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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1930-03-21, Page 3MARCH 21, 1930. r" �h} i uilp9�"'`l°A'x. tl"iT sac es O Tiles for roc t•'. nothing helped. Then '9ootha- 'rd itching, 15:0,, 01 1 mina e.Piles •1?.;...kYle...�, . retie' Piiesv3 11. Ail :.r MORBID CURIOSITY OF A RESPECTED READER A well known Toronto. gentleman thinks that a good subject for an article would be, '"Wihere did yiau -neet your wife?" addressed of course, to those who have met their wives somewhere. Whether the question is one that is sure to arouse happy reminiscences we cannot say, and what we find particularly interesting in it is the fact that perhaps ninety five married men out of a hundred, if they permit their minds to dwell up- on it, will come to the conclusion that the meeting was brought about by the veriest chance, This is the case even with those men who later mar- ried the girl friends of their youth, or the friends of their sisters whom they had known for many years be- fore they succumbed to a romantic passion. In fact, we are convinced that all marriages . with the excep- tion of two classes are the result of .chance meetings. The exceptions are provided by unions between royalties and men and women of unusual 'wealth. In the first case the mar- riages are affairs of state, which no incidental fondnesses are permitted to upset; at least, that was the prac- tice before the war, though, perhaps, not to such an extent to -day. In the Vase of the heiress she is often mark- ed down as legitimate prey by some adventurer. She can be tracked through Dun and Bradstreet, and however romantic she may erroneous • ly suppose a meeting to have been, it has really been rehearsed and ar- ranged. Leaving aside these two classes we have no doubt that a referendum among our readers would show that accidents are the beginning of prac- tically all marriages, no matter how happily or unfortunately they turn out. We take this for granted and therefore will hold no referendum. Accidents that land the victims in hospitals are particularly likely to lead to romance, and nurses are par- ticularly likely to be the beneficiaries of them. As our friend says. "The nurse has so many opportunities for exercising her feminine wiles that seen readily fall victims if they hap- pen to he single and lonely." If they happen only to be lonely it does not bode so well for the nurse. We have been told of the case of a man who was visiting a strange city and on the main street was suddenly dazzled by the vision of what appeared to him to be the prettiest girl he had ever seen. She passed him as though unaware of his existence but he had presence of mind enough to turn and follow. In a most ungentlemanly manner he trailed her to her home, and, after noting the street and number, return- ed to consult a directory. There he learned the name. Next day he planted himself at a spot where he could observe the house and when he 'thought that a sufficient number of people had emerged to account for all of a reasonable family but one he presented himself at the door. As he had hoped, the girl herself ans- wered the bell. He humbly begged permission to enter and make a slight statement. The bewildered girl let him come in and then and there he told her of his desperate condition. She listened with amazement and, when he had finished, she said that _she had never heard anything like it nn her life. Undeterred by this, he asked permission to call again and present himself to her parents. This was given and he turned up that eve- ning. He told the father and mother sof his financial standing and his so- cial position. Both seemed satisfac- tory and they said they had no ob- jection to his making a play for the daughter if he felt lucky. In the end ,a happy marriage resulted. While this unconvention meeting turned out satisfactory, we must not 'be understood as giving countenance to any such outre conduct on the part of the young man. Except when it is found expedient for a man to savethe life of a girl the rule must be observ- ed tl at the principals must be intro- duced and not scrape each other's acquaintance in any hole -in -corner -manner. But again, accidents will intrude and our informant tells of an- other acquaintance who was sifting in a train reading a copy of Grit and Steel or the War Cry, or something, -when he noticed a young lady trying to open a window. He went to her assistance and w'as able to open the window, for it turned out that he was the strongest man in three or four counties. As she thanked him for his terrific feat he was impressed by the tit pleasant quality of berg ` eice and 0e prolonged the conversat>.�d . He learn- ed that •she was on her way to Kieft a school churn in his own city. lie therefore proposed that he should call upon her and open' whateeer windows in the home that had never been op - ailed before and, as i in gltt be, other- wise never would be opened. "Let in ti's pure air of heaven" was his pas- si•rate cry. This permission was graciously given. Within a•month they were engaged to be married and the gentleman has since then refused all suggestions that he might open ' a window, preferring rather to throw the authors of such proposals through them. Ocean voyages have been held re- sponsible for innumerable romances and there is hardly any of us who does not know of one. The friend who made the sugtgestion for this art- icle, and who seems to have c ib- uted most of the matter for it; en - tions the case of a confirmed bac elor of 40—silent, austere and wholly un- interested in ladies. 'Since he was wealthy and otherwise eligible he was much sought after and many a con- triving mother had suffered• disap- pointment if not mortification in con- sequence of her repulse at his hands. One day he was taken ill and when he began to convalesce, was ordered to take an ocean voyage. On the boat his desk -chair was next to that of an elderly gentleman with whom he fell into conversation. ,Presently a young lady came along and she proved to be the elderly gentleman's daughter. Naturally they were introduced. In two days they were engaged, and married in a month. The really im- portant feature of this little scenario is unaccountably 'omitted. What will excite everybody's curiosity is not the character of the bachelor but the character of the girl. Of this we are afforded no clue. We only know that even the largest ship is comparative- ly a small place, which makes es- cape difficult if not indeed impossible. WAS WEAK AND PALE Health Restored Through the Use of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, Mrs. Leo Bedard, Quebec City, tells how her health and strength were restored through the use of that great blood -building tonic, Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. Mrs. Bedard says: "Some three years ago after the birth of Try little boy, I was left very weak and pale. I did not seem to have any strength, and at times I was so dizzy I would nearly fall down. A friend advised pie to try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills and I did so. In a few weeks I was surprised to notice the difference i7: my condition—I felt like a new woman. I continued taking the pills until I had used ten boxes, by which time I had completely regained my former health and strength. 1 feel that I cannot praise too highly Dr. 'Williams' Pink Pills for what they have done for ne." To the woman in the home—the woman closely confined through house- hold duties—Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are a positive blessing. So if you are suffering from any condition due to poor, watery blood, or weak nerves, begin taking Dr. Williams' Pink Pills now and note how quickly your health will improve and your' strength return. Thri pills are sold by all medicine dealers or will be sent b,* nail at 50 cents a box by The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. Acids in Stomach Cause Indigestion Weekly Crop Report. The most recent weekly crop re- port at hand concerns chiefly lthe matter of live stock and the milk situation. In Brant cattle on feed are reported to be fewer than usual. Dufferin reports a great interest in the breeding of hogs with requests for good quality breeding stock. Seed oats of No. 1 grade are selling for $1.00 per bushel. Cows are in good condition in Dundas County and at a recent sale grade Holsteins averaged around $100 per head. A plentiful supply of apples is indicated in Dur- ham with lowered prices for eggs. Essex reports a surplus in the milk supply, which is becoming a problem. This is the case also with Frontenac. In Glengarry live stock is in poor con- dition due to scarcity of food and poor pasturage last fall. Pure bred live stock is commanding good prices in Haldimand. Fall wheat is looking green and fresh in Huron and a good supply of red clover is indicated in Lambton. A big demand has obtain- ed for certified seed potatoes in Leeds. Medical authorities state that near- ly nine -tenths of the cases of stomach trouble, indigestion, sourness, burn- ing, gas, bloating, nausea, etc., are due to an excess of hydrochloric acid in the stomach. The delicate stomach lining is irritated, digestion is delay- ed and food sours, causing the dis- agreeable symptoms which every stomach sufferer knows so well. Artificial digectents are not needed in snch cases and may do real harm. Try laying aside all digestive aids and instead get from any druggist some Bieurated Magnesia and take a •teaspoonful of power or four tablets in water right after eating. This sweetens the stomach, prevents the formation of excess acid, and there is • no sourness, gas or pain. Bisirated Magnesia (in powder or tablet forth— rredess to a milk) • never liquid or ) is h ' the stomach, inexpensive to take and 'is t'he most efficient form of magnesia • for stomach - litIrposes. it is used by • thousands of people who enjoy their •smell with no more fear of indigos- ` ton. tai 7. English Pancakes. The batter for English pancakes is best when made an hour or two before it is wanted for use. It should be quite smooth and of the consistency of 'very thick custard. The eggs should first be beaten thoroughly, the yolks and whites separately; the flour should then be added and, when it has been beaten until it is quite free from lumps, the milk or cream should be put in. SEAFORTIA'S GREAtEST SALE-' TIRE i We bought the "Toggery Shop" stock an with the intention of clearing it all out WE BOUGHT IT FOR A FRACTION OF ITS VALUE, SELLING IT THE SAME WAY Sale Starts Friday at 9 A.M. i eie rijT ata asea per ea ' WISE WOMEN WILL PROFIT BY THESE SAVINGS This sale offers a good as - that formerly $2 sortment of new styles, sold up to. Men's Felt Hats $4.50 and $5.00 VALUES light and dark colors, at $2.691 DRESSES MINGUNIIM Dress Shirts $1.50 and $1.75 VALUES A splendid group in neckband and collar attached styles. "Out they Go" at 89c1 Will be yours now for only Another Wonder Group — Georgettes, Silks, Crepes, Satin -hack Crepes and Novelty Prints. Styles for all figures; styles for matron or miss and every dress a bargain value worth coming miles to secure. =ra 6.: 1 LADIES' SPRING COATS VALUES TO $15.00 One splendid lot going $4,00 fast at only �A lJ Men's Suits and Overcoats Worth Up To $22,50, Selling at Men who fail to select a Suit or , Overcoat from this group will surely regret it. Light and dark colors; styles and sizes for all 0 $25 to $35 Suits Now This group represents the hest of the stock. All good stylish models; suits for men and young men, Big range of sizes. Suits for business; suits you'll enjoy wearing; suits your friends will admire. One Group of Men's Suits Good serviceable Suits of fine wool- lens, good colors and styles many men prefer, go into this sale at.... 15.95 1 $8.00 Dresses One Lot Silks and Crepes Worth up3 98 to $12,50 • Silk Dresses. Values up to $25 Women who know and appreciate lovely clothes will be first to select from this group. The range of styles, fabrics and colors is so great that we cannot fully describe their merits, but we bid you come, see for yourself the splendid values at $5,00 $1195 NIIIIIIIIIMMINIIIIIIIIIIM WOMEN'S FUR TRIMMED COATS as law as $5.00 STEWART BROS. Sale held at the ToggeryShop a hot napkin—this being the best, as it keeps the heat. Lemon and sugar are generally sent to the table with them and they should be served as hot as possible. A little hot jam may be spread on the pancakes before rolling them up, or some stewed fruit, or a puree of fruit tuay be arranged in layers with the flat pancakes. The jam and fruit used must not be too liquid. Another way is to add small pieces of fruit to the batteroipefore cooking the pancakes. A few hd 7ip d, apples, peach, apricot, pineapple,• dates, rais- ins, figs, etc., or even a few currants may be used in this way. If desired, the mixture of fruit may be sprinkled on the batter while it is cooking, and another thin coating of batter poured over the top. Pancakes of this type are much more easily friend in a small pan than in a larger one. In making plain pancakes, one cup finer, 2 eggs, 1 cup milk and a few grains of salt will be required. The fire over which the pancakes are fried s'i els he hot and the frying -pan should be a smooth one and should be greased, but should not be oily Pour in the batter, which should cover the pan entirely and be as thin as possible. The edges of the pancake should be kept free from the pan with P knife and the pan must be shaken lightly to prevent sticking. When the pancake is set and the under side is nicely browned, it should be turned. An experienced pancake maker is able to turn the pancake by throwing it in the air. If difficulty in turning the pancake is experienced on aceount of the size, cut it in two and turn with a pancake liftter, English pftfc akea may be served be various ways, either flat, with sugar ziftcd between, or rolled and piled o t' �:.'S.:J:ttS�,'�a�Jtj ..r„ lY :lei .il�,ue lu:'.tG>tii:�• CLAIM OF TWO CITIES FOR TELEPHONE INVENTION Where was the telephone invented? A correspondent in Owen Sound has always supposed that it had been first used in Brantford but recently read in a newspaper that Boston could claim this credit. If we Doulstay truthfully that tike telephone ha 'been Canada a zten rds invented in pad a h lfi,do would suffice, but because some difficulties in the way it is neessary about a columnto strA1 hten out the Wg suppose tltat most Canadians believe that Alexan-' der Graham Bell did perfect his in- vention in this country, while Ameri- cans similarly believe that there is something in the air of their native or adopted country that made it the natural and inevitable place for the great invention. Mr. Bell himself us- ed to say "the telephone was conceiv- ed in Brantford and born in Boston." That ought to satisfy both communi- ties, especially as nobody has ever challenged Brantford's right to call itself the Telephone City, Boston be- ing content with another cognomen. As a matter of fact we believe that it was a sheer accident that the name of either city is associated peculiar- ly with the invention. Mr. Bell just happened to live in Canada for some time, and he also just happened to live in the United States for a great deal longer period though the odds are that if he had never lived in Can- ada he never would have lived in the United States, but would have invent- ed the telephone in Scotland or Lon- don or wherever he had happened to be. If Bell's health had been good in his youth the chances are against bis ev- er having come to Canada; and if it had not happened that Rev. Dr. Hen- derson, a Baptist clergyman and school inspector of Faris, was an old friend of the Bell family the chances are that the family would have set- tled somewhere else. Rat as matters turned out after arriving in Canada the Bells went to Paris and a few days after their arrival; had been shown by Dr. Henderson a homestead which he thought would suit them. So this place was bought in Brantford five days after the arrival at Quebec. Here again we see nothing but the. play of accident. But after 1870 when the Bells landed in Canada there chance ceases to play such a leading role. For instance, it was hardly chance that sent Alexander .Melville Bell, the father, and inventor of a system of visible speech, to deliver a lecture on the sucbject in Boston, for Boston was particularly interested in this subject and Bell, Sr., was pecul- iarly qualified to speak on it. Nor was it accident that led the people of Boston to ask him to return and give another lecture. He explained that it would be inconvenient for him to do so, but that his son, who was also an expert, would go down to talk. So young Bell went to Boston in 1871, delivered his lecture and made such a good impression that he was employ- ed at a salary of a few hundred dol- lars a year to teach his father's sys- tem in a deaf and dumb school. From that day onward Alexander Graham Bell may be considered to have been a oitizen of Boston. But for many years thereafter he used to spend two or three months each sum- mer in Brantford. There he used to say, he could do his thinking. It was not luck or accident, but a natural 'outcome of his study of the deaf and dumb and his inventions to melee arti- ficial speech possible that led him to speculations and later to exipeirimie'ttrts and finally inventions with electricity to project the human voice. In those days people were talking as much a- bout electricity as people nowadays are talking about radio, the talkies and the prospects of television. It was inevitable that Bell's thoughts should turn in this direction. T h e word "telephone" had been used 30 years earlier and in 1854 Charles Bourseul, a Frenchman, had outlined a method by which he believed speech could be electrically transmitted while in 1861 Philip Reis, a German, had produced an instrument that would actually transmit pitch, but not speech. This' was done by means of an in- terrupted electrral current. Bell's iproblem was to d' ,ise and apply the principle of a con nuous undulating current by which alone. the human voice is recagnirai,le over the tele- phone. The ide e for this invention came to Bell when he was in Brant- ford in 1874. Mngpificcrl: as it was, it remained but an idea. lint Bell felt that he was on t' - right 'reek and from then until 1 -t75 l:, 5,5 v b ' to have worked almo' . da ,1 night on his problem. }'e h valuable assisten •e in a mocha!' cal way from Thoiras Watsf r of l3oeven, who translated Bell's ideas and draw- ings into mtat:ea flea The first con- versation ever to ,'ke p1 ee •v,•; a telephone was in Boston B t the first time the i `amer. "are ;ver Placed miles ape • and t ae to c . fy the }lumen voice was beta eat Bleat - ford and the Henderson home ty Paris in 1876. 'it here ' sation was not reciprocal. The first two-way conversation was in Boston on October 9, 1875. The first draft of the telephone specifications was made in Brantford in September, 1875. Sc to the original question, Whe¢•e was the telephone invented? we can do no better than repeat Mr. Bell's own words that it was conceived in Brantford and ,born in Boston, re- marking in passing that Brantford has also other claims to distinction, whatever may be said about Boston. One rather curious thing we came a- cross in our examination of the doeu- ments in the case was that after the first fundamental invention Mr. Bell took no further part in the develop- ment of the telephone. He was pure- ly a scientist and the commercial pos- sibilities ', the invention did not in- terest him, Though he was a moder- ately wealthy man when he died this eves because his friends and particu- lariy his father-in-law, Gardiner Hub - of Cambridge, Mass,, saw th.tt r bne.ineso interests were safe- gn ,le., when the original to -e phone co ••-gin • . were h :ng orgat•ized. An- utr r curious thi-„ about the Bell ire vent fon is that t telepthen., has nev- er made a singe millionai•t•e. It is t,• •'h bit: era a to beelness gen. r'1 'ly bn its profits seem„to have beeo pretty widely distributed. So if the only thing Li. et one bees to Conte ale n ab u r. the telephone item ; i tb t it has ere" tad indirvid zal plate» er be has rea11•e no railup hill