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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1941-03-20, Page 7IWIIWIIB! The March of Science * * * are peeping u.s. supplied with fresh. desert is sodden square dg- « Well done, Uncle * Well done, Roosevelt i* ? a Hka * * Greeks. welcome you as brothers in arms. « * * * little fire. * * We are all the better of a * Benito to Adolph—“I not Sam, We * * ..which of the What a fine start the maple syrup season enjoyed! » ». * » * ♦ Our old friend, the North End temporary bridge, looks usefully and wistfully on while its noble successor1 makes rapid advance to wards its replacement. * * * * * 4 * * * • * We saw Joihnny looking out through the window the other day and noted thoughts of suckerin’ just flooding his noble countenance. ♦ * V * * * * fl. it Bardia.. the name Reesevelt to Wilkie-—“We're all out! Let’s go,” That’s one of the speeches that Hitler does nod like, * * ♦ 4 * * * 4 Our go-getting merchants spring vegetables, * *■ * Jr H 1 .’ nowledqe By **. Gol Rogerwood Inaccuracy is akin to dishonesty,* * * To be trusted is a more worthy ambition than to be feared* * *. Alas, alas—if your gifts will win a girl’s affection, so will some other fellow’s, 4 4 4 ■ If You Think You Can—-You CAN The Chinese have a proverb to the effect that a journey of a thousand : miles starts with a single step, , Most folks have talents, abilities, and reserves of mental and physical energy they never dreamed, of, They dream of the things they would like to do but hesitate to take tihe first Step because they are a bit - scary about whether. they can ac complish it or riot. ; Caution is one of the negative emotions, we inherit...perhaps from that far back time when our fore fathers crawled into their caves in cringing terror of prowling danger... a danger that was very real. But men are beginning to com prehend. the value of right mental attitude. They are fighting the demon fear with sheer will power instead of whining and cringing, they are pulling tiheir belt up an other notqh and sailing in to tackle their problems and obstacles with all their heart and soul...and.... overcoming them one by one. Your journey toward achieve- • ment beginjs with the first Iha-rd work you put in your job..,...and your accomplishment is attained, bv ■sustained effort. Start now, then, keep on keeping on. t -t s flj fl;, *, It is not our work that tires us. it is thinking of how much more there is to do. , 4 4 The coveted companion is the man Who can teach you something * 4 4 4 (j The day is lost that does not add to your stock of knowledge some thing that will help'you tomorrow. 4 4 4 Hub'bie: “It’s queer, but the big gest idiots seem.to marry the pvet-' tiest women.’-’ Wifie: “Now, flatter me’” fl: page Turner you’re trying to a maxi who Plays poker, and infin itely worse to marry one who can’t play poker, but thinks he can, Ability to stop a car is ten times as important as ability to start it....... A college education—according to a Boston commentator—pjaver hurt anybody who was willing to learn something afterward. 4 * * Deputy 'Dan sends us this stanza which h® believes is from a verae by Henry Newbolt, and asks u,s if we have the poem. We haven’t, but considering the British victories in Libya it is appropriate for use ‘as is’. ‘Dan’ called “ “ he is sure is not poem. The sapd of tihe red— Red with the wreck of a that broke; The Gatling’s jammed and the colonel dead, , And the regiment’s blind with dust and smoke. ’ The river of death Ihas brimmed his banks, And England’s far and Honor a name, But the voice of a schoolboy rallies ‘ the ranks, “Play up! Play up! And .play the game!” 4 4 * Life is a grindstone—and wheth er it grinds, him down or polishes . him ui) depends on tihe stuff 'he is made of , * * *. ' More than often, prejudice means. ■ ignorance, 4 4 4 Look Out! When there are bats in your belfry that flut, your cut, there * I fl1 * . tells us that the oldest church/bell" im^Ameidca iliangs in a rectory at East Haddam? Conn •• It bears the date of A.D. 803 and is believed to have been brought to. America from a Spanish monastery. 4 4 4 Convalescent I thought my heart must surely break * When my love went‘away; . But now I feel my heart to heal A little, every day. Orr Ere long, I will be whole again And I shall play the rover; The tragedy of sorrow is That it, so soon, is over. —;Ellen • 4 4 Have you heard the latest greet ing between Stalin and Hitler, as the late and much-beloved Joe iPen- ner might have said it? ‘‘Oh, you Nazi man!” 4 4 4 “What sort of an ancestor am I •going to make?” is a mighty good question to ask oneself once in a while. There isn’t a mother’s son who thinks pride of ancestry silly that doesn’t want his sqn be proud of him. 4 4 4 Ponderable Without Being Ponderous We may not love our enemies, but most of us are scrupulously po lite to thpm........Men get pearls from oysters, but it takes Women to get diamonds from nuts........“I’ve just taken a’bath and I feel the best I’ve felt for three weeks”....-........Wlhile waiting for your ship to come in, it’s a darn good idea to hustle freight on the dock.......It’s bad to marry is to Agonizing Eczema (Salt Rheum) No rest, day or night, for those afflicted with that awful skin, dis- oatio, eczema, or salt rheurn os it is .commonly called. The intense burning, itching and- smarting, especially at night, or when the affected part is exposed to strong heat, or hot water, ate almost unbearable, and relief • is gladly welcomed. To get rid of eczema it is neces sary to have the blood cleansed by the use of a thoroughly reliable blood medicine such as Burdock Blood Bitters winch during the past 60 years has met with great success in relieving such diseases by its blood cleansing and purifying properties. Tho T, Milburn Co,, Ltd., Toronto, Ont. And comprenez-vous rope is nobody home > of your dome;" is And In the top _ _ ,__ ____ Then, your head’s not a ’head — It’s a nut! .« .. * 4 The sweet young thing had brok en her glasses. She took the shat tered .remains back to the optomet rist, and asked: ‘‘Will I have to be examined “No,” eyes.” all over again?” • ’he replied, “just, your fl. * * News Item: “A large number of the crowd We're perfectly-'Camouflag ed against the Wall, which .was also plastered.” V 4 4 4 Flaming Youth of Bygone Days! Perhaps by reason of proximity, we of these times are apt to ascribe to modern youth a warmth of feel ing and a freedom of expression that has no counterpart in times preceding. Maybe this ancient story will serve to revise your opinions: As all the world knows, Sir Wal ter Raleigh introduced the art of smoking into England in the days4 of Elizabeth, and it is said on good authority, that a faithful servant discovering Sir Walter in the act of smoking threw a pitcher of water over him with the meritorious in tention- of extinguishirig him. B'Uit not. everyone ihas heard of Sir Walter’s later experience when smoking had become more or less popularized. On this accasion he was visiting at the country home ot the Earl of Clarendon and, finding himself alone with the youthful Lady Gwendolyn Glendennirig, and being overcome with desire for the solace of the soothing weed, he ask ed with the courtliness for which he was renowned: “My dear Lady Gwendolyn, have kyou any objection to my smoking , in your presence?” And' Lady Gwendolyn replied: ‘‘Oh, la! no indeed, sir. In fact, I don’t give -a damn if you burst into flames’” ’ « * 4 Pert am^d Pertinent Rudyard Kipling said: “Very few men are more than sixteen years old when it Comes to a pinch.” —to pinch what? A headline says: “Women Refuse to Abandoh iSlender Silhouette.” —they flatly refuse, it seems. “In Texas, a man’s Wife is en titled to half what he earns..,...” —well, around our bailiwick she gets it all. “in order to speed defense, all bureaus in Washington are to be cleaned of all useles sitems...” -—all, that is, except those occu pying swivel’ chairs. —Oley Okeydoke 4 4 4 There is something about minding other people’s business that pre sents us from minditig out own. * “But surely, Mr. MacTavish, you’ll agree to take out aft insurance pol icy to cover your burial expense?” “Na, na, mon; I rnicht be lost at sea!” '—Policy King. 4 4 4 * 4 * 4 * Those enterprising folk with good seed grain to sell who have made use of the doo-dad drawing ads wear, the smile that every hour becomes more expansive and attractive. 4 4 4 * 4 4 4 4 Every man to the .ramparts oi* to manufacturing or to guard ing is the stuff. The struggle is bound to be hard, and it may ■be. long. Under God we’ll wrestle through to the. right side of the Slough of Despond. * 4 • * 4 4 4 « WHAT’S SAUCE FOR THE GOOSE AND SO FORTH And now they’re talking of paying the western farmers for not growing wheat. . Very well, But why not be consistent. They, want jewelers and the milliners tp shut up shop. Why not pay these worthies a, good round sum, a sum in proportion to their investment for not selling tiheir stuff? Yes, and the tramp doesn’t produce much for his country’s granaries. Why not pay him for his not glutting the market. Then there’s the milkman who does not .get around on time and the delivery boy who snoozes between jobs and the preacher wlho does npt turn up of a stormy Sunday and the citizen Whof fail,s to. kepP his sidewajlk clear and the dear lady who doesn’t get her man and the sport who doesn’t catch fish and the atihlete Who doesn’t hit the ball and a whole lot of others. AVhy not bonus all the guys who don’t produce.? • * 4 • 4 * 4 4; THAT UNKINDBST CUT In 1914'when tihe very existence of France was iihperiled Britain went to hei’ aid. Had it not been for British, treasure and for Brit ish blood French women would have become the mistresses of Ger man blackguards, and France would have become the doormat for German swashbucklers. In .19,3 9 when the German vampires were threatening the extinction of the hand and brain and honoui’ of France, Britain again poured out her blood and hex* treasure in her defence. But France hadn’t the stuff to stick it, though her perfidy cost Britain one of the sorest trials a nation, ever endured. France preferred Nazi degradation to- death on the field of glory. She al lowed lher opportunity of taking a place among the immortals to be blown aside like thistledown. Brit that is not all. We now witness , the crowning degradation of a once proud and chivalrous nation, She is asking her sailors and her soldiers to turn their-.guns on their ’“ former ^comrades;'Gam -the- dastard mind become «mofte' corrupt‘d Cannibals are gentlemen by comparison. a 4 r4 * * 4 4 4 4 WHAT ABOUT IT? Folk are asking what we are to do in a time of suoh grave anxiety as we are now passing through? There is but -one thing and that is to carry on. No one knows what is ahead. Buyers are wary. Markets are uncertain. Everywhere men are saying that such problems as those raised by tihe necessities of food and clothing are the only problems we have occasion to consider. Let the worst come to the worst, we still will live. Business cannot, be business as usual, but it is up to everyone to’ keep business as nearly normal as possible. Germany, wp know, is striking her hardest blow. Bri tain is giving .as good as she gets. Our well-founded hope is that > Britain will ’be- brave a little longer than lher adversary. Meanwhile the might of the United States is surely telling in Britain’s favour.. Just now it looks as' if every physically fit woman must get ready, for some form of national service. We 'have no choice. Every man who can lick a spoon must get into productive work, no matter what his age or rank. All over our broad land there is but one .call—\ “Freemen live or freemen fall.” 4*4*4444 FACING UP TO IT We have heard of the school boy who whistled as he passed through the graveyard -to keep his courage up. We .commend- him for so doing, provided he kept on. till he reached his goal. Britain and hex* allies must keep on going. There is every reason why they should do so. Meanwhile they must proceed on the Tam o’lShanter principle of “glowering round wi’ prudent cares, lest bogles catch them unawares.” For one thing the battle of tihe Atlantic is on and a severe battle it is. British tonnage is finding Davy Jones’s locker at a frightful rate. British cities are suffering loss of pro perty and life to an extent that no one can reckon. Germany, too, is ’ paying a ghastly toll to Mars. , The world is sickened and sated with ■suffering unparalleled in history. Two terrible forces are locked in a death struggle upon wihich hangs the weal or woe of the race. Two possibilities are ahead. go on for years, one or the other. It is a terrible game may well pray for night or Blucher, round dbout this momentous struggle. *4*4** BONUISING Bonusing is a precarious way of carrying on business, no mat* ter what the business may be. The old saying that in the end every tub must rest on its own bottom has a great deal of wisdom in its homely phraseology. The Scotch fisher folk had a saying, “Every herrin’ maun hang by its ain head,” tihat is suggestive to. the wide awake mind. The manufacturer or producer who does ftdt look to his market runs grave risks. These bits of wisdom hold true for the dealer in pork as well as foi' the dealer in prunes. If a merchant can’t market his diamonds,. Ihe .might as well have his vaults stuffed with burnt rye straw. Let us not be misunderstood. We wish that every farmer in our western provinces were prosperous. It is to the advantage of the Whole of Canada to have him a Well-doer in his choSeri enter prise. But should title Western provinces produce pork that can’t be sold? No Solomon or Midas is required to see the consequence. Why, then, bonus him into ail impossible position? We are not mak ing a poor mouth down here in Ontario, but we do say with a good deal of feeling that the sledding is difficult enough. Why, then ask the ’Ontario man to support the man who is struggling now'but Who lidpes to get going at a better gait. Anyone who knows the history Of bontisirig knows very Well that it has not Wrought out to the benefit of anyone. Every business must have in it the elements of success if it is to prove a winner. External help cap but take it a little way, howevei’ welldntended that bonusing may be. If Raul cannot pay his way, there is no sound reason In asking Betor to pay his Way for him. Sound business recognizes the principle that the first loss is the least grievous. In other words, the western farmers must grasp their own nettle. In doing so they Will be the more prosperous and Canada will be all the better of proeooding on a sound business basis. * £ Some believe that this Struggle must' 'Others see a rapidly approaching crumpling up of ...................... to play. Every Wellington Clouds and darkness are * *■ ’i CAPACITY AUDJWCE& AT R0&VW EAWW GROWS AT DASHWOOD AND ZURICH On Monday, March 10th, V. L. Beyker, of Dashwood, sponsored a power farming entertainment at his shop in Dashwood and at the Zur ich Town Hall. Capacity crowds attended,, filling both evening and afternoon performances until not even standing room was available. Films of both an entertaining and educational nature Two tion tors here but were shown doing efficient and ec onomical work under all kinds of conditions and all types of work. The film on combines was taken in the London district and was in technicolor, It showed the com bines working under difficult con ditions of down and twisted grain. This was the condition that was so prevalent on- many farms last sea son, The little combine had no trouble at all picking up and thresh ing this down grain. The same film pictured many interesting events of the plowing match held near St. Thomas last fall,, There were many other films shown including both implement and comic pictures. Bob Cook, that gentleman of magic with the elusive hands, mys tified the audience with his feats of magic and kept spirits running high with his quick humor, Mr. McMurray, local blockman, was the master of ceremonies. Mr. Alvin Walper sang a couple of songs which were well received by the crowd. Mr. Bert Howe, of London, gave an interesting and instructive talk on Diesel engines, explaining the fundamentals of construction and operation. V. Becker, the genial host, gen erously held a draw at which the lucky winners received pirzes. Ev eryone had an enjoyable time and eagerly look forward to the show’s return next year. were shown, films worthy of special man- showed the new line of trac- and combines at work right in Ontario. These streamlined ruggedly-constructed tractors Main St. W. M, S.... - ... / The regular W.M.S. meeting was held at the home of Mrs. Noble Scott with a splendid attendance, and the president, Mrs. Penrose, presiding. After singing the open ing hymn, “tFrom Greenland’s Icy Mountains,” a few. moments were spent in silent prayer for members, who are ill and then prayer was offered by Mrs. ‘Penrose. The min utes of the last meeting were read and all business was transacted. The temperance secretary, Mrs. Gunning, gave a very splendid read ing, ‘‘Highway Signals”. The sub ject. “Links Between East and West”, the work of our mission aries among the East Indian people and the people of Trinidad, was taken by Mrs. Layton. The work, of Dr. Masih in India, and Miss Archibald, of Trinidad, was made very real and interesting. Ths worship service was led by Mrs. Medd'. The theme, was “Following Christ’s W-ay in the Home”. “A Creed of Christian Living” was re peated. in unison. Hymn 394, “Hap py tfee. Home When God is There” was sung and the Scripture reading was taken from 1 Corinthians 13: 1-13,‘ followed by hymn 351, ‘‘He Liveth Long, Who Liveth Well”. A. duet by Mrs. Green and Mrs. Woods “Heaven is appropriate Prayer by. Mrs. Cole followed and the meeting closed with the Lord’s prayer in unison. My Home” was verv and much enjoyed. 1841 HIBBERT AND McKILLOP REACH CENTURY >IARK One hundred years ago in Hibbert and. McKillop were set apart as one municipal district. A meet ing was called under a warrant sign ed by Daniel Lizars and Henry Hindman, Justice of the Peace, and held on January 4, at John Gam- eron’s house. Adolphus Meyers was elected chairman; John GoVen- lock, Clerk; James Young; Assessor; Dennis iDowney, Collector; William Lee and James Cluff, poundrkeep- ers. Three, overseers of highways were appointed: Alexander Camer on, Robert Watt and Adolphus Mey ers. .'Rules and by-laws were also passed. About 1857, Hibbert hav ing become almost entirely settled, was set aside as a separate muni cipality, and Staffs, then known as Springhill, which had. been founded in 1854, was named as the capital, and a hall erected at a cost of $700 £or the accommodation of tihe muni-1 qipal government. Carronbrook ‘was founded in 1849, and in 1878, vvas 'incorporated as a police village, and changed its name to Dublin. ____________ Died in Vancouver of HUS MACHINE CREATES SPEECH! The recent Canadian tour of “Pedro the Voder”, the machine that creates speech, has drawn attention to this eerie yet won derful invention which entertain ed, 20,000,000 visitors at. the New York and San Francisco World’s Fairs in 1940 and 1939. On his first visit to Canada, “Pedro” — accompanied by Dr. J.,O. Perrine, of Bell Telephone Laboratories — was demonstrated before large audiences in Montreal, Toronto, and Hamilton. The name “Pedro” is taken from an incident in the early his tory of the telephone. Alexander Graham Bell demonstrated his invention for the first, time at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibi tion of 1876. One of his visitors was Dorn Pedro de Alcantara, Emperor of Brazil,. The Emperor was so startled at hearing a voice coming over a wire, that he drop ped the receiver with a crash and exclaimed, “My God’, it talks!” So, when Bell telephone en gineers recently constructed a machine that actually does talk, they called it “Pedro”, in honour of the Emperor. “Voder” stands for “Voice Operation Demonstra-. • tor”, because Pedro shows, by electrical means, the. way the human voice is produced., Pedro is not a phonograph. .He builds speech just as you do when you talk or sing.. When you speak, you call into play two entirely separate sounds — one produced by the vocal chords, and another by the breath alone. Instead of vocal chords, Pedro has an electric oscillator « generating a “buzz” rich in over tones. Foi- breath, he employs an other circuit Which makes a “hiss” in the loudspeaker. The buzz is the basis of the voiced consonants such as “m”, ‘T’, and “r”, and vowels. The hiss is the basis of the sibilant consonants such as “s”, *th”, and “f”, and whispers. To shape these fundamental sounds into speech, you make use of your palate, tongue, teeth, and lips. For the same purpose, Pedro has electric filters, each controlled by a key, which divide either the “buzz” or the “hiss” into ten parts. Thus, there are 20 elemen tal sounds to be built up into speech. In addition, there are spe cial keys for forming the “stop” consonants such as “t” and “b”, a. pitch pedal to enable the Voder . to copy the inflections of the human voice, and a special switch . for the “vibrato”, a fluctuation both in pitch and loudness which is used to make Pedro sing, By means, of this keyboard, the operator can produce the 50 dif ferent sounds in the English lan guage, combine them with the proper inflection, and vary their pitch and loudness for singing* Some sounds require the use of as many as five different keys at a time. To make Pedro say “con centration”, the operator must form 13 different sounds in suc cession, make five movements of the wrist bar, and vary the posi tion of the pedal from three to five times, according to the ex pression she wishes to give the word. All this must be done just as quickly as it takes you to say “concentration”. Pedro is just one of many de vices constructed by telephone en gineers to study the fundamen tals of sound and Speech —• all with a view to constant improve ment of your telephone service. T* No. 1 of a series prepared by IL. G. Owen, T L Bell Telephone Company of Canada. A TWO CIVIL CASES AT SPRING ASSIZES At the .Spring Assizes at Goderich last week only twer civil jury cases were on the list and one of these, Prichard vs. McFarland was settled by consent out Of court, on pay ment of a substantial sum ($3,300) to the plaintiff. In this case, Mrs. Ada Evelyn Pritchard, who operates a rooming house and cabins in the Township of Bosanquet, Lambton County, was suing Gordon McFar land and W. J. P. McFarland, far mers, of Middlesex County, for un stated damages for injuries and lost time, arising out of a. motor acci dent on June 23, 1940. The acci dent occurred seven miles south of Grand Bend when a car driven by Gordon McFarland and owned by W. J. P. McFarland allegedly turn ed suddenly toward the car operated by the plaintiff, Mrs. Pritchard, causing a collision, the plaintiff’s car being thrown off its course and hitting a tree. Mrs. Pritchard was confined to a London hospital for i month. Frank Donnelly for the plaintiff; Hughes, Agar and Thomp son, Toronto, for the defendants. MRS. CATHERINE A. JONES PASSES IN BjDDULPH z Your tfsif Ws« r© TORONTO Hotel Waverley Located on Wide Spadlna Av®, at College Easy Parking Facilities Convenient to Highway® — Single - - W58toS2.il : • SLSStoSiN Fenr to Rosre,.S5.H toSI.il ® to the University, Bulldlna&i Gardena, Hospitals, and Retail Close „ __ Parliament Maple Leaf Theatres, Wholesale Houses, ths Fashionable ------ Shopping District. A> M. FOWKLL, FRES1DKNT SOME PEOPLE WANT “GEORGE” TO DO IT |Can you imagine the standard of religion, patriotism and civiliza tion of some people who will say: “My husband gave §10 to the Red Cross, so I do not need to do any work or invest in War Savings.” “I didn’t think they needed it badly, as they only sent a couple of women to see me.” .“No, I cause no to solicit ‘‘I gm Certificates more than money.” • “I know tile money, much.” “I cannot do any canvassing. George do it.” Just as If they saying hI am not interested,” «‘if they need my money, let them waste an hour talking to me, and then maybe-—” What a plea sant time he wants to give the can vasser! Mrs. Catherine Ann Jones, widow of William Jones, of Blanshard township, died Monday at the home of her . daughter, Mrs. Joseph Bry an, lot 20, north boundary, Biddulph township. She was in her 74 th year. Mrs. Jones was formerly Miss Hayes, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hayes, of Bally- mote. In 1903 she moved to Blan shard and for the past three years lived in Granton, She was a mem ber of Granton United Church, Sur viving are four James Thompson, Morris, Toronto; ner, London, and dulph; five sons, Charles, Biddulph; and Bert, Gordon, Walter and George, Blanshard; two Sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Myers, Wilmington, Ohio, and Mrs. ;Paul Wilkes,, Chicago, and a brother, Russell Hayes, Granton. The funeral was held from the homo In terment Was in Granton cemetery. Word was received last week the death at Vancouver of Mrs. Wil liam H. Tapp, after an illness of several months. Born near Hensall, Mrs. Tapp was the eldest daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stewart. She was married more than forty years ago to William H. Tapp, of Hensall. After their mar riage they moved to tihe West. Mr. Tapp died last December. She leav es a family of three softs and Ofte daughter: Ross arid Roy, 'Swanson Bay,* and prank and Miss Jennie at home in Vancouver; also three bro thers, Duncan and John in Hensall and Robert in Loftdon, and throe sisters, Mrs. Thomas Elder and Mrs. William J. Elder, Seaforth, and In? Mrs. Bryan on Wednesday. Mrs. W< M. Bell, MenhalL daughters, Mrs. Blanshard; Lanta Mrs. Jack Brem- Mts. Bryan, Bld- did not give person came aid.” not buying because three per cent on my or invest, be- to our house War Savings I can. make the government needs but mine is not very Let were Can you imagine any man, woman or child in England passing any one of those remarks? Ml