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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1954-06-18, Page 2HHRON EXPOSITOR Bstaed 1860 Illionaber of Canadian '° drip Newspapers Association. #4vertaaing rates on application. PHONE 41 Authorized as Second Class Mail Post Office Department, Ottawa FORTH, Friday, June 18, 1954 DRUMHEAD SERVICE ON SUNDAY Seaforth will play hos,,on Sunday to veterans from two wars who are Associated with branches of Zone C-1 pof the Canadian Legion. The zone includes Legion Branches from Rip - °y to Grand Bend, and the occasion is the annual Drumhead Service, which is being held at the Lions Park. Insofar as Seaforth is concerned, the occasion is unique. The last time a Legion Zone parade was held here was in the late thirties. more than fifteen years ago. In the interval, the most devastating war in history las been fought, and thousands up- on thousands of Canadian youth *ave given their lives in the defence pf freedom. The veterans who will iparade here on Sunday will be great- .gsr in number than was the case when last the zone paraded here ; but each, regardless of the nature or time of :mss service, will have in common with the others, the fact that he, in eff marches for and represents. those mrades who did hot, return. The parade and service, for these ,masons, should demand . an unusual- ly Large interest on the part of the 'citizens of the community, providing, as they do, an opportunity of paying lienor to the dead and recognition to the living of two wars. MAN VS. INSECTS - 100 -YEAR BATTLE We like to think that, bug and in- sect wise, things are pretty bad come .June. But what would be the situa- tion had we had to contend with conditions of one hundred years ago? More than a century ago, human beings had reason to beware of the month of June. They had no weap- mns to combat insect pests. On a small scale they were able to shake them off their plants, swat, crush and burn them, but by and large in- sects had the upper hand. One hundred years ago man began to study the life cycle of insects, their • lits and their effect on mankind. Thus entomology was born and this year entomologists the world over are observing the 100th anniversary .of their profession. In later years their knowledge was passed on to chemists, and chemical weapons were devised to fight the insect hordes. Today there are many such 'weapons ,and there is hardly a harm- ful insect in the civilized world that cannot be effectively controlled. Across Canada the month of June gees planes skimming over the tree- tops in New Brunswick and Quebec spraying destructive spruce bud - worm. At the same time, other air- planes are flying over other prov- inces wiping out the creeping army of tent caterpillars. The insect is no longer a threat to man's existence, thanks to the men who study bugs and develop wea- pons to subdue them. 'WHAT IS SO RARE . . . ?99 This matter of designating each day, or almost each day, of the year as a day to honor or promote a par- ticular event or product, has become somewhat confusing, to say the least. Recalling that most people are in- clined to agree with the poet regard. lug rare June days, the Kincardine News reminds us there is a general trend to overlook other aspects of summer's 'first month. 1or instance, information has been received to indicate that the is enhanced by the fact that it is dairy month, as well as national ragweed control month. What con- nection, if any, exists between these two is not stipulated, the News points out. For those interested, Friday is Old Maid's Day, while Sunday is Interna- tional shut-ins day. Stealing a march on Father's Day on June 20 is Ex- pectant Father's Day on the day pre- ceding and Son's Day on June 6. To make it more confusing, June 12 to 19 is Let's P1ay_Tennis Week, and from 20 to 26 another sports ac- tivity comes to the fore in National Swim for Health Week, which may be made slightly difficult inasmuch as National Bow Ties Week falls at the same time. "Indeed," the Kincardine paper ask, "what is so rare as a day in June?" LS THERE TOO MUCH EMPHASIS ON SPORTS? The recent and sudden passing of Lionel Conacher, without doubt the most versatile and accomplished of all Canadian athletes, from a heart attack, makes us pause for a re- assessment of the demands modern athletic contests and practises place on the human system. The tragic death of one who through the years had contributed 'so much to the furtherance of good clean sport has resulted in the rais- ing of similar questions in papers across Canada. The Toronto Star, for instance, wonders whether sports managements are -doing the fair thing by a great number of young players whose constitutions are not as good as Conacher's. Roughness calculated to maim players and un- dermine their constitutions is toler- ated if not encouraged. Schedules require too much of the players, and in hockey, for example, champion- ship ga Of run on far into the late spri..n hearts can stand just so r► ch. • d the damage done to ers nowadays is not confined to hearts. "Is it time for a show -down in athletic contests?" the Star asks. Less Of the Moon (Brockville Recorder and Times) We would rather see members of the younger generation dream less of the moon and do more about ac- tually seeing the world. Too many young people are con- tent to spend their time working at an uninteresting job just for the sake of "security", while at the same time considering themselves to be well -travelled if they have been any- where within a 500 -mile radius. We imagine there are still many in- triguing places to visit right here in the various corners of the world without attempting a flying visit in- to unchartered space in order to be one of the first earthmen to invade the moon. The Girl Who Marries a Farmer! (Sault Ste. Marie Star) In these days of "Cadillac Culture" it is rare to find young and attractive girls who have any real value for the old-fashioned type of home. Brought up on washing machines and kitchen gadgets which take the work of t of many of the household chores, most of our young spinsters appear to scorn the simple things which make a home. They show more appreciation for any kind of meal, dished up by a tired short or- der cook, than the most tasty dishes which result from loving care exert- ed in thehome kitchen. In view of this, the fact that girls are once again looking for farmers to marry makes very nearly headline news. Maybe a farm is not as exciting as hanging around the cafes, eating banana splits, and drinking milk shakes. Maybe these girls will miss ' the bi-weekly theatre and the danc- es to a radio; but what they, get in return will be of greater lasting good. In the first place, they will get a man well worthy of the name; in the second place, they will eat well and be able to bring up their children in healthy, pleasant surroundings. Thirdly, the home they build will be all their own reflecting their own character and the growth of their pellsonal belongings; as opposed to the usual furniished apartment which apes the hotel room or movie bou- doir. THE HURON EXPOSITOR • SEEN IN TR COUNTY PAPERS Erecting New Sawmill For the past week Mitchell's newest industry, the Gloor and Dungey sawmill, located on the former Littlejohn and Larkworthy properties, Georgina St., has been humming with log sawing, while their mill near the Crystal Palace is also busy, making pallets for .pil- ing purposes. Sixteen men are em- ployed.—Mitchell Advocate. Ratepayers May Get Rebate Taxpayere in Goderioh Township whose property is in the area an- nexed by the Town of Goderich, this year may get a rebate on over- paid, taxes. This was revealed at the Town Council meeting last Fri- day night when council decided that the matter of adjusting the taxes of these ratepayers be re- ferred to the court of revision for consideration during the next two weeks.--Goderich Signal -Star. Vandals Damage Car No trace has been found of the person or persons who damaged the 1954 model car owned by Rev, Remy Durand last week, according to Police Chief T. W. Platt. Ac- cording to Chief Platt, thieves re- moved the hub caps, tore out the radio aerial and ripped out the wir- ing from around the motor. The car had been parked in front of the garage, and it is thought 'the damage was done late Saturday night. Police were informed on Sunday- morning.—,Wingham Ad- vance -Times. Grey Township Boy Wins Honors Harold Knight, a first-year stu- dent in electrical engineering at Toronto University, has received word that he has passed with hon- ors and also has been awarded the Baptie Scholarship. This award is given to the student who. in the annual examinations of the first year, enrolled in any one of the six engineering courses, obtains the highest aggregate percentage of marks in those subjects which are common to the first year curricula of those courses. Harold is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Knight of Grey Township.—Brussels Post, Smoke Mask Proves Its Worth Firemen Hector Kingswell gave the recently purchased "Scott Air - peek" its initial fest last Sunday at Stanley's Abattoir after a line from one of the refrigeration units broke and: filled the premises with 'deadly chlorine gas fumes. The fumes were so strong that it was impossible for a person to enter the building. "Hec," with Ghe.Air- pack, was able to stay inside for half a nhour, remove all of the meat from the broken unit and place it an another freezer, thus avoiding a serious loss to the own- er. Hector was also able to locate the broken line and stop the es- eape of the gas. — Clinton News - Record. Elect Officers of Bayfield Lions Jack Scotchmer was elected president of the Bayfield Lions Club for the 1951-55 term at their regular meeting held on Tuesday evening; he succeeds Ken Merner who has held the post for the past year. Other officers are: first vice- president. William Clarke, Varna; second vice-president. Mac McFad- den; third vice-president, Robert Welsh; treasurer, Leslie Elliott; secretary, Reginald Francis; tail twister, Ernest Hovey; lion tamer, Clifford Utter; directors, James Cameron. Grant Stirling, Max Mote, Spencer Ervine. A ladies' night was planned for the last meeting in June. — Clinton News, Record. Believe Rats Caused Fire A blaze, thought to have been caused by rats chewing matches in the back of a vacant store, broke out on Wednesday at noon in the store formerly occupied, by Mc- Leod's Grocery. The fire depart- ment, on reaching the fire, found smoke issuing from the downstairs portion of the building and lost no time in making an entrance through the door at the front of the build- ing. The are was confined mostly to the rear' of the building. Friends and neighbors helped Mr. • and Mrs. Ross Hilbert remove some of their belongings from, the apartment above the store, where most of the damage was caused by smoke.— Wingham Advance -Times. Find Barbecue 'Delicious "De-e-e-licious!" That was the unanimous comment of 450 people who enjoyed the first large-scale poultry barbecue in this. part of Ontario on Tuesday evening. The outdoor chicken picnic was staged at the South Huron District High School by the agriculture depart- ment, epartment, assisted by officials, from O. A.C., Guelph, and Lakeview Poul- try Farm & Hatchery Ltd. Over 225 three -pound broilers' were roast- ed in halves over an open charcoal pit constructed, on the school drive- way. As spectators watched the chickens sizzle to a delectable brown, attendants sprayed the fowl with a barbecue sauce from knap- sack -type sprayers.—Exeter Times - Advocate. Exeter "Well Laid Out" A town planning expert told Council Monday night that Exeter is "well laid out", but warned that a plan should be made to keep it that way. L. A. Manuel, of -Muni- cipal Services Limited, Oakville, told 'council that it would take 18 months to two years to complete a plan. He recommended the town appoint a planning board to start the project. Mr. Mannel said, a plan would guarantee that growth of the town would take place ac- cording to design, rather than in haphazard fashion. He stressed that a town plan was a definite at- traction to industry. The planning expert outlined the steps necessary to set up a planning board and to make the town a planned area.— Exeter Times -Advocate, Remuneration Rate Changed .. recommendation to have by- laws passed changing the remuner- ations given to members of Gods - rich Town Council,was carried by council at its meeting last Friday night. The recommendation, which carne from a committee of the whole council session, •suggests that by-laws be prepared fixing re- muneration of the mayor at $8 and councillors at $4. The amounts, however, are only for attendance at regular committee meetings and regular and special council meet- ings. Previously,. under a by-law passed in 1951, councillors receiv- ed $150 for the year and the mayor received $300. But members of council were docked $5 for 'each session they did not attend.-•Gode- rich Signal -Star. To Vote on Sewers Ratepayers will be asked to cast their vote on a sewage and drain- age system for the town of Mitchell at an estimated cost of $330,000 on or before October 1 this year. This motion. tabled by. Councillors Smyth and Cook, ,resulted after the report of G. Reed and his associates had been presented and discussed briefly- by council Monday night, with plans made for further con- sideration at a meeting Friday, June 18. The overall plan outlined a progressive system of installation beginning with work on combined sewers, northeast section, in 1954; sanitary- sewer system, combined sewers west side and initial sew- age treatment plant in 1957 and digester and, chlorinator in 1965, thus spreading the project.—Mit- chell Advocate. Little Jeanie said to her neigh- bor: "You don't keep roomers at your house, do you?" The neighbor answered, "Why, of course not, Jeanie. Why did you ask that?" Jeanie said, "Oh, I just overheard Mama telling Papa that you're al- ways running around with your rumors" Grass -Legume Silage Gr.ass-legume silage has been made at the Smithers Experimental Substation, I3.C., during each of the past three seasons. The results ob- tained have been extremely satis- factory, despite the lack of famili- arity with silage making in gen- eral on the part of those supervis- ing. The quality of the feed so preserved has varied considerably, but generally it bas been excellent. The actual loss of material has been small, and the improved health of the cattle herd at the station during the winter months has been marked, says Superintend- ent W. T. Burns. It has often been stated that pro- per moistture content of the mater- ial to ben ensiled is most impor- tant for a high quality feed. Three years+ experience has certainly em- phasized the need for care in this respect. Some rather slimy and unpalatable silage bas been pro- duced from material too moist, and some charred silage has resulted from material that was too dry. Though there was undoubtedly some loss of nutrients in the char- ring, practically no material was discarded as a result. Slimy ad- age was not readily eaten and prov- ed excessively laxative, but again it was necessary to throw out a very small proportion. During the first two seasons, ac- tual Shrinkage in the weight of grans material stored as compared to Silage fed, was 25 per cent Re- sults for the 1953 silage are not Yet available. Most of this shrink- age hrinkage represents moisture loss. the fortunately, the weight of discard- ed material as, a result of eipoillage is not available. However, when it is considered that no nutrients are lost from the crop as a result of weathering, all being preserved in excellent condition the loss through spoilage experienced has been very reasonable. In spite of this, it is felt that with the experience that has been obtained, grass -legume mixtures can be ensiled, to reduce losses ,below those of the previous years. In stressing the advantages of storing the hay crop in a silo, the improved feeding quality cannot be over -emphasized, The Shorthorn herd at this Station has been win- tered in much better condition since a part of the ration has been grass -legume silage. The animals' are more active, their coats are not dry, dull and brittle,but glossy and smooth, indicating good health. The cows have less difficulty in calving and produce strong, healthy calves. Also the cows milk better, especially those calving early in March, which means smaller losses and more rapid growth. There are many problems to be worked out in preparing to store the hay crop in a silo on each in- dividual farm. Without exception, those problems can be solved with careful planning and careful atten- tion ttertion 'to details such as moisture content, packing and covering. Suit- able equipment ie now available for whatever quantity is to be stored, Certainly the exp'er'ience at the Smithers Station during the past three years has proved the value of silage as a method of ",raking good hay in bad weather", and as a high quality feed to raise hehithy attlinals- Yearn Agone interesting Items Pioked From Tho Htfron Expositor of Twen- M tyfive and Fifty Year* Ago. From The Huron Expositor June 21, 1929 • Mr. and Mrs. Andrew.Bell and son, Bill, and daughter, Miss Etta, of Tuckersnnith, motored to Drum - bo on Sunday where they spent a very pleasant day visiting Mr. and' Mrs. John Richardson, former pas- tor at Kippen. Mr. Charles Riley ;has ,purchased Mr. James Manus' property in Con- stance. A large number of friends and neighbors of Mr. W. L. Jamieson and' family atConstance, gathered at their home on Saturday evening to spend a social hour with them before their removal to their new home in Kitchener. ' Miss Evelyn Cardno and Miss ,Belle Campbell are in Hamilton this week as representatives to the Rebekah General Assembly. Edmund Daly has received notice that he has been elected associate member of the Institute of Radio Engineers. He is to be congratu- lated on this distinction and we wish him continued success. Messrs. Chris, Ohereos, Scott Hawthorne and Tony Phillips re- turned on Friday from a success- ful 'fishing trip to the Bruce Pen- insula. They brought home a won- derful catch of speckled.beauties. The music pupils of Alice Daly, A.T.C.M., Seaforth, gave a very pleasing recital at her home recent- ly when those taking part in the program included Leona Hotham, Grace Kreuter, Jack Hotham, Alice Devereaux, Joan Devereaux, Bessie Rice, Bill Wamsley, Betty South- gate, Corrine Hotham, Frank Grieve, Helen Crich, Rita Duncan, Jack McKenzie, Marjorie Wigg, Basil Duncan and Edith Ferguson. • From The 'Huron Expositor June 17, 1904 Huron County Council completed its June meeting this week. The report of the treasurer indicated that the estimated total expendi- ture for the year 1904 would be $44,534.00, and that total receipts would be $43,068.00. St. Columban is looking forward to a special occasion, when the feature of the day will be the mini- ature steam train which is to be operated by Mr. James Evans, of Beechw.00d. The program includes an anvil chorus at 9 a.m., continu- ing with a football match, iSea. forth versus St. Columban, a base- ball tournament, dinner and sup- per, and concluding with music and a special program in the evening. All G.T.R. trains will stop within four minutes' walk of the grounds and half fare rates are in effect. Buses are being run from Seaforth and Mitchell to St. Columban. Victor Cook, of Constance, is having his house and stable moved to his farm from the village. The Band of the 33rd Regiment will be in attendance during a garden party sponsored by the Ladies' Aid of St. Andrew's Church, Kippen, on the 24th of June. Mr. R. Mellis, an old and esteem- ed citizen of Kippen, is visiting his daughter, Mrs. (Rev.) McKibbon, of Ailsa Craig. Mrs. Thomas McKay, of Kippen, met with a serious and painful ac- cident when she was attacked by a newly -calved cow, which knocked her over and trampled her. Mr. James Hagan, of Hillsgreen, has purchased a new rubber tired buggy from Mr. F. Hers, Zurich. The granolithic sidewalk in Brucefield is now completed -as far as the Presbyterian Church. Dr. Rogers has purchased a driv- ing horse from Mr. Alex McBeath, of Stanley, for $180. .1 Seaforth Town Council, at its meeting, approved a recommenda- tion of the finance committee with respect to the establishing f a rate of taxation for the year 1904 at 241 mills. The mayor was author- ized at the same mee ing to offer Miss Halpin $25 in 1 settlement of her claim for da ages sustained by her property being flooded with water at the time of the spring freshet. Mr; Harry Stewart, of the firm of Greig & Stewart, who cut his foot so severely some weeks ago, is now able to move around a little with the aid of crutches. Mr. Harry Edge, Seaforth, has commenced to excavate for the handsome new residence he intends erecting on John Street. The end was blown out of the boiler at the creamery at Winthrop on Tuesday, but no further damage was done, and the break is now re- paired. "You poor man!" said the kind lady. "Here's a quarter. How ter- rible to be lame." "Yes, ma'am," said the tramp. "It is sad." "But just Chink how much worse it would be if you were blind," said the kind lady. "That's no kiddin'," agreed, the tramp. 'Last year when I was blind, I was always geeting lead quarters!" • The school was going to have a boxing team, and a lot of young fellows tried, out for it. Some were good, and sagre--were not so good. One of the not -so -goods, af- ter trying hard for a couple of rounds, said hopefully, "Have I done him any damage?" "No," said the disgusted) coach. "But keep on swinging. The draft may give him a cold." • Grandpa was being congratulated on hie 100th birthday, "I'll tell you the secret of my success," said the old fellow. "On', our wedding dam', 75 Yearn ago, Grandma and I agreed that when- ever henever we quarrelled the one wile was proved wrong would go for a walk. Forks, Pee spent lob; of time outside in the Ireall sir dor ing the -bet 76 years," JUNE is; CROSSROAD. (By James Scott) DO IT BY MACHINE ensereemeeameagaree In 1&96 an ingenious inventor patented a weird and wonderful device called "the automatic hat doffer". I have no idea whether or not this• man ever put his gadget into ,production. I suspect that if he did, he definitely did not make a fortune from it, or else we would have heard more about him. But 'his theory has progressed a lot farther than perhaps he himself ever dreamed. The automatic hat defter was a trick mechanism which you wore inside your bowler or fedora. It had a rigid metal frame which fit- ted neatly in the hat and a sort of clocklike mechanism• which, when a button was released, would raise the hat a fraction of an 'inoh off the wearer's head. Well, you can see right away what a boon to mankind this con- trivance was. A dandy could take a stroll through the park of a sum- mer evening in the gay nineties, and tip his hat to all the lovely ladies without ever raising his arm. All he had to do was press the little button and the automatic hat doffer would do the rest, Yet this great and ingenious' de- vice never caught on with the pub- lic. I wonder why. Some people might say that it was a failure because no real gen- tleman would feel right about us- ing such a mechanical machine to take the place of good manners. Ummmm? Or it might be argued that the automatic hat doffer was too unr comfortable to wear on the head, especially on a hot day. Yes, that's a little closer to the mark. Or you might say that the auto- matic hat doffer came just about ten years too late. .By 1896 a whole lot of other things were being developed which changed completely the social be- haviour of the Western world. The automobile, for example, had been invented by that time, and. it_was only a matter of a quarter of a elegants would cease to bother ev- en to knock on the front door when calling for a lady fair. Adb- ter all, why should he, when aaw other ingenious inventor had' - veloped the Klaxon? Indeed, why! ' should he move at all even whew the girl of his dreams came rume ping out to the car. She has handy, - too, hasn't she? Let her apes thug door herself. Now don't misup,deratand me, I'm not saying that this attitude in wrong for the simple reason that' I just plain don't know. As far all I know, nobody has' yet ever pray.- ed rov-edd that there is more crime, un- happiness, immorality or evil la- the world because somebody In- vented the automobile. I know that there are accidents, violent death, immoral acts, and criminal acts all performed with the aid of' the automobile, but I do not know that there are any more of then) than there would have been. if the car hadn't been invented. I know too that these days it te• a rare sight to see a man tip his, - bat to a lady, let alone to another gentleman, but then not so many / people wear hats, I certainly am not going to' `blame the change in - manners on the automatic hat dof- fer. All any of this means to me ie that when you start making re- called labor-saving machines you are going to get an increasing dis- regard for things which can 'best be done by hand. My gripe with the m•aohine is. simply this. It tends to make w- all I thesame, me, and if there is ono - thing I do not want to be, it is the same as every other mother's son in the community. Not be- cause I think I'm better than him, or he's better than .me, but simply because the world gets very, very dull when we all act, think, and ' behave alike. No, sir, when I take off my hat to a lady, I want to think I do it with a little flourish all my own. And the same goes for when I gc - century until most of the young to call tor a beautiful damsel too. To The Editor Toronto, June 12, 1954, Editor,The Huron Expositor: Dear Sir: Wasn't it Shakespeare who warned that "to paint the lily, or throw a perfume on the violet, is wasteful and ridiculous excess"? At any rate, I was reminded of the above by this paragraph from that guest feature on your editor- ial page: "Pie For Breakfast," duly credited to your Peterborough Examiner c ontemporary: "The people who are waging war on fat are against pie. 'Heart disease claims its victims' by thousands, but pie by millions', runs the battle cry. You must shovel eight tons of coal, or walk 50 miles, to use up the calories provided by one medium slice of pie,' warn the diet experts." The above meshed neatly with, and was duly read to, the current session of our little study club. Needless to say that it bad a de- vastating effect, especially upon a specific number of those present, who apparently are engaged in all- out war on too many good things to eat. Our personal dietetian, however, gallantly came to the rescue, in an- swer to a general S.O.S., in the fol- lowing fashion: "Now, please calor - yourselves; for it is comically ob- vious that the Peterborough editor - isn't speaking seriously. It is com- mon knowledge that an average adult, weighing around 150 pounds, would require not less than 1,700 calories per day to take care simply of the body's sustenance and repair needs, remaining indoors and! minus work of any kind, In any event, it's the principle of 'bal- ance' which really matters in this- - nutritional war, Counting calories- • alone __not enough.", So far as walk4sg use up the calories provided' by one medium slice of pie" was. concern- ed, it was the general view that this was largely, as one member phrased it, "a king-size cut of hokum"! Another speaker drew again on ye olde Bard of Avon in paraphrasing: "On what kind of pie does the Peterborough editor feed, enabling a ,tedium slice to energize him to shovel eight tone, of coal?" Nevertheless, a lot of perfectly good pie remained untouched ase - the session ended. "So much for the power of the, press! FARM WIFE On the Plural of Porridge (From the Halifax Chronicle - Herald) Many Canadians, as' well as na- tive Scots, will tend to look ask- ance at a bulletin from the United States on the ever-changing subject of breakfast cereals. Porridge can now be ordered by post, and for the sum of ten cents a serving will be despatched to the prospective consumer ready-made and enclosed in a "tastefully decorated contain- er." We are already ,familiar with those -containers which save so much in breakfast -time trouble; their contents may be poured !tato a plate in the orthodox manner, or a slit may simply be made in the package, milk added and the resultant mess consumed during the morning run for the bus. This may be well enough for the lesser cereals which crack, crackle, snap, pop and do almost every- thing except recite "O Canada" when milk is added to them. But porridge might have ,been spared such as indignity, and generations of Scots who have supped them (for to the truly initiated .porridge is always plural in form, like trous- ers and barley broth) must be shod,- dering to think of the sacred ureal enclosed in a waxed carton decor- ated 'with what may pass for tar- tan (inadequately diskuised as plaid) in the U.S.A. But in truth this is tittle more than a final step in the process of degradation which bas been over- taking vertaking porridge for many years now. We may pass lightly over the prevalent custom of making "them" from rolled oats, rather than from the original stoneground meal. 'We may even, although more reluct- antly, refrain from commenting ads versely on the prevalent custom of making porridge in a double boiler over a gas ring or electric element. Modern conditions make it diftioult to cook porridge in, the real man- ner---in nanner—dn 'a blackened cauldron sue Deeded from a "ewer" over a glow- ing fire of peat, wood or coal, the resultant-aowpoon of smoke in the flavor being an added inducement to .the g porridge addict, ?;11ie ei1l roaddei tia.Uii ;if $d%ridge really starts and finishes with .two • iniquitous customs—cooking with- out salt, and eating with sugar. For anyone who can commit these twill atrocities against the "Food for horses in England and men in Scotland" there will be nothing re- pellent about potted and prefabri- cated porridge a l'Americain. But the true Scot, who grimly, continues to pretend that be really likes porridge, will be resentful of these incursions against the true tradition of porridge consumption. For there is a tradition, which lie almost a ritual, about the prepara- tion and eating of porridge. "They" should be cooked over the fire with: salt, and served in a bowl, steam- ing hot and without any conces- sions to the palate. "They" should. be eaten standing, without milk,be- ing poured over "chem" in the hap- hazard modern fashion, but accom- panied by a smaller bowl of mirk, between which and the porridge - bowl the spoon alternates rapidly. But when all allowances are made for the cause of a national- ism which comprehends equally porridge and haggis, even • the perfervid Scot will probably >be found to admit that it is better to have porridge in a pasteboard pot than never to have porridge at all. "Fishing is simplicity itself`' ex- plains a lucky one. "All you have to do is get there .yesterday; when the fish were biting." • A man who had just bought a new parrot was trying to teach it to talk. Standing beside the bird, he repeated ,the words, "Hello, hello," for several minutes. At the end of the lesson, they parrot opened one eye and said, "Sorry! Line's •busy!" • "'Did your wife win a prize 1E that magazine contest?" one farm- er asked another. "No, she didn't," was the reply'. "How come? Isn't she smart en- ough?" "Oh, she's smart enough an right. But elre entered the contest nutter a 'handicap. 'rou gee, eke'. never been, able to say anything ha, 25- worms or lash:" 1 4 s 4 • 4 ; 1 1