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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1926-10-14, Page 3MEN. AND \MOM OF TO -DAY The gs sence of Politeness. Politeness in .exceptionally trylog e, rcunestaness could b€irdly' be care Tied further than' •in a cas,#'refegred• to a`•&cently by Comn}atrder gvans, The incident Happened when he wan in the, Antarctic. He was. writing oue afternoon ing hie tent, "which had been -Pitched on the edge of a glacier, 'when another mem, ben of the party called to' him from outside ; "Are you busy; eir?"' h o 'inquired, "I roan," said Evans.'. "Very busy?" "Tes, •, very btisY," replied Evans. "What is it?" 'tWell,. sir, to tell you the trutb,.•I've broken through the ice. s Rushing outside, Evans found the explorer' in question hanging down a• crevasse „by four; fingers, a position which, nciedlesa' to say, ;ire ; omni not ;` have maintained- for more than a few rainl1tes; longer. . His Accent,.. An amusing story of his student days was told recently by Dean Inge. It eves during a lecture on Greek by .Am" eminent professor wkro,.. after "a, while, called upon one of Inge's• fellow; etudents to read aloud a.'pa.ssage:from a well-known Greek author.. " The young man obeyed, ''but had not proceeded; far when lie was•,pulled up -,'Stop!" eriedthe professor. • "Stop, for goodness' 'sake. Your pronuncia- tion is terrible. 73ow`did you get such 1 an accent? , Where .did you .conte Maar In ah aocent almost" as foreign to English ae the :•language :of the anther from whose book fie had'been reading the student replied:, "I tante from Athens, sir." .Harold Bell Replies. '. HaroldBell Wright:we-are-interest- ed to icer, can.pun. rather 'isiteerly. Invited,' to a, hot -weather Bolieplian"• party, he .wins informed that among, the guests would bel4ls.ai3lanl' a high- brow novelist whose` scorn of Mr: Wright is well known, but whose booksefall to sell... "Iron know Mr. Blank, don't you?" asked the hostess. "Ah, yes," murmured Mr. Weight. "The young ineffectual, 'you Mean?" His Res/sensibility. . ]f`e'w men have written"more papular i love.songs than: Mr: Ernest"R. Ball, the eomposer of "rove Me and the,:Worid is Mane;'.,,"When "Irish Eyera Are Small- ing," ":'`Little. Bit of Heaven," and • "In the Garden of My Heart.' , They have brought Min fame and fortune..but apparently-, he is not alto - / gather happy about theme. "It is abig responsibility'to launch e. succession of this kind of song on: . a . romance -loving and sentimental `•world " remarked Mr. Bali whimsical- ly to ,an interviewer. "Thousands of; men who married'after '•hearing 'I:oye� Me and the World is': Mine;' are now blaming me." • ' Pocket Sun Dials. The mariner'scompass was' Intro - 'limed into Europe ;rom China in the thirteenth -century; and, after 1400, • pocket dials furnished with a small compass began to 'aTpear. These.;are in the form of a. horizontal dfa1C with a hinged gnomon similar to that of the common form of stationary' dial, Which" was pointed 'n'or'th when used: 'Tiffs' form was often called the -pocket hero- lagiuin Many variations followed, but the disk• form eontrnued to be the most common. The great variety'' of discoverable types and" `shapes is one of the things which .takes the, collect-.. ing of ` portabilel„d'Ia]s' so fascinating° Brass is the -usual material, though, wood, ivory, bronze, gold and silver- were used; and the finest dials were sometimes kept in velvet eases, like jewelry. The period of the most 'beautiful pocket dials Jested from 1500. to 1700, daring which'ti$iie some of 'the l ablest, craftsmen in Europe made these instruments. —y: ,Tune's Changes. The office of •King's R.eniembrancer, which will shortly be vacated by Sir Thomas. Chitty, is one which has changed with the :passage of time, ' In, its- original form the office was one held by an. Exchequer clerk, -Whose duty, it. was to"remind" the judges: and keep certain records. The Aloes of I,Slog'se Remembrancer and Lord. Treasurer's 'Remernbtanc•er Were united in,1833,•and the Ring's Remem- brancer fs• now also Chief Master of the Suprome Ceara. " He. has special dutie:c connected With the nomin•ation`•of sheriffs, the swearing-in of ''the Loi•d Mayor,' the trial df the Ipyx, the fecipt oth.oniage' In respect of Crown lands, and the re-. covery of debts acid penalties due to the Crown. Is there any moment in a boy's life tl,nt is e+<,ual to the ti.ae when he is fiat called "Mister"? The white population of the word is ti mated to increase at the rate of estimated about 5,000,000 a year. Chindren generally hate to be id:e;. all the care then is that their busy, humor should constantly be employed %c something of .use, to thorn. --Locke. MOST NORTHERLY POST ” AT' i3ACHE 'PENINSULA Annual EX pp edition to Cava, dian :Arctic Establishes New Station. :F1ie stexnier•, Beothic,.'whicli sailed from North -Sydney, 'Nova Scones ou i i July Y5 to 'Patrol the "Canal an Arctic c • a r v n •tla posts archipelago and epi o iso .>• ]b. the district carried; out the npera-. tions -ri}pi,dly, aid fife wireless•lappar atus kept the North _Went. Territories. and Xukpn Branch of the Department of the Interior in touch with her move-" meats at all points"in the patrol. Af ter visiting Godbavn, Greenland, and Pond Inset• and. 'Dundas •Harbour the'. Beothic, on,July„30 touched ;at Craigr 'Harbour, end., on August 2,called at Etah,' Greenland. .`The next day she was.. at Rice strait, Ellesmere island., and, taking up the supplies left last year at the -depot r at Pram. Havn, reached Bacl>Je Peninsula :on• -August 6, where a enew. post' was established. Three days, were spent here.unloading supplies and assisting the detachment of police in erectinbar-recite.a e B r a P gc Peninsu a, 79' ' deg: 4' naa tai' latitude and 76 deg. 13' west itargittide, is the farthest north. --police-post,' customs- house, and. post Office in thew orld. '” On August 9- the Beathic started on her hoanewaed journey and reached Dundee Harbour oar .A.ugust 13, and Pangnirtung on Atigiiet `20.'`, After a good'' run south�_vard 'froth -that post she reached North.Sydney on August 29. World Finest Muse for Radio enthusiasts The programme makers of'the Can- adian NationM.. Railways Radio De- partment have achieved distinction in several features which are' to be offered to the "listeners -in during the auttuan and winter'season, one such feature being the engagement of the dart House String Quartette for a series of ten • •recitals to be broadcast over the radio chain, 'from Moncton, N.B., to Van- couver, B.C. The first programme will be given at the'. studio of CNRT, in Toronto, and others will'. follow. . at Montreal, Ottawa, 'Winnipeg, Calgary, Regina and the Coast Stations as the organization tours"the Dominion.` .At each radio concert there will be. .one complete quartette composition of the classical school, the•balance of the 'The Appraisal: Never thirik.ztle loves him wholly, Never beNeve iter heart le ;blind, All his faults are •tucked' securely In. a closet of her mind; All his i'u;leeisiozis fold) ;i 4 Like old, liege that time has. tailed. Limp and streaked with rain, Acid• his, cautl nes Blit, gariii•ante ,d,raye4" and tlhin, with in iiy a citrin,._ Let .them be oh, let them be• There igtreasitre to outweigh them, ills proud will that sharply stirred • Clin be as surely Ss the title; , Senses straineld too taut to ,steep, Geut;•eness to beast and bird, Humor flickering hushed and wide As the, Moon oil moving water, And a tenderness too deep 'Fo be. gathered in a word. CIIIL �tP0V �/4 1i11,'7�t7 '. programme being made up of quartette music froin the most noted of the old and new composers. For example, the quartette on the first programme is that of Beethoven >in ' C Minor, opus 18, No. 4, while, by of contrast, the,,.nausi- cians will follow, with a group of folk songs specially ,arranged for string quartette. Bart House. is the recreational centre of the University of Toronto and the Syndics have .given special permission for ,broadcasting'only to the Radio. Department` .of the Canadian National Railways, The Quartette is composed of Geza de Rresz, first violin; Harry Adaskin, second violin; Milton Blackstone, viola; and Boris Hambourg, 'cello. .- •WOMEN Ontario Dental Health Day:.- t a a D advancement h GIRLS � What wonderful'adv been made during the past few de- 'BLOOD NEED RICH • This Lady Found- Dr 'Williams' Pink Pills a' Friend Indeed.. Just because "she is 'a woman there needs women are times when every , help., end ,strength In the form of, a blood=.building 'tonic:. To" thousands of ' girls arid women Dr. 'Williams' Pink Pills have proved. a 'blessing because: they enrich the blood give strength .and restore.. tone • to the aching` nerves. 'The anaemic. girl who 'is languid and pale; the wife whose' bank ;feels like. breaking; •the matron , whose health fails as she reaches;muddle-age-for all such suf- ferers Dr. Williams' Pink •PillsI•-are in- valuable because ill -health in girls and. women is usually caused by poor blood or, 'insufficient 'blooch These pills have proved a ' blessing to thousands . of others,- why not you? At. various -stages of life Mrs: G. R. Lake, Walton, N.S. hasproved the "value, of Dr. Wil. hams .Pink -Pills.. She saSs,:-`I first used these"pills when . a young' girl, for It is during the :teen' age when nature calls upon every bit of the reserve strength we have, that we need their rejuvenating helpa It was then h found Dr. Williams' Pink Pills a friend indeed:' And, again, now that the girl- hood. stage is past and I am a mother 61 four:children,1 subject to all ...,She worries af hone Dr. ' andthe Ccares Williams ;Pink Pil•lt is theonly tonic I take to -keep nip my health and strength, and they have'uever• failed me. Should any ailing' girl' or weary Great Lingoes. "How is your son getting en at col- lege?" • "He's doing very well in languages. I just paid for three of his souraas' ten dollars for -Latin ten dollars for, Greek and fifty dollars for, Scotch," Bearing an iiiseriptiiiil,_in. 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"-11111fdz ClUNAlitp ANCIIOf-�aoN DSON CANADIAN SERVICE oades in the -prevention and care of disease, and this . improvement is due to a large measure to the scientific investigation and research conducted - i in our laboratories. The knowledge t thus gained would be of little use, however, unless,'sent to those who' it in can apply need it or those '� of othe'r's. the education er treatment The most valuable contributions made by research workers in so far as the health and happiness of the peo- ple are concerned have been in the held•'of`preventive medicine. Many .of the diseases which years ago ,afflicted the people are now seldom heard of and still greater results are confident- ly expected.: The' prevention of diseases -largely a matter of education. It. cannot be accomplished • through the efforts of the physician alone; he will lead the way but the general public must be taught to'ta:lce'sue an interest in their °wit health that then will le willing to g, • accept the advice biven. ' Dental•ittfe•ction id:ane of the most n the On- tario causes of disease and q Department oi'''Health has or• ga,nized a special effort for the pur.. pose of informing the people In regard to. the prevention of dental diseases. This campaign will take the form of a Dental Health Day, to be held on Wed- nesday, October 20th. The aetivitie:l'will include a motion picture film which has been prepared by: the Ontario Motion Picture Bureau, tion radio talks from the various•stations, iuetruction to school children,. the dis- tribution of special' booklets` by 'the Insurance Companies, newspaper pub- licity which the press is giving with- notlier, due to my advice, try these.out charge, and window display. pills, .I know they will -find them as The dentists of the Province, 'at, the equally good as t have done." • request of the Department of Health, Tog - can ,get these pills from any will givffi private instruction on mouth. medicine dealer or by mail at 50 cents" care to all who desire It, and the gen- a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine .oral publicity 'will stress the import- .. .1 o B Ockvil e Ont. C , r l �' anoe of a proper diet„ thorough masti- •h food, arid care i cleans- ing'ori. of the o d a fu cal , ing of the mouth. The educational, health, service and social 'welfare organizations of •the Province are co -operating, -and this, the first Province -wide effort'of this kind In Canada, promises to be a great success. - Characteristics Flying Man. Round the Southland Year: Each leaf a. voice, in shrub anal• tree: Andever .wind,a son • Y g, Matched are the singing boughs of Araby ! Our glad Southland along: To .music leaps the .heeding ,grass, The lupin, purple, blue; Lighted, as.1?y the kindling_ measures Courage, endurance, determination prism', all go to the making of 'a flying man. The poppy flashes through, • Think of Lieutenant Bettis, wrecked with his_ plane among the Peanut - Fainter' tile. ennsyt Fainter-tile. strains whea'. rains are vaiiia mountains, .crawling with a gone, broken leg and a doubly .broken jaw Softening the -colors where'' . through five milesof forest and un- They run up to the bills, and blended derbrush to the road where he was • found by a passing motorist. Only • on Their sides'.lie lovelier there. We rock not the months run here, When su imer conies or' -goes; The heart 'reads not the dial of the Jeer 'Where always there's a rose. -John Vance Cheney, in '"A.t the Sil- ver °Gate:', Scotland Yard Tracing 'those who know by experience what •the pain of a broken leg, roughly moved, means can frilly appreciate the "dogged, unconquerablp_willpower that made that terrible, journey possible. Unhappily; the brave man did •not sur - 1 vivo his injuries. ' - . Distant Relative. '•And are ' you arty ,relation; to Pat O'Rourke ?'' mystery of Fish peitth "Only very: distautiy; 01 was me mother'ts Th s't child . and Pat was the Scotland Yard hes' been, called on to . thirteenth." Solve one of the strangest mysteries in its varied •career, the supposed. poisoning et 100,000 .goldfish. The fish were received reosntly' by a local Lon- don goldfish wholesates from Pranre, Italy and China and Japan. Shortly afterward two strangers vis- ited bins and when they had left be noticed the flslh herded together in the corners of the Unites dying by the scores. They emitted, he said. "n, ghastly whistling sound as if ' they were birds. His foss is . estltrrat'ed at $5,000. .. There ar.•e,4,000 muse:es in the body of a moth. Minard's•Liniment relieves .titilfflft IL' ' GISIXISSOMMOMMINCOMMIIIIIMISSCCI TORONTO OFFERS BEST MARKET FOR bI3 Poultry, Butter* Eggs We Offer Toronto's Best Prt°e'a'er LINES, LIMiTED St. Le.wrenc _ Market Toronto 2 ....».+e.e•+:r,-„r=„ ... , , :. , �.t�•�N+3 rte. WE OLD STAMPS Buy From 184l- 1d804on Original Envelopes rereferred c �TANDAI3A TAMP CO, 21/2 Crane, Avenu^ station L. 'orohto, Ont. Cant be Quickly Banished With Baby's Oviwn Tablets. The ailments of childhood are many but nine^tenths of them are due to one cause and one cause only ---a disi5i:der= ed condition of the stomach and bowels. 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C. vaiae...George Grossmith,", the actor -manager, who is. on the staff 1 of the 'B.'B. C., is oredited with the idea of training aetors and actresses specially for radiocasting, plays. It is obvious that where the audience, and the word "audience" here is really ap- lineabie, has to depend entirely on the ear for gathering impressions, it is doubly necessary for the .adore to use theirvoices to the utmost advantage. s. The different effect of various,voicss en that delicate instrument, the micro- phone, is . very marked. The trained announcer leans confidautial1y toward it and speaks rater quietly.. The--------- Academy`of Dramatic Art welcomes '• the idea .as it will give a chance to men and women with a dramatic sense and good voices who, for other rea- sons, might shrink from a • stage career. TORONTO HAIRDRESSING ACADEMY SNOWS YOU NOW C61:41 , Inn 1 r 50 Inc iann e ..,e a nen t l 9 W I f. COU.• Brainkh S h I MNM TO , ONT. , i37 Aa.nu. a.ad, TORONTO 5, ONT. 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Pelee, sloe riintmeat';ane roe. r alenm Mt. 6 " Cutleura Shatbnie Stick tae. ISSUE No, 6.