De artlment of Agrlrulture. Toronto,), The many direct questions con- cerning lightning rods or cables, methods of installing, etc., sent to the Department of Physics, O.A. C., Guelph, are often accompanied .by statements of the views of those sub- mitting these questions.. The follow- ing list of Corrected views, or impres- sions, will prove helpful to those who are at all interested in the protec- tion of their property from lightning dlscha:ges. E. denotes an erroneous view of statement. C. denotes correct explanations or statements of -facts. F.. Lightning rods_ attract the•elec- tric charge on the cloud and then allow the flash to travel down the system of lightning rods to the ground where it'disappears. C. The rodding system forms a connecting link between the °barge on the cloud and the charge on the earth and structure protected. The charges on the cloud and on the earth are of opposite polarity, and the induced charge on the earth or structure is quietly neutralized by the rodding system including the ground rod, the cable, and the points on the ridge. The neutralizing of the charge takes place in the form of an almost silent discharge from the points placed an the ridge, or on prominences at various parts of the building. it Is in thus "preventing" the sudden flash from the cloud that the chief efficiency of the rodding system consists. The system helps to avoid destruction by fires even in cases where a flash cannot be pre- vented, but these hashes are almost unheard of to -day wttn -the efficient rodding systems being installed by lightning rod dealers. "Rodding sys- tems properly installed do protect." E. Any kind of rodding "system" is satisfactory if the proper kind of rod or cable is used. It all depends on the rod. C. Rather say any durable rod, copper over three ounces per foot, and iron 4 r,¢ ounces per foot Is good enough "if properly installed." Em- phasis cannot be too strongly laid on the "method" of installations. E. If the ground rod or cable is placed in the ground a distance of six feet, it is considered satisfactory. C. Ground rods must be down to perpetual moisture, or (where this is impossible) special arrangements must be made to provide the beat grounding, more ground rods being necessary and special advice must be sought as to the best method in each special case. E. A building with metal roof is safe from electrical discharges. C. A metal roof grounded at the corners, and with a "sharp" ridge - board or points, makes an excellent system for fire p:otective purposes. The chief metal parts in the build- ing must, however, be connected to the main -system as suggested in rodding specifications, Bulletin No. 220 of the Department of Agricul- ture for Ontario. Fl. Even properly rodded build- ings are sometimes struck. C. Although the above is true, the' chances of their being injured if struck, or struck at all, are so few that one is safe to challenge the statement as "misleading." When hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of property is being destroyed annually in the Province of Ontario there are on record spaces of twelve months' duration where no single properly rodded building was burn- ed, and practically none even in- Inred. E. The safest place .in a thunder- storm is a sort distance from a tall tree, but lightning is liable to strike anything, or anywhere. C. Keep'as far away as possible from trees. All things are not equally liable to be struck There are no freaks in the ease of light- ning discharges, Rome things are nry-r struck. other things are al - invariably sir rick if a discharge 1:1;es pinee near them. E. Our buildings are insured. Then why roil them at extra expense? C. No one has any right to take a. chance on destroying life and pro- perly even if the life of the indivi- dual or the property is insured. now about' reduction of insurance pre- miums when buildings are rodded? E. All rodding cumpantrs aro trustworthy. TM 'rerere buy the cheapest cable and installation. C. All cackling companies in the country are not equally trustworthy even if honest and conscientious in their work. There is such a thing as lack of knowledge of the proper method of installation. Therefore deal only with those companies who know their business and guarantee gne.d workmanship. The beat is none tau good when human lives are at slake. cdnclusion.—All valuable farm buildings, unless of steel srrnrture t:ur intuit or entirely enclosed In me: il. should be rodded or partly roddyl, as the case may demand. Only the work of the must reputable li: in should be considered "good enough." If in doubt. seek adci CO from the l'h} sirs lirpnt-t.lent.-- W. C'. I31aikwood, O. A. College, Cluclph. All vegetables should be harvested In the early morning and put In a !cool place until desired for us. None cool place until desired for use. None day needed. i% More than 1,000 acres of land in Southern Rhodesia have been plant- ed in cotton for experiment purposes. a1r 'ctiOf ere ti ey are Always Lower- at Special Sale of Children's Dresses Made of prints, ginghams and chambray's; cleverly made in attractive styles, all nicely trimmed. Sizes, two years to 14 years. 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Price $1.65 Men's Work Shirts $1.29 Regular $1.75 and $2.00 Work Shirts of blue cham- bray, fancy stripes, khaki, black and white stripes, all double stitched. Generous- ly cut and substantially made, a Big Bargain:. All sizes, 14 to 17. $1.29 Men's Fine Cotton Hose 25c Good quality for fine shoes, black or tan. All sizes, 10 to 11! Price 25c STEWART BROS., SEAFORTH Big Reduction in Famous Snag Proof Overalls Here is an opportunity to buy high grade Overalls in black or blue and white stripe, in good weight Denin. These are not sale overalls; they are Overalls that sold regularly at $2.75. All sizes. SALE PRICE $1,95 _°1111IIIIIIIIII11111IIIII11111I1111111111111I11IIIII111111t1111llli Extra Special Women's and Misses g. Middies and- - Wash Skirts E. Slightly soiled g a r- meats, all first quality goods, including some =• 2. very high - class ma - 11. terials. ,ie 5= Special at Women's Cotton Hose All colors and sizes, full fashioned, in good quality, extra- strong wearing, spec- ial at. 201., - s1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 Meifs • at ' Prices that '= Agreeably Surpr you. Do not buy a Suit without. first seeing the new reduced, prices we are offering. Yolk will gladly pay these prices when you see these hand- some and some Suits. $10.00 to $38.00 Boys' Suits There is a particularly good range of these new School Suits made in the latest design with belt slash pocket, governor fasteners, etc. A nice range of pat- terns to choose from. SPECIAL PRICE $7.50 Boys' Blue Serge, made of good quality Irish Serge well lined, new style. • SPECIAL PRICE $10.00 Overalls $1.65 These are high grade overalls. Well and perfect- ly made, we guarantee every pair. Price $1.65 Men's Work Shirts $1.29 Regular $1.75 and $2.00 Work Shirts of blue cham- bray, fancy stripes, khaki, black and white stripes, all double stitched. Generous- ly cut and substantially made, a Big Bargain:. All sizes, 14 to 17. $1.29 Men's Fine Cotton Hose 25c Good quality for fine shoes, black or tan. All sizes, 10 to 11! Price 25c STEWART BROS., SEAFORTH