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The Huron Expositor, 1931-11-20, Page 3nt of is onz 1!• he ht at ncli al/ nts As: mg - it.. ow mg- ce, in the er- eks and here ouic ave eery uIiy arry- has t at ner- kepi:. -ye& the too sand , be- ,- he hon- Ex- iI down nock she aIso ., but conn- gree- bhov rs a en a ready r hack givers' hrone ieaflT will 44, IE g0,0*311; t Folks Past 40 Should Read, This • • • • If you are troubled with- a burning sensation, functional bladder weak - loess, frequent daily anoyance, gettiAg' up -nights, dull pains in back, lower abdomen and down through groil_07- you should try 'the amazing value of Dr. iSouthworth's "Vratabs" t once and see what a wonderful differeneg they make! If this grand old term:- ula of a well known Physician brings you the swift and satisfying comfort it has ' brought to dozens of others, you surely will be thankful and very well. pleased, If it does not satisfy, the druggist that 'supplied you with "Uratabs" is authorized to return your money on the first box purchased. This gives you a full le days' test of "Uratabs" without risk of cost unless . pleased with results. If ,you would know the joys of peaceful, restful sleep and normal healthy Bladder ac- tion; start this test to -day. Any good druggist can supply you. The Devil's Playground Distance has been greatly telescop- , ed by steam, radio and aeroplane and few places are left on the globe that are inaccessible. There is still, how- ever, a natural area that is invisibly closed—fenced off—where the travel- ., ler, even the business man, is plainly not wanted; where the scientist must -exist as best he can, and where the corning of a strange woman is almost a calamity. This land begins at the French Sen- egal, on the elbow of West Africa, and parallels the Equator to the Cam; eroons. .Its closed door is likely to re- enain closed for a long time. This two -thousand -mile -long by nearly a thousand -mile -wide strip has been lab- elled the "Devil's Playground" and is in reality the white man's grace. It is -a country of weird inconsequences. tOne may defy -all dangeis and survive, while another, more cautious, may be scattered to bits. 'Here a nun has for forty years without a leave, while a strong man has been invalided home after a year, a wasted creature. 1Much has been said to condemn this region, little to praise it. Yet man lhave waxed prosperous from it. It is at territory where there is often either over -indulgence a a too extreme tern- verance. In either case the ultimate result is often physical and mental -rot. It is surprising to find how many --white ;nen have settled there. Along this tropical coast there are ever- growing communities, large and small that have been built up by the Cau- easian.. In Lagos, the capital of Nigeria, there are over two thousand white people, while in Bonny, in the Delta River, there are only two. But Bonny at one time was as busy as Lagos. The exigencies of trade have made the change. The fever -ridden aniles from Dakaar in the Senegal to Duala in the Cameroons are held tb- .gether by an ever-increasing cordon of hard-working, quiet, thinking and efficient, people who by their persist- ence and energy are building up a fu- ture for the country. But'these pioneers have many dif- tculties to overcome. One of the greatest is mental depression. In fact, mental depression may be termed one ,a the worst maladies of the West Coast. It may merely be the temper- ament of the individual,,but.ii9 is of - 'ten the country and its conditions that zire to blame. It is no uncommon oc- currence to hear of a man going "bla" 'in Nigeria from sheer melancholia. Much is being done to ameliorate this condition. Better housing facilities *help; so, too, do greater facilities for sport. One of the. greatest factors is the coming of the white woman. How- ever, there is such a prejudice against :!her corning, that some time must Relapse before she will even be regard- ed an,a necessity. The white man himself soon tires of he difficulties. He may be promised Thigh pay and a quickly materializing pension, but, under recent British Gov- earmnent regulations, he must endure separation of eighteen months from This wife and children, with only four months return home. The monotony -of life on the WestyCoast, combined -with the trying weather conditions and the lack of simple diversions, un- elermine the morale of even the sober- minded man and tends to break down the .barriers of his more decent in- stincts. He is driven by the inner atrain to alter the deadly dullness of things with excitements which under %other conditions he would avoid if not -utterly condemn. He should not be condemned too harshly, however, by those who do not know the conditions iunder which he must live. He has at least four black servants to look after his needs, but the presence of these, even though they may be equivalent to only two white servants, prevents both the white man, and the occas- ional white woman who may be in the country, from doing the numerous 'little things for themselves which mould provide some diversion. For it is habitual. to call a boy to do even the smallest errand, or to reach for a box of matches. Conditions are not suitable to bring up a family, and the "tours" or chang- es of stations may occur frequently iind with little notice. There is no assurance of permanency of abode. In -the British territoriesa woman ex- vecting a child, is not allowed to re - 12 main, although. missionaries whose 'tours are of three years' duration have children born to them in the AI- -rican tropics. Most white women droop early -,an -the tropics, largely because of the lack of physical exercise or mental stimulation. Here again the reason is frequently because there are the native boys to do things, and because R.....„..........,.............._ Rub .wid, DR. THOMAS' ECLECTRIC 4, OIL eon' is it is beileved thAt AtImpal, eXergne in WrfOng. Xint in' the aglenee Of Met - the U01400144 brink. on, fever and room, 413 onfp,cient. to 4ow,..np,;itian other MC" A.:0410113r4the women, doesuch eanse we can e4,01Y apoyme t4 ik tors and Plirele0c,OPA Missionaries, who thereg,m; 'Why c, csietc, vtrapie4 .#0, *We :404104:*9r,IA to "do, get along consekehe and Ineeligini§41 nioVemei# Mich tetter In the tropics, Several has suddenly awed to a eLoW, d Englishmonten who halve gone out, um. liberate and timid Way Qf rtprossion der, such circumstances have proved' Must have orniginated in the brain Ot this, ,but many of the women feel that the writer. 'Such a fact shows =li- the necessary constant dosing with erous indications, and gives the writ - quinine prematurely ages them in ap- er away should he ha, presented a peeranee. There are elsewhere, nat- half-truth only, or even'a lie, instead tinily, much depends upon the tem- of a plain- fact. perament of the individual. 'When unconscious handwriting be - But, things really are difficult in the comes conscious, the pen moves in a tropics. 'Small things going wrong different way. Hesitatingly the writ - which would seem trivial in cooler er adjusts his nib on the paper before climates take on alarming proportions he starts the actual movement. Be at the Equator. One of the difficulties is nervous. The trace his nib leaves for the young man is the rigid caste on the writing surface is as treacher- system which prevents a minor official ous as any finger -print; it is called an from meeting socially his superior. "initial adjustment." This means that 'many of the young Again and again it has beerisproved men have no opportunity whatever for that the longer and the more quickly social contact with white women; they the writer proceeds, the more he con - may not even drink in the same bar. centrates on the subject -matter and This is particularly hard for young the less op. the shaping of his char - men of good families and upbringing. acters. Therefore in auy deliberate Another cause for mental discon- writing, the style at the beginning of tent on the West Coast is that the long words differs from that of the head of every household, whether a end of those words. Further, a man married man or the head of a bach- who is not sure of himself will .often elor's menage, must always be pre- touch up his characters. This is due pared to share bread and bed with a to a sort of inferiority corhplex. stranger or a, semi -stranger. If this ' There is one indication in particu- occurred but seldom it would not be lar which graphologists claim to be a so trying, but there are few months reliable symptom of secretiveness and - in the life of an agent, whether of insincerity. This sigri is a rather the Government or of the trader, strangely shaped oval in the charac- when he is not called upon to share ter o, and in all those characters of his quarters, his mess, sometimes ev- which this oval forms a part, such as en his bed with a traveller. Through a, g, q, The oval is written in a Ick of hotel accommodation all along clockwise movement instead of the the coast travellers must be billeted other way round, and sometimes the in private homes. This is difficult for oval is not quite finished, leaving as the invader, too, for he would prob- it were a gap • at the bottom. The ably 'much prefer to retire to his o's are written as if the character s room and a little privacy and quiet; were meant. instead he must often wait until the Often also a letter like i is written last member of the family has retir- as a half -oval, and the dovrnstroke is ed, and a bed can be made up for rounded off at the _bottom and turned him in the dining room. The same to the left. Although we do not know holds good for representatives of in- why, this way of making the move - significant companies and the heads ment is an indication of untruthful - of iinportant and powerful firms. • ness, we have so many statistics that The food supply presents a problem we have to accept the knowledge as with, an extra mouth to feed, for the axiomatic. households depend for the bulk of 1 have gone through a collection their fresh supplies on ships that put of 141 manuscripts of persons convict - into port. These come at varying ed of dishonesty in the law courts of times. Fresh fruit and vegetables are different countries and° in all have often very difficult to procure. Tin_ found at least four of the ten pos- ned food is the standby, and the peo- sible indications of habitual dishon- ple grow so weary of it that, when esty. they do get an opportunity for fresh 1 applied to a number of large man - meat, they invariably eat too much. ufacturers asking them to place at Most of the foods are much too fatty my disposal manuscripts written by and heavy for the hot climates. In their employees, so that I might test fact the popular "palm oil chop"— my ability to detect among them the meat stewed in rich oil with heavy writing of dishonest persons. Up to boiled yams—is a dish suitableonly the present I have received material for the Arctic, from tineteen concerns, giving a to - There 'are quite adequate railroads, tal of 73 handwritings. In fourteen many of them with de luxe equipment. cases I diagnosed dishonesty, and the At least they are better rolling stock firms in question confirmed the ac - and cleaner than many trains in East curacy' of my judgment in every one and South Africa. Yet even at the of those cases. railheads there are no hotels. M a In the St days of haste most people few termini there are rest houses of take an illegible signature for grant - a sort. And there is an utter lack of ed A man may be none the worse information as to how to come and for having an illegible signature, but go for the traveller who must or an illegible signature written very would go to the West Coast. Steamer slowly indeed is always in one way or sailings are always subject to change. another suspecious. The testing of There seems to be a silence, almost a the verdicts of history is only one of taboo, about the whole situation. As the very interesting uses to which for the woman who would go out, a- the science of graphology lends itself. part from other obstacles, the men It is perhaps fortunate that com- are loth to be responsible for her wel- parative strangers who write and ask fare on account of the rigors of the for a loan must make figures, for the climate. Unless she has some busi- formation of those figures often gives ness or professional position waiting valuable information to the grapholo- for her, she may have difficulty in gist. It is unnatural and certainly landing at many of the ports. incompatible with normal writing rou- tine to write a figure in more than two separate strokes. When you come across figures written with three or four strokes, always watch the ear- ious other indications of financial un - 1 eliability in the script. Once when reading the menu, in a Can You Trust Your Partner? A hundred years ago character reading from handwriting was prac- ticed as a parlor game, and at a time when the word "graphology" was still uninvented the intellectuals of. Eur- cpe amused themselves by guessing the character and quality of their cor- respondents from their handwritiue. Disraeli himself was an amateur and ,rz.ther unsuccessful graphologist. On the other hand, Sir Walter Scott was something of an expert. Even for Scott, however, the reading of char- acter from script was an art rather than a science and it would never have occurred to them that one day it might become a regular part of a University curriculum. Character reading as a science be- gan when it was realized that char- acter is only one of the infinite num- ber of factors which co-opera,te in the shaping of our handwriting. We had to make experiments with many thou- sands of writers, of various national- ities, of both sexes, and of different standards of education. We had to make slow-motion camera pictures of the writing movement and to examine with a microscope the various traces which the different kinds of pen leave behind on the paper. We had to con- struct new apparatuses to measure the writing pressure, and to' think of new devices for distinguishing It Pays to Be Polite tWeen natural, spontaneous writing and a deliberate and artificial hand. As a result of this period of in- tensive experiment the graphologist is now able tq,..determine precisely which features of any writing betray the psychology of the writer. One of the most interesting results ef modern graphology is that 'we can detect from a man's handwriting either his honesty or his mendacity. However a man may attempt to dis- guise his hand, certain characteristics can always be discovered by the graphologist, and this makea the 'sci- ence of immense value t6 business men and others, to whom it is often extremely- important to know the character behind "the hand that signs the check." However, experts will rarely, if ever, give a character read- ing from a signature only. Fifteen lines at least of writing are neces- sary, for peculiarities of signature are often acquired early in life. In the estimation of character from script a few fundamental rules must be observed. Quick, natural and spon- taneous writing can never be produe- ed by a dishonest man. Inner uncer- tainty or fear reduces the speea of writing. There are many reasons why a mart may unconsciously retard his writing movement. 'He May be considering the actual wording or using words of a foreign language. The irritation produced by the passing of a noisy motor -ear, or someone entering the foreign restaurant I was struck by this strange phenomenon and asked the waiter who the writer was. I war told his chief, the headwaiter. The reader will understand that I was watchful of my change when I paid the bill, and. was not at all surprised V.. hen the head -waiter tried to make a mistake to his own advantage! Most of this article has been de- votO to the handwriting of men who for one reason or another would not make good business partners. After having explored the writing for the definitely negative qualities given, you would have to examine it for positive qualities and decide whether the char- acter of the writer would make him useful to you as an employee or help- ful as a partner. "Good" handwriting from the point of view of the graphologist is not the same as "good handwriting" from the point of view of the schoolmaster. A wiiting that changes for the good and is still lucid and distinct in its shaping and quick in movement is in- finitely preferable to a careful cop- perplate style that conforms to some stereotyped fashion and shows no or- iginality. It is extremely stupid to be bad- mannered. For it is the easiest way of getting enemies, of laying up trou- ble for yourself, and of making the whole process of living harder for you and everybody around you. It is like trying to run an automobile without grease. Unintelligent. In every sense, except the strictly criminal one you can—if you have charming man- ners—get away with murder. Lack- ing them, eVerybody is likely to suspect you, of it anyway, though in reality you may be a blood relation of the Archangel Gabriel. We all know people, men and wo- men, who dispense with commercial probity, morality, or even elementary d•Aency in their relations with their fellow men, and yet succeed in "get- ting away with it" because they are habitually polite. They can do what they like—and, provided they remain charming in the process, hardly an en- emy arises to curse them for it af- terwards. No One wants to champion politeness on the ground that it is an aid to crime (though it is; as it is an aid to everything else). The thing that is interesting is that there are still to be found people who believe manners have no material value in life. I should say their material valuer was incomputable. One of the best single investments anyone can make —whether it's a question of ,praes- sional advancement, soeial popularity, ' 'fat,'Nuv 1,,Nodo ' NEW -EVEN" °THE season of seasons is upon us -- -11- The joyous season of Christmas with all its festivities, is near. Prepare for it now. We have on display a beau- tiful showing of the very newest in eve- ning gowns, and the outstanding feat- ure is the reasonable prices. Stylish tight fitting gowns with long flaring skirt, they are simply beautiful ---Black, white and fancy colored silks and satins in all sizes. Price $9.75 to $25 Stewart Bros., Seaforth personal happiness, or just the sweet- ening of existence for'those most in- timately connected with one. Other things being equal, ability for abil- ity, the man or woman whose polite- ness make him or her well liked, will carry off every prize from the man or woman evho finds it too -much trou- ble to do 'anything but hurt, annoy and think of their own comfort. Of- ten, indeed, other things being entire - y unequal—ability for ability — the same order will still hold. We all know quite stupid people who reach and hold important positions over the heads of the brilliant because they have the charming make up that dis- arms criticism and predisposes-. every- body in their favor. We have seen those of small personality and signifi- cance, but of a naturally gracious manner, who achieva more weight a- mong their fellow men than far more obvious choices who are the opposite. For you don't have to think about be - ng polite. Politeness is not some- thing that can be put on occasionally ike party clothes. A little while ago it really looked as though being rude, after a long and fashionable innings, were going the way of all crazes. But it almost looks as though the habit had become an ovdr-strong one. Rudeness is un- doubtedly at the bottom of much of our generation's unhappiness. We get very little Out of life 'because we try too hard to measure what we put into it, We don't recognize the importance of giving; especially the small things that matter. For it is those little things that are so all- important—the little, everyday amen- ities and politenesses that are second nature to some gracious people. But they are something that may be ac- quired, and which are certainly worth acquiring. I've heard . some people say that manners are an affeetation% This must refer to those extremists, the people who leap out of chairs every time one crosses a room, and who get on one's nerves incessantly open- ing doors and handing one into a car. But such manners are not good. They are of the exhibitionist variety, and they are not natural. I think if I were asked to define good manners, I'd paraphrase the statement that a gentleman was a man who never made any one feel uncomfortable uninten- tionally, and say that good manners are the art of never hurting, or of- fending others without meaning 'to. There is a good -mannered way of being good-rnannerkd. A man should give 112 cornfortdbLe seat to a wo- man—and a younger person to an older one. But the man who has to break up a conversation in order to do -with a flourish what ought to be done unostentatiously, is only a shade less ill-mannered than his protoype who remains comfortably ensconsed and lets all newcomers go hang, so far as letting them into the social cir- cle is concerned. People who don't answer invita- tions, or 'who bring hosts of their own friends to gatherings Where they a- lone have been asked; people who would rather die than take ten min- utes to write a formal little note of thanks for the best of good times— are simply lazy and detestable. You could never call anyone "good mannered" who treated his subordin- ates and servants rudely. Selfishness is always had manners ---supremely bad manners. Politeness pays out of all proportion to the time, trouble and self-control expended. Oddities In the News Conscience. In Nashville, Tenn., William L. Cherry forged three ceques in 1917, was sentenced. to 3 -to -15 years ip prison. Forty-one days later he es- caped. His conscience uneasy, he en- listed in the army, hoping his finger prints would be recognized. They were not, so William L. Cherry hoped for death. He was wounded 22 times, decorated for bravery. Still hoping for capture but afraid to surrender, he joined the San Francisco police force, quit to become a guard at San Quentin Prison. He married, was div- orced.. Last week he gave himseli up in Cincinnati, said the act had brought him his first peaceful sleep in fourteen years. * * Funeral. in a church in Benton, 111., gather- ed the many friends of Stephen R. Patton, 80, for his funeral. A quartet sang several hymns. The minister arose and preached the funeral ser- mon in a solemn, emotional voice, told how Stephen 1R. Patton had spent many wicked years before he became a Christian. In the moruners bench, behind piles of funeral wreaths, sat Stephen R. Patton himself. Tears gleamed in, his eyes, Said he: "'It takes something like this to show a man how many friends he has." The friends had planned to give him a birthday party; he had begged for a funeral instead. "If I'm to have flowers," he said, "I'd rather have them while I'm alive." * * * Duel. In Hartford, Ala., Police Chief J. C. Roney and ex -Mayor J. El. Radford had disliked each other for years. One morning a road -scraping machine went into operation directly in front of the ex -mayor's house, put the ex - Mayor into a frightful humor, sent him hurrying to the police chief to demand that the nuisance cease. The police chief put his left hand on the ex -mayor's shoulder, the ex -mayor put his left hand cm the police chief's shoulder; with their right hands they drew pistols, shot each other to death. • * Bull. In London, a bullock was slaughter- ed, in its stomach found: seven pounds of nails, several pieces of copper wire, a silver brooch, a shoe buckle, a rub- ber boot and a derby hat. The bul- lock was pronounced healthy, its steaks tender. * * • Sneeze. Near Ogden, Utah, Fireman 011ie Lance of Union Pacific's No, 19 sneez- ed. No. 19 came to a suddeu, sick- ening halt. Out piled the train crew, nut piled the passengers, tor search the tracks until they found Fireman 011ie Lance's lost false teeth. * * Inconvenience. In Brooklyn, Rex R. Fairbanks, 29, was hailed by a young woman in a roadster, asked the way to Park Plaza. The young woman also invited him for a ride, emphasized the imitation with a pistol. In Prospect Park she made Rex R. Fairbanks strip to his under- clothes, get nut. From one police etation to another went Rex- R. Fair- banks, in underclothes and hat. un- able, for lack of definite police juris- diction, to find sympathy or help in recovering the money, watch and ring he had lost with his clothes. Finally he went home. In the morning the pujice wrote him a note: "Sorry for inconvenience pm were caused." * •4 Box. In Scranton. Pa., Magician Huber the Great entertained theatre audi- ences by getting into a box, letting them nail the box shut, getting out of the. box. One night Huber the Great failed to emerge. Anxious spec- tators broke open the box, found Hu- ber the Great unconscious, nailed fast to the box. * * * Man. In a iail at Blackpool, England, Frank Sheridan ate his breakfast, then ate his spoon. tarn hungry he tore the chain and staple from his cell door and ate them too. Satisiied, Prisoner Sheridan lay down, went to sleejl. .„, HEADACHES Headache is not an uncommon con- dition, and it is responsible for a great deal of misery and discomfort. Because headaches are felt so fre- quently, it is very often' overlooked that they do not occur in the normally functioning healthy body. A head- ache always means that something is wrong which, in turn, is an indication that some abnormal condition has a- risen which requires attention. Headache occurs as a symptom in almost every illness. Nhen the body is subjected to poisoning as the result of the activity of disease germs, or when body waste is not eliminated promptly' and regularly, headache is often one of the first warnings of the condition. Over -indulgence in food, beverages or tobacco will cause headaches in many cases. Emotional upsets, or rick of freelt air are not infrequently responsible for the same symptom. A very common cause of headache is eye -strain. This is not due to an inability to see well but it is the re- sult of strain due to some abnormal condition of the eyes, or to their -over- use. Enough has been said to show that headaches may be due to any one of several causes, and that, in all cases, they are the result bf some abnormal condition. The sufferer will know the cause in some cases, for example, the headache has followed upon some over indulgence, when the means of avoid- ing a recurrence is also clear as it de- pends upon avoiding the excess which is responsible. Headaches should be regarded as a warning. Frequent headaches or un- usually severe ones should not be neg- lected. The sufferer wants relief, but it is a serious mistake to relieve the headache by the use of a drug and then to imagine that the real trouble has- been removed. Such is not the case, The istressing headaches had been got rid" of, but the cause of the headache has not been dealt with, and that is the more important matter. - It is not difficult to remove pain, but such relief is often only temporary, and it is not a reasonable or a safe' procedure to,remove the pain which is the danger signal and leave the ab- normal condition uncorrected. The cause of the headaches should" be sought and, when found, it shoal' be treated. It is by prompt attention to such conditions as headaches that disease and abnormal body condition will be brought under treatment toly and their correction made possible ib. proper treatment. •. Ilitaggegggittriid4Z4doSSi,s;'ikAkii'4 • r • . • q. 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