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(Contitde$r ":m fdait''Vl'ee1� ,' e
`"e eiee .accepted the. Crust 7ahip, '
she :°►te' i"''ie Same spirit, "a rad af-
telif tilivoyehikdEw tr w triflin 4dii'tbf'
fat' fib; 4t 6eiriDeotioais,'ltthtiit re
turned. the Manuscript aver into very
trustworthy hands; where it is ?now
being rewritten. It needed ,that ,bad-
ly .,.
Both ayes and his sister .appar-
ently Y' ,t the manuscript for the
next t-• '.weeks. :Graves met Witte
every ';ht at work as usual, but
there v. ' no mention of the book. At
the mit; 7,f twoweeks there came a
letter :. " neo by a Mr. Alden, • . the
nresidee of the Seemorr and Brothers
' publish:. ; Company: Witte was .in-
fanned • that his book was accepted
and was asked to come in at the first
opportunity to • talk over certain
changes that were desirable in . the
Formai as Was the note •of accept-
ance -which Mr. Alden had written,
the :reception hp gave Witte was the
VZy;ailthi iasis.
"You- :have , haze a splendid book,"
said Alden. "It is refreshing. I was
delighted to read it.";
The blisher was a man past fif
i uty,
gray-haired,, shio"oth-shaven. He gave
vne the impression that he wits part
and parcel of an older 'generation.
Witte learned in Aim next few mom-
ents, however, that this man who
spoke to .hiai in almost ,clerical man-
ner, . as the 'parson in a small coni-
nnunity speaks to one of his parish;
loners, was very up-todate •;hit. ••'hie
knowle 1 e of, eonditions, far more up-
to-date, ' i'n 'fact, than many a :brisk
and 'brittle`yotiiiger"man. .•_.. '
' "I 'have 'been wishing for some
time fors such" a book," Alde' i contin-
ued 'The technique .of the thing is
weak in places, but that will be pulled
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McCONNELL & HAYS
_._—_ Barristers, Solicitors, Etc. ,
, Patrick D: Meet:MI ell • -' H..Qlenn Hays
SEAFORTH, ONT.•
' Telepihone 174
A. W. SILLERY
Barrister; Solicitor, Etc.
SEAFORTH . - . - ONTARIO
- Phone 173, Seaforth '
MEDICAL ”
SEAFORTH CLINIC
DRt, E. A. McMASTER, M.B.
'Physician,- . '
DR. P. L. BRADY, M.D.
Surgeon
Office hours daily, except •Wednes-
stay: 1.30-5 p.m., 7-9 p.m. •
Appointments for consultation may i
be made in ' -advance,
JOHN A. GORWILL, B.A.,..M.D.. 3
Physician. and Surgeon i
„IN DR.. H. H. ROSS' OFFICE . A. �
Phones: Office 5-W; Res. 5-J '
Seaforth "1
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MARTIN W.. STAPLETON, B.A., M.D.
Physician and Surgeon _ t
Successor to Dr. W. O. Sproat .1
Phone 90-W - - Seaforth
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DR. F. 4. R. FORSTER r
, Eye, Ear,,,Nose and Throat t
Graduate:in Medicine, University of E
Toronto. t
Late assistant new 'York Opthal-•'1
mei and Aural Institute, Moerefiei'd's c
Eye and Golden Square Throat Hos-
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HOTEL, SEAFOaT11, THIRD WED-
NESDAY in each month, from 2 p.m. 1
to 4.30 p.m. • .. t
53•n Waterloo Street South, Stratford.
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Physician and Surgeon
Phone 110 ,- -. Hensel
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AUCTIONEERS
HAROLD JACKSON . . t
Specialist in Farm .and Household
Sales,
Licensed' in Huron and Perth Count t
tied. 'Pl ces'reasonable; satisfaction t
guaranteed.
0,or; information, etc., write or .phone' d
!HAROLD JACKSON, 14'on 661, Sea- e
"fortis; 1t1. 4, .Seaforth. • o
• .PERCY•,'O. WRIGI T • • u
Licensed Auctione,:er -
Bousehdld, fai xt stock, 'Implements I•
,and 'pure bred sales. Special training o
and expsrlenee enables me to offer t1
Yen sales service thefts'? frost effit;i- s,
ent'and 'satisfactory. PHONE 90 r 29, n
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C11p imp dei er7i�tih'g" Thi maul til iing' is'
the . subject • nnattevf the • atmoftI) ►ere:
That,' is' there i'n inint'ftt'aibte magne �<
+"i `l abked over tli manuscript
'again=aitee te•t •yahf'a h, ',`went
on after .a ,t}i ii `; ""a d''It°alid irtel.inedi•
to make no changesvi • the stogy. I
believe" I shall let the s1tu'atione stand
filet the, way you have •them..Your
judgment and feeling • fin the.book • Is
right. You have a work here — a
work--"
He broke Off, •apparently not. sure
how to phrase his criticism or praise
of the book. He .continued:
"Am 1 making myself: clear? You
have . a : story here that is different
from anything that has been written
in years. There is heart in it. There
is something else in this book of
Yours • Som' thi g forh'cii ha
e n w t we ve
no words•• in Einglish, • but which ' the
Germans call 'uberlebtes'-4things one
has lived through, sufferings one has
experienced in •,fine's own'•'saui—"
Aiden searched With hits gray eyes
the face'of the 'young mangy /$afore him
with a look•of genuine sympathy and
said: • • ,
"You must have gone throiigh a lot
—you must'have suffered.a'let to be
able to write such' a '•book: Such a
work as yours is not merely . thought
out—it is lived. There is a note of
•sincerity in it . that is too often a,
stranger to American literature. ••It
is the book' of life. It is epic in its,
depth of ,grandeur. • It is a distinct
contribution to American• letters."
• Mr. Alden made Witte sketch his
•life for hitt,' At the mention of Man- Ihr Beifalfselbst macht meinem Her-
ning, ' the publisher pricked up his zen bang. ' . "
ears: He had known Mannin
g years
ago ,in Boston. Witte described: to :Those who could, recall 'his strug
him`just what Manning's purpose'Was gle and understand his triumphs were'
in hiring. him, on the 'Chicago Star, rib longer among the living. Those
the sort of writing he wanted' of 'him. who would applaud hint "were not
Ten days later Witte received an- those'whose applause he'' craved-'
Other note from the publisher to come What was achievement, what Was
and see him. shame, when those , you have worked
"I' want you. to, gd to work for us,". for, 'Striven. for, are no"' longer ' with
in ;ou;,', 'You -hive nrri' � iii!”
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` FRES DENT
x'4,5,,' �G•„>
ho t4iei your Witte 'w+gadered;"
"Hilt 050,rdiiuer, lode of the readers„
icor , egim.64esx ,telephoned 'rpy, sister..
•ISite and Barbara are ehunns•. , It was
'to ;Miss; t}ardiner, yoi know, that she
took your hook: in the first place, and
it *as'on her, recommendation that
Alden read it.
"I see,". said Witte.
'An office boy'' came running atter
Graves. He was wonted in the man:
aging, .editor's office. The executive
heads were .going into cotfucil. to de-
cide on the next day's paper. He left
Witte hurriedly.
At midnight Witte sat down to
write his resignation. But Van Bev-
er," the managing editor, himself Walk-
ed Up to the desk. He had:'already
beard from ,Graves }bout Witte's lean.
dng- Te •came up? • to • ctfngratulate,
him.+
"When Witte aftbri k lk i
era s wa n
the night air, ,reached• his room, his
exaltation left bin;. In its place came beset',the A'pnt'erican•republic inaalto-
a sadness and a vacant 'feeling. To
Whom should he tell' the 'story of his gether too sinister aa light. Others, on
success? His mother, whose supportthe eorifrary;"prsised the Book as ''a
timely warning,.and as performing •a
in his old age he had hoped. to be,,
was dead. She had passed away with-. great service to the country.
out seeing him safely anchored. And � One of the pY•ftics struck a personal
note. lie madA i. mention .of the fact
Helen—He felt.as if bis heart was that this "fiindatnentally American
bathingy,•1n its, own- blood •at the volume" was written by a Man who
thought of his dead'wife. had come to thea United States as an
The lines from Goethe's • Dedication immigrant. The
in "Faust" `came. to hint: question of
'restricting immigration was then lie -
"'Mein Leid ertont der, unbekannten I would ,be folly," ;the writer had digres-
Menge `
R. A."$TEWART'
A Lanark'County dairy farmer,
• R. •A. St'ewaft, Almonte, has been
elected President, of. the Ontario'
Federation of AgricuiWre for
1947. Mr; St$ art for some time
represented- the -Canadian Federa-
tion oy Agriculture in the office
of 'War Assets Corporation at
Montreal.
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author of the "The. Fate Of' DemoCrer
cies" was taking the, difficulties that'
,ing agitated in ..certain quarters. It
Alden said bluntly.. He thea-proeeed you.–to_share_yeee fame; whhn' - the
ed 'to explain. ' . • • days of youth and'happiness are but
• The Seymour' and. Brothers• publish- a' memory• and linger `like" a 'faintly
ing 'house, as • Witte • knew, was -pub quivering dream? ;What Is .success or
lishing not only books but a number fame 'to a heart that harbors the
of magazines, among' 'them the Age,• graves of love and happiness? .
a well-known weeldy, He raised the window to. let the
"I think," said Alden, "that we can cool night air rest;' his overwrought
do considerable for you and that you nerves•. 'But the air chilled without
can do considerable for the Age. We resting him. He pulled down the
have teen looking around for a' likely. •.made and. turned en the light• On
Man to' take` on • our staff for .sere. the • table lay.. a:worn-out' , of
tune. I think • you are the wan` we "Faust,"• the copy 'he had used as a
want. •student. He opened it. and began to
"We want you .to write editorials read. . .
fOr. the Age. • We want you to tell' us •,
of America's newest problems. I agree 'CHAPTER XXIII
perfectly with the sentiments of your • OLD SORROWS AND A NEW
book, that; -sifted down to .fundateen- LIFE • .
leis, the greatest ,.problem for •this Three years had passed. Exceptfo
outitty ,to solve is the bread and • con- an added sharpness abbut his temple
6entment—accent •the 'contentment'— and the intensified pallor of his fe
problem„ and that Goldsmith's septi- tures•, . Emil Witte had changed' littl
went to the 'effect that ill fares the outwardly. Within' him, however,•th
Land where wealth accumulates and change which had been ushered I
Bien. decay is,.noi sentimentality, but twenty-five "years back on that firs
truth, •practical"statesmanship. In your morning of his in the new world, whe
tory you have brought out the :dig'-. his .father dressed him in American
city, the poetry and the despair of clothes ,from , head to foot — tlfa
he job. But you have brought them- change was now reaehing'the higher
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gut only: as an artist—which was consummation.
ight considering the tact that .you Witte' had become pecu]iariy;Amer
were writing fiction. We want you to ican. He had drunk deep not only. o
ring' out'these questions as a public- 'American ideals; but of American cul
st, -editorially, emphatically, in the tune and American,traditions: His, art
ge every week. i agree fully with icies and editorials in the Age attract
our sentimeu•t that there is no reas- ed attention particularly by thei
an why men who want work- should Em'ers urian flavor. The'ctiltara1 back
lot .find it. There is no reason, why ground of Witte's writing was that o
,t-,ork should'• be made ,hateful by� mis- New England.. Not one in a thousand
management, by improper surround- readers of these unsigned editorial
nes, by indifferent. ,or. brutal treat- on American life 'and problems an
Hent of the w arker, I agree with you. ideals. would have suspected t'h'at the
hat there. is no reason why• culture were written' by any one not of Ameri
ind refinement should - be the heritage
f the few. It belongs to all the'-peo-
te. Thet•e should" be no room ,for
este and class lines in 'a democracy,
n A'meriee."
Witte, overwhelmed by the offer,
'stetted in silence. �He had never
hought of himself .in the light•:,,of an'
editot'ial writer. He. had always as-
sociated 'elderly men with work of
hat sort, .He admitted it frankly .to
Mr. Alden. The latter.laughed.
"That is the accepted view," sats
he'.pelilisher. "But - it Is a •mistake
view. It is the young, not necessar-
y in years but .in mind, • in spirit,
N shape the course of civilization,
and the young should be allowed to
ay just what the. course should be.
The young writer has a distinct view-•
point which the older, man often los-
es. •• He bas enthusiasm. We should;
not wait until he has lost these quell
les to let, him write editorials. ,
"The editorial,'' Aiden Went on af-
r' Some moments, '"Is' the poem oP
o -day. In a previous century ' the
best political awl •social writing was
one in poetry. To -flay it is done in
ditoriais. We must have mote men,
f force and of vision—and of youth
speaking through ,our editorial col -
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tan birth. 'Many, indeed, would have
placed the writer of such, articles as
none other than a scion 6f one of the
oldest American families,
Still In the privacy of his Inhale—
.he now occupied a modest apartment
in Greenwich .Village Emil would
take his pen once a week 'or ten days
and'.'would write a letter in Yiddish to
his father. To write to: his father
was one of his great pleasures. The
true reporter's instinct for seeing life
at firsthand had not left --him: he
still would make his- pilgrimages to
the people in search of ideals as well
as -"color." In these.' ramblings
through the city he would come upon
a Synagogue or into "Jewish ..streets"
on the ,East Side occasionally, and
then memories', of his. past would be
revived. And, as is characteristic of
such memories, he would dwell fond-
ly. upon them. , . •
Witte's place 'among the younger
writers 'and etijturs was definitely • es-
tablished by his second book, "The
Fate of •Democracles," whicfi had .been•
pelt, on the market a few mbriths be-
fore; and reviews of which *ere be-
ginning to appear in the papers and
make:WO :
It was a cool Auguht Morning, and
Witte, who had been unable•.to fasten
bin:weir dost t to his desk in earnest
for,, some weeks, deterieitted to matte
the
•ar• ritieles itt his mind waiting to lie
..transferred to paper, He decided to
put thin ".probiem't out of his' head
a , • a teat, andgetown
to bltilitese:s Ale :Walked into Iris of-
fice d:eterminedly.,
` hii4 first wag t iht greeted his *Os
,
in the Mail before hint was an (MVO
o'. o e u .s --r t*
lyll g a e'ws. of his ptiiyti,'
mns:°'
Witte hurried ,to the office of. the
telex. • On hid, desk lay a number
r clippings. with instructions, frau(
most of tt. There were several
e city editor,, as to what length they
hould be.r'e'written, ' fie was in ''tile
thlst of one -44,Hies'. stories Whett
raves rushed up to him radiant With
'for 'the d y t l t tl '
elig�ht:a 1
He already knew "Witte a *as going
Werk for Alden, He;, shook ;hie handl
arnil'. .
Great luck! cried" Grave . C p of 1i 3 i
Ia 00 a natf07ia1 "t1 ..t LIT
e, of i*bu ilii, e, began laoktng thefia over. aina
Iden thinkti he •ha
Made ar
editorial-
izing
in,store.
leat
•on
beatanthe•
old
rev ewers, thought; that. the wear? piil+,liosea
elaboratetofoodsJawsearlycan'tyouteeth. 7.
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and these *he suffer even brief-: ani
apparently. Minor eye afflction's• are
urged to consult' their family doctors"
about, such ail; tents. • What is bother
ing the eyes Maty be readily' remedied,
but' serious trouble can result if these
early warnin. e.pglectetL
Periodic exigsuniarn+atioen is a . MIFST
these days, particularly' .'before' `ice
portant eventslike marriage and par:
enthood. Canada's records prove that
such eilaminations reveal "a consider-
able number of unsuspected'cases of
syphilis,.„which can be transmitted to
Children.
A blood -test in time; •it: is stressed,
may save family unhappiness and a
lifetime• of regret. Treatment makes
syphilis Ton -contagious in a.matter• of
Ne,eks: y
Slimming, is not the fad= it., once
was. But, say physicians, too many
people, even today, think `themselves
qualified to decide •just what they
ai oWd not eiit e�
lug tie blet 'itetfo�” s
haver •'held, apportunt
tion xt a sessttea
of dtafs, Teo 1a
darigering'tlaeirrhe'�th b,gcd�i
'l+t'ormal•. people "need -an%
ane411. Tiiless tlxe family phyi
given" utrery Just •11tctions, Can s1
f•4
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should eat all 'the.wholesome foods
Keep busy if' you want to.'iicep
alive. *People wha,have retired don't'
hesitate to . admit that tyhey miss Vin-
ing„ as much in their,•,ii es,
struggle for the daily ,bread, ,a
Scientists say ;than it's ,:all tied up.
with 'the. • peed Agri .+at aim In 40
some ;obJeetives i to. re'ac'h; . a fevr,tbills''
to meet, a, goal to ehie:ve,' comer titre, >
to attain. •Cabadiatie. arta;'advia t,0
tlititk - 6r t'h'at w hen 'theti 'feel;"';hat !
working is a gritd,.end aa.tbey da eons
of tie tune . when they • won't
anything 'to do. ' ,
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Untie NORsES • tdG$• sti W . A VLS
Proetptly and Efficiently Removed
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17E END OF `A ROAD
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H.M.T. Aqu4taniiee endeared to the .hearts of
more Canadians than any other troop ship afloai,
turned over ,another page sin her gallant history
when she diseMbarked the final, organized draft
of servicemen 'and dependents at H'ajifan on 190
January. In her 33 years on the high seas, she
hake carried. men to and from two great wars.
The last of tlte. four stackers' to -ply the Forth •
A.tlantie is pictured,, above. In photo N'o. 2, 'de-
pendents are shown Waiting in the pay parade
for Money echange. In the
,hoto is Mrs, Vera era
1Vtiskithins and babsgetting her r ., uKeel1
Canadian currency fratn Major C. Wilson-aitd
k
s./set. A. E.
Baker,: of th.eEn
ba :tio
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-Pay Staff. Des1t.edf>h»-aebolrle nTermite)Mrs. Vtas sikong the Ianhigatiike
draft of iferVi e"lpea hte
htteig+-lit to Cai1Ma
by army movement officials. Her comment about •
the "new" currency: "Gracious; what pretty eel -
ors i" Il} commemora ioa
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er'strvire a, -
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, troopship, 14.M. . A uitaniarid her crew *ere
presented with a bronze plat) a
1i1+•thti $ei.�bf
the three armed;. •services viten she, doekedi it
Halifax. Shown in 'ph'oto l tf: is tot, ,t ,,'D �.-
Show. ship's c'aptaTn receiving they Idaque ilia, °"
.Major-General 'H, 'W. •Fottei`, «$ E,, 'D,-S,O.4.Ifa-
.manding Eastern Ariey CatYtmafi4k ,,ettpt•. "thiONV
expressed • the personal appreciationOf hiletteli
and the crew tor, the. award:'witt:4 ,toet4i d,•Pre•
sent.ed toi•H.M.'Ii, Aq,'iiitnnlit fcii:lz'eir deYrlkiiieSs next-
; Tiered• lit two great waro''bv'' affiltrafzke� �o4','tite °ttakt a;- :
,dian 4 fined ,rhes."' 't;1614 p let aDiee go.
,o f gt't tittitle, on .beh eta tie "fideter of National
Defence and th1e .li Orli . lidar
Wti